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HarrisPangretitsch
DAge: 18193 CM99 KGCAN CAN
27PNHLe
Harris Pangretitsch
NHLNHL Draft2026, OTT (151st overall)5th round, 23rd pick
THLTHL Draft2026, BUF (205th overall)7th round, 13th pick

Projected potential

Bio

A play-smothering, shutdown defenseman who already has NHL size.

PNHLe

Projected potential: 272025-26 · OHL · Soo Greyhounds

What is PNHLe?

PNHLe is an offensive stat that is used to project a player’s point potential at the NHL level and is meant to standardize a variety of leagues so that prospects can be compared from one league with another.

PNHLe attempts to equalize all leagues, age and positions so that the offensive potential of a prospect can easily be compared with others, while also projecting future NHL point potential in the prime years of a player.

The problem with NHLe

The premise of the NHLe stat is certainly a great idea. If a player jumps directly from one league to the NHL there should be some precedent set by historical values that would indicate how many points that player should project to having in a full NHL season. However, it always bothered me that NHLe never took into account that younger players in the same league would always have a massive disadvantage compared to those that have more experience and are physically more mature in the same league. NHLe only looks at the present to predict how many points in one league are equated at the NHL level.

NHL Certainty
4.0
40% odds
Odds of becoming a full-time NHL player (10.0 = 100%). Draft guideline is a starting point and should rise as the prospect proves himself.
Upside
4.0
 
Best-case offensive upside (peak season points potential). Forwards: 8.0 ≈ 80 points. Defense and goalie scales differ.

Scouting Feed

Harris Pangretitsch is a big, physical shutdown defenseman the Ottawa Senators selected 151st overall, exactly the late-blooming project the franchise tends to favor.

At 6-foot-4 and 219 pounds he was one of the most improved players in the Ontario Hockey League this past season, climbing from a No. 6 role to legitimate top-four minutes for the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds and eating heavy penalty-kill time by year’s end.

The game is defense first. He suffocates rushers with strong angling and poke-check speed, plays a pacey, physical game down low, ties up sticks at the net front, and makes quick retrievals, a formidable defender who turns creative attacks into clean stops. The offense is minimal, so this is a projection built on size, mobility, and defending rather than production. He returns to the Greyhounds for 2026-27.

For fantasy he is a deep-league monitor with little standalone appeal given the low point ceiling, so track whether any puck-moving offense develops alongside the shutdown game before any add.



Career Stats
SeasonTypeLeagueTeamGPGAP+/-PIMPPGSHGSOG
2022-23RegularGTHL U15Mississauga Senators U15 AAA31661242
2023-24RegularGTHL U16Toronto Marlboros U16 AAA34491314
2023-24RegularOHL CupToronto Marlboros U16 AAA500014
2023-24RegularU16 AAAToronto Marlboros U16 AAA6041418
2023-24PlayoffsGTHL U16Toronto Marlboros U16 AAA6134
2024-25RegularUSHS-PrepChoate Rosemary Hall256915
2024-25PlayoffsUSHS-PrepChoate Rosemary Hall6134
2025-26RegularOHLSoo Greyhounds67212142053
2025-26PlayoffsOHLSoo Greyhounds10011-415