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Chris Butler Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Defense DOB: 1986-10-27 Country: USA
2005 · Round 3, Pick #96  ·  Buffalo Sabres Buffalo Sabres
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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
2003-04 Sioux City Musketeers USHL 55 3 6 9 0.164 0.0965 0.1048 0.4914 0.5338
2004-05 Sioux City Musketeers USHL 60 6 22 28 0.467 0.2753 0.2852 1.4017 1.4522
■ 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
2007-08 Denver D1 NCHC JR 41 3 14 17 0.415
2006-07 Denver D1 NCHC SO 39 10 17 27 0.692
2005-06 Denver D1 NCHC FR 35 7 15 22 0.629
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.20
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.63
2005-06 · Denver
+212.6% vs. projection

NCAAe Rankings

#6290
Defenseman overall
#905
Defenseman born in 1986
#2572
in USHL

D1 Comparables

Michael Kapla
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.49 PPG
→ UMass Lowell (0.41 D1 FR PPG)
0.29 Strong D
NCAAe PPG
Ruslan Pedan
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.33 PPG
→ Bemidji State (0.34 D1 FR PPG)
0.20 Strong D
NCAAe PPG
Gustav Olofsson
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.37 PPG
→ Colorado College (0.27 D1 FR PPG)
0.22 Average D
NCAAe PPG
Will Butcher
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.50 PPG
→ Denver (0.42 D1 FR PPG)
0.30 Strong D
NCAAe PPG
Garrett Cecere
USHL · 2012-13 · 0.28 PPG
→ Colorado College (0.09 D1 FR PPG)
0.17 Developing D
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Erik Caron
St. Michael's College · 2001-02
1.280 Elite
actual D2/3 PPG
Kyle Gallegos
Tufts · 2008-09
1.150 Elite
actual D2/3 PPG
Myles Abbate
Plymouth State · 2018-19
1.037 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.