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Cayden Lindstrom Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Forward DOB: 2006-02-03 Country: Canada
2024 NHL Draft Round 1, Pick #4  ·  Columbus Blue Jackets Columbus Blue Jackets
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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
2021-22 — WHL 6 0 0 0 0.000 — — — —
2022-23 — WHL 61 19 23 42 0.689 0.3350 0.3637 1.6870 1.8314
2023-24 Medicine Hat Tigers WHL 32 27 19 46 1.438 0.6993 0.7247 3.5223 3.6502
2024-25 Medicine Hat Tigers WHL 0 0 0 0 0.000 — — — —
■ 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
2025-26 Michigan D1 BigTen — 31 3 7 10 0.323
2025-26 Michigan State D1 BigTen FR 31 3 7 10 0.323
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.54
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.32
2025-26 · Michigan
-40.3% vs. projection

College Pathway Likelihood (based on 40 comparables)

5%
NCAA D1
0%
NCAA D2/D3
5%
Age-Out / Club
90%
Pro / Other

NCAAe Rankings

#4566
Forward overall
#89
Forward born in 2006
#103
in WHL

D1 Comparables

Anthony Louis
USHL · 2012-13 · 1.04 PPG
→ Miami (0.69 D1 FR PPG)
0.66 Strong
NCAAe PPG
Tyler Kelleher
NTDP-U18 · 2012-13 · 0.88 PPG
→ New Hampshire (0.43 D1 FR PPG)
0.65 Average
NCAAe PPG
Zach Diamantoni
USHL · 2012-13 · 1.00 PPG
→ Northern Michigan (0.26 D1 FR PPG)
0.63 Developing
NCAAe PPG
J.T. Compher
NTDP-U18 · 2012-13 · 0.96 PPG
→ Michigan (0.89 D1 FR PPG)
0.72 Elite
NCAAe PPG
Trevor Moore
USHL · 2012-13 · 1.02 PPG
→ Denver (0.76 D1 FR PPG)
0.65 Strong
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

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