Zach Budish Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Forward DOB: 1991-05-09 Country: USA

2009 · Round 2, Pick #41 ·

Nashville Predators

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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
2016-17	Jukurit	Liiga	60	15	23	38	0.633	1.5833	1.6502	5.4439	5.6739
2017-18	—	Liiga	57	20	19	39	0.684	1.7105	1.6652	5.8815	5.7258
2018-19	TPS	Liiga	59	20	18	38	0.644	1.6102	1.5073	5.5367	5.1830
2019-20	TPS	Liiga	44	8	14	22	0.500	1.2500	1.2500	4.2980	4.2980
2020-21	Västerviks IK	Allsvenskan	17	6	5	11	0.647	1.6178	1.6178	6.0710	6.0710

■ 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
2012-13	Minnesota	D1	WCHA-orig	—	40	14	22	36	0.900
2011-12	Minnesota	D1	WCHA-orig	—	43	12	23	35	0.814
2010-11	Minnesota	D1	WCHA-orig	—	7	2	4	6	0.857

College Pathway Likelihood (based on 20 comparables)

🏒 NHL / Pro Track — production profile is consistent with players who bypassed or minimized college hockey

NCAA D1

NCAA D2/D3

100%

NHL / Pro

NCAAe Rankings

#456

Forward overall

#22

Forward born in 1991

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.