Matous Jan Kucharcik
Center · BUF · NCAA

Matous Jan Kucharcik

Age
19
Height
6'4"
Weight
180 lb
Shoots
L
Drafted
2025, round 4, 103rd overall
Born
ITA
2026-27
NCAA · Miami Univ. (Ohio)
Games
2
Goals
1
Assists
1
Points
2
Prospect score · 2026-27
Long shot

813th of 1,160 prospects in the NHLnew

27th in the BUF system · 13th among its forwards

+0.8WAR a season if he sticks
Outlook
NHL odds3%Becomes a full-time NHL player — 200 games by 26
Impact odds2%Better than the typical NHL regular among forwards
Arrival—Too unlikely to stick for an arrival year to mean much
WAR a season if he sticks+0.1+0.8+2.0Low, middle and high outcomes among his comparables who became regulars

Of the 10 players most like him at the same point in their development, 0 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+1161718Age2023-24, age 16, 12 GP: -0.92 vs. his age group (0.05 NHL-equivalent points per game)2024-25, age 17, 45 GP: -0.88 vs. his age group (0.06 NHL-equivalent points per game)2025-26, age 18, 35 GP: -0.80 vs. his age group (0.08 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
1Sondre Olden2010 · #79 · at 1960%00Did not stick—
2Pavel Kraskovsky2014 · #164 · at 1958%00Did not stick—
3Justin Jokinen2008 · #101 · at 1958%00Did not stick—
4Maxim Shalunov2011 · #109 · at 1953%00Did not stick—
5Jerome Flaake2008 · #130 · at 1951%00Did not stick—
6Mikhail Vorobyev2015 · #104 · at 1950%3535Did not stick—
7Eero Elo2008 · #145 · at 1950%00Did not stick—
8Alexander Guptill2010 · #77 · at 1949%00Did not stick—
9Santeri Virtanen2017 · #105 · at 1948%00Did not stick—
10Vinny Saponari2008 · #94 · at 1947%00Did not stick—
Season by season
SeasonGPGAPtsPIM
2026-27NCAA · Miami Univ. (Ohio)211215
2025-26USHL · Youngstown Phantoms35971618
2024-25WJC-18 · Czechia U1850112
2024-25Hlinka Gretzky Cup · Czechia U1850004
2024-25Czechia2 · HC Slavia Praha201344
2024-25Czechia U20 · HC Slavia Praha U20256101622
2023-24Czechia2 · HC Slavia Praha120220
2023-24Czechia U20 2 · HC Slavia Praha U2010000
2023-24Czechia U17 · HC Slavia Praha U173532275967
2022-23Czechia U17 · HC Slavia Praha U17369192842
2021-22MMCR · Hlavni mesto Praha U1573586

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