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François-James Buteau Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Defense DOB: 2004-04-28 Country: Canada
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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
2020-21 Cape Breton Eagles QMJHL 35 3 2 5 0.143 0.0710 0.0710 0.3811 0.3811
2021-22 Cape Breton Eagles QMJHL 67 5 12 17 0.254 0.1261 0.1325 0.6766 0.7110
2022-23 — QMJHL 48 6 9 15 0.312 0.1554 0.1557 0.8334 0.8350
2023-24 Rouyn-Noranda Huskies QMJHL 59 14 13 27 0.458 0.2275 0.2167 1.2204 1.1625
2024-25 Acadie-Bathurst Titan QMJHL 56 4 11 15 0.268 0.1332 0.1203 0.7145 0.6455
■ 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 Canisius D1 AHA — 31 5 12 17 0.548
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.15
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.55
2025-26 · Canisius
+265.6% vs. projection

College Pathway Likelihood (based on 40 comparables)

5%
NCAA D1
10%
NCAA D2/D3
85%
Age-Out / Club
0%
Pro / Other

NCAAe Rankings

#8963
Defenseman overall
#2023
Defenseman born in 2004
#1627
in QMJHL

D1 Comparables

Marc-Antoine Carrier
QMJHL · 2012-13 · 0.37 PPG
→ Brown (0.04 D1 FR PPG)
0.16 Developing D
NCAAe PPG
Brandon Carlson
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.24 PPG
→ Alabama-Huntsville (0.11 D1 FR PPG)
0.13 Developing D
NCAAe PPG
Dominic Racobaldo
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.33 PPG
→ American International (0.12 D1 FR PPG)
0.18 Developing D
NCAAe PPG
Matt Krug
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.21 PPG
→ Union (0.11 D1 FR PPG)
0.12 Developing D
NCAAe PPG
Michael Holland
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.18 PPG
→ RIT (0.05 D1 FR PPG)
0.10 Developing D
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Mark Menzies
St. Scholastica · 2004-05
0.769 Strong
actual D2/3 PPG
Dylan Giorgio
Bethel · 2018-19
0.520 Average
actual D2/3 PPG
Andrew Francone
Lake Forest · 2000-01
0.583 Average
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.