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BrendanMcMorrow
CAge: 20183 CM78 KGUSA USA
40PNHLe
Brendan McMorrow
NHLNHL Draft2025, LAK (196th overall)7th round, 4th pick
THLTHL Draft2025, DET (219th overall)7th round, 27th pick

Projected potential

Bio

A two-way center who skates well and plays with pace, and a high motor who is willing to go to the net to create offense. Not easy to play against and can frustrate his opponent.

PNHLe

Projected potential: 40 · 2nd Line Potential2025-26 · NCAA · Univ. of Denver

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

The selection of McMorrow continued the trend of hard nosed players, and ones in their draft plus one season. The foundation of his game is his ability to accelerate. He is a great skater with great vision and puck handling. What McMorrow lacks in natural offensive ability he gains in his ability to manufacture it. He is a much better player without the puck than he is with it, but he has an NHL future if he can find his way into an NHL bottom-six. Another player fans will love and opponents will hate.

Drafted in the seventh round, 196th overall, Brendan McMorrow is now a member of the Los Angeles Kings.



Career Stats
SeasonTypeLeagueTeamGPGAP+/-PIMPPGSHGSOG
2018-19RegularQC Int PWTeam Minnesota50332
2018-19RegularWSI U13Midwest Selects U139257
2020-21RegularMNBEL 14UMN Wisconsin 15U AAA3022
2021-22RegularMNHPB15 - District 83213
2021-22RegularUSA-S15Team Orange42022
2021-22RegularUSHS-MNBenilde-St. Margaret's School2892332344
2022-23RegularNTDPU.S. National U17 Team6014173120
2022-23RegularUSHLUSNTDP Juniors389716-72
2022-23RegularWHC-17USA U17715612
2022-23PlayoffsUSHLUSNTDP Juniors321350
2023-24RegularNTDPU.S. National U18 Team6181422318
2023-24RegularUSHLUSNTDP Juniors2751116910
2023-24RegularWJC-18USA U18700002
2024-25RegularUSHLWaterloo Black Hawks5824184244
2024-25RegularWJAC-19USA U1952570
2024-25PlayoffsUSHLWaterloo Black Hawks15771444
2025-26RegularNCAAUniv. of Denver273811116