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Jim O'Brien Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Forward DOB: 1989-01-29 Country: USA
2007 · Round 1, Pick #29  ·  Ottawa Senators Ottawa Senators
Signed Professionally
Nürnberg Ice Tigers · DEL

Set Commitment

NCAA Division I

NCAA D3 / D2

Career Trajectory
Dashed = raw PPG  ·  ■ Solid blue = age-adjusted NCAAe-PPG  ·  ■ Green = actual college PPG
Junior Seasons
Season Team League GP G A Pts PPG NCAAe-PPG Age-Adj D3e-PPG Age-Adj
2004-05 U.S. National U17 Team NTDP-U18 54 16 18 34 0.630 0.4680 0.4958 2.3493 2.4889
2005-06 U.S. National U18 Team NTDP-U18 51 17 24 41 0.804 0.5975 0.6038 2.9997 3.0315
2007-08 Seattle Thunderbirds WHL 70 21 34 55 0.786 0.3822 0.3761 1.9279 1.8973
2008-09 Seattle Thunderbirds WHL 63 27 35 62 0.984 0.4788 0.4475 2.4147 2.2568
2014-15 Metallurg Novokuznetsk KHL 22 2 10 12 0.545 1.3638 1.4682 7.5163 8.0914
2019-20 Nürnberg Ice Tigers DEL 15 1 1 2 0.133 0.3332 0.3332 1.1301 1.1301
■ Blue = NCAAe (D1 anchor)   ■ Green = D3e (D3 anchor)   COVID-flagged seasons highlighted in yellow
College Seasons (Historical)
Season School Div Conference Year GP G A Pts PPG
2006-07 Minnesota D1 BigTen FR 43 7 8 15 0.349
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.52
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.35
2006-07 · Minnesota
-33.2% vs. projection

NCAAe Rankings

#3924
Forward overall
#157
Forward born in 1989

D2/3 Comparables

Neil Trimm
Neumann · 2003-04
1.800 Elite
actual D2/3 PPG
Arkhip Ledenkov
St. Scholastica · 2018-19
1.636 Elite
actual D2/3 PPG
Brandon Osmundson
Utica · 2018-19
1.448 Elite
actual D2/3 PPG

How to read this: NCAAe and D3e factors convert a player's junior PPG into expected NCAA scoring at the D1 or D3 level. Harder conferences → lower projected PPG for the same player. A strong junior player (e.g. USHL 0.90 PPG) will project much higher in NESCAC than Big Ten because the D3 scoring environment is lower-difficulty.

Strength factor: conferences above 1.0 are harder than average; below 1.0 are easier. The formula is: Base NCAAe PPG ÷ Conference Strength = Projected PPG.