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Benjamin Rautiainen
Center · TBL · Liiga

Benjamin Rautiainen

Age
21
Height
6'0"
Weight
187 lb
Shoots
L
Drafted
2025, round 4, 108th overall
Born
FIN
2026-27
Liiga · Tappara
Games
5
Goals
2
Assists
2
Points
4
Prospect score · 2026-27
High end

58th of 1,160 prospects in the NHLnew

1st in the TBL system · 1st among its forwards

+0.8WAR a season if he sticks
Outlook
NHL odds64%Becomes a full-time NHL player — 200 games by 26
Impact odds27%Better than the typical NHL regular among forwards
Arrival2028-29The season his comps who made it typically became regulars
WAR a season if he sticks−0.1+0.8+2.1Low, middle and high outcomes among his comparables who became regulars

Of the 10 players most like him at the same point in their development, 5 became full-time NHL players.

Development

His scoring, converted to an NHL equivalent, against every player his age and position that season. Zero is the average player his age; the band is where his comparables were at each age.

-2-10+1+2+31617181920Age2021-22, age 16, 44 GP: -0.70 vs. his age group (0.06 NHL-equivalent points per game)2022-23, age 17, 30 GP: -0.63 vs. his age group (0.08 NHL-equivalent points per game)2023-24, age 18, 36 GP: -0.07 vs. his age group (0.16 NHL-equivalent points per game)2024-25, age 19, 50 GP: +0.68 vs. his age group (0.31 NHL-equivalent points per game)2025-26, age 20, 59 GP: +2.12 vs. his age group (0.61 NHL-equivalent points per game)
HimMiddle half of his comps at that ageAverage player his age
Comparables

Past prospects at the same position and the same stage after their draft, matched on draft slot, age, size and league-adjusted production. What they became is already known. The outcome is judged at 26: 200 NHL games by then makes a regular.

#PlayerMatchNHL GP by 26Career NHL GPOutcomeWAR a season
1Jori Lehtera2008 · #65 · at 2129%75307Regular after 26—
2Conor Garland2015 · #123 · at 2029%322561Regular+1.78
3Kevin Roy2012 · #97 · at 2028%2828Did not stick—
4Adam Brooks2016 · #92 · at 2128%4343Did not stick—
5Mattias Janmark2013 · #79 · at 2128%297680Regular+0.76
6Marcus Kruger2009 · #149 · at 2028%398520Regular+0.20
7Sven Andrighetto2013 · #86 · at 2127%216216Regular+0.47
8Anatolii Golyshev2016 · #95 · at 2227%00Did not stick—
9Dominik Lakatos2017 · #157 · at 2126%00Did not stick—
10Andrew Mangiapane2015 · #166 · at 2026%342561Regular+1.67
Season by season
SeasonGPGAPtsPIM
2026-27Liiga · Tappara52242
2025-26Liiga · Tappara5925527720
2024-25WJC-20 · Finland U2072240
2024-25Liiga · Tappara5010233312
2024-25Champions HL · Tappara81234
2023-24U20 SM-sarja · Tappara U203629336249
2023-24Liiga · Tappara31012
2022-23U20 SM-sarja · Tappara U203010152516
2022-23U18 SM-sarja · Ilves U1845058
2021-22U20 SM-sarja · Ilves U203110102024
2021-22U18 SM-sarja · Ilves U181387152
2020-21U16 SM-sarja · Ilves U16242840688
2019-20U16 SM-sarja · Ilves U1623140

The prospect score is a percentile of his expected outcome among every prospect in the league: the chance he becomes a regular, times how good his comparables who did became against others at their position. A player who never sticks counts as zero, which is why a long shot with a high ceiling can rank below a safe bet. All Sabres prospects · How the rankings work