Roster needs · candidate fits
As of Sun, Sep 20The Trade Board
The model measures each club's roster gaps against the league, then ranks outside players on how well they'd plug the biggest one — on-ice value, style fit, and how gettable the seller looks. On-ice fit only; nothing here is cap-validated.
How to read this
First the diagnosis: we compare this club's impact in every roster bucket — top-six scoring, defensive D, and so on — against the league average, and rank the shortfalls. The biggest gap becomes the shopping brief.
Then the shortlist: outside players are scored on how well they'd plug that hole — their on-ice value (), their with how this club creates offense, and an that assumes struggling clubs sell and contenders don't. Know what this board is not: it has no salary data, no cap math, no term, and no idea whether a GM would return the call. It's a scouting shortlist built purely from on-ice fit — the phone call is your job.
- NEED
- roster bucket where the club trails league average, ranked by the gap
- WAR*
- on-ice value — a model proxy, not official WAR
- STYLE
- 0–100: does the candidate score the way this club scores?
- ACQ†
- 0–100: how gettable the seller looks, from points pace alone
- FIT
- value × need × style × acquirability — the shortlist order
Fine print · verbatim from the model
- on-ice fit only; not cap-validated
- acquirability is a PROXY (team points pace), not real availability; no contract/cap/AAV/term data exists.
- No real contract data (PuckPedia/CapWages are paid). Contract phase is an age/experience estimate; market visibility proxies what contracts pay for.
DALDallas Stars
Biggest need
Depth defense
-37team 50.0 vs league 87.3 · high
All needs · ranked
4 flagged01
Depth defensehigh
-3702
Bottom-6 forward depthhigh
-3303
Top-6 forwardhigh
-1704
Top-pair defensemanhigh
-12Best value fits
8 ranked · league board →| # | From | Player | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CHIstats: UTA | Ian ColeD · +1.18Coming off a solid contributor season, fits the style well (80/100) — and comes badly underpriced by the market. | 68 | +29.4 | UFA (est.) | 78/100 · model-est. |
| 2 | ANA | Ian MooreD · +0.80Coming off a depth season, fits the style well (73/100) — and comes badly underpriced by the market. | 67 | +28.7 | RFA (est.) | 77/100 · model-est. |
| 3 | COL | Josh MansonD · +1.80Coming off a solid contributor season, fits the style well (80/100) — and comes badly underpriced by the market. | 67 | +28.7 | UFA (est.) | 77/100 · model-est. |
| 4 | TBL | Charle-Edouard D'AstousD · +1.58Coming off a solid contributor season, plays this club's style almost exactly (90/100) — and comes underpriced by the market. | 70 | +23.4 | UFA (est.) | 77/100 · model-est. |
| 5 | OTT | Jordan SpenceD · +2.37Coming off a clear top-of-the-lineup season, brings a different stylistic profile (50/100) — and comes badly underpriced by the market. | 66 | +28.9 | RFA (est.) | 76/100 · model-est. |
| 6 | PITstats: VGK | Kaedan KorczakD · +0.87Coming off a depth season, fits the style well (73/100) — and comes badly underpriced by the market. | 62 | +32.9 | RFA (est.) | 76/100 · model-est. |
| 7 | COL | Brent BurnsD · +2.07Coming off a clear top-of-the-lineup season, plays this club's style almost exactly (90/100) — and comes underpriced by the market. | 69 | +22.7 | UFA (est.) | 76/100 · model-est. |
| 8 | COL | Sam MalinskiD · +2.66Coming off a clear top-of-the-lineup season, brings a different stylistic profile (56/100) — and comes badly underpriced by the market. | 65 | +28.1 | UFA (est.) | 76/100 · model-est. |
◆ Value basis · No real contract data (PuckPedia/CapWages are paid). Contract phase is an age/experience estimate; market visibility proxies what contracts pay for.
Candidate fits · Depth defense
15 ranked| # | From | Player | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CAR | K'Andre MillerD · 75.1Coming off a clear top-of-the-lineup season, plays this club's style almost exactly (90/100) — and comes underpriced by the market. | +2.10 | 90 | 45 | STRONG FIT70/100 · model-est. |
| 2 | TBL | Charle-Edouard D'AstousD · 74.3Coming off a solid contributor season, plays this club's style almost exactly (90/100) — and comes underpriced by the market. | +1.58 | 90 | 44 | STRONG FIT70/100 · model-est. |
| 3 | TBL | Max CrozierD · 64.3Coming off a depth season, plays this club's style almost exactly (100/100) — and comes underpriced by the market. | +0.44 | 100 | 44 | AVERAGE FIT69/100 · model-est. |
| 4 | CBJ | Denton MateychukD · 74.0Coming off a solid contributor season, fits the style well (80/100) — and comes underpriced by the market. | +1.81 | 80 | 51 | AVERAGE FIT69/100 · model-est. |
| 5 | TORstats: TBL | Darren RaddyshD · 82.7Coming off an all-star level season, brings a different stylistic profile (65/100) — and comes underpriced by the market. | +3.67 | 65 | 54 | AVERAGE FIT69/100 · model-est. |
| 6 | COL | Brent BurnsD · 73.9Coming off a clear top-of-the-lineup season, plays this club's style almost exactly (90/100) — and comes underpriced by the market. | +2.07 | 90 | 40 | AVERAGE FIT69/100 · model-est. |
| 7 | NSH | Roman JosiD · 57.3Coming off a solid contributor season, plays this club's style almost exactly (100/100). | +1.97 | 100 | 52 | AVERAGE FIT69/100 · model-est. |
| 8 | VGK | Brayden McNabbD · 60.6Coming off a depth season, plays this club's style almost exactly (100/100) — and comes underpriced by the market. | +0.61 | 100 | 48 | AVERAGE FIT69/100 · model-est. |
| 9 | PIT | Erik KarlssonD · 60.9Coming off a clear top-of-the-lineup season, plays this club's style almost exactly (100/100) — and comes underpriced by the market. | +2.56 | 100 | 47 | AVERAGE FIT68/100 · model-est. |
| 10 | CAR | Alexander NikishinD · 62.7Coming off a solid contributor season, plays this club's style almost exactly (100/100) — and comes underpriced by the market. | +1.54 | 100 | 45 | AVERAGE FIT68/100 · model-est. |
| 11 | VGK | Shea TheodoreD · 86.4Coming off a clear top-of-the-lineup season, brings a different stylistic profile (65/100) — and comes underpriced by the market. | +2.47 | 65 | 48 | AVERAGE FIT68/100 · model-est. |
| 12 | CHIstats: UTA | Ian ColeD · 68.3Coming off a solid contributor season, fits the style well (80/100) — and comes badly underpriced by the market. | +1.18 | 80 | 56 | AVERAGE FIT68/100 · model-est. |
| 13 | LAK | Mikey AndersonD · 56.8Coming off a depth season, plays this club's style almost exactly (100/100) — and comes underpriced by the market. | +0.73 | 100 | 52 | AVERAGE FIT68/100 · model-est. |
| 14 | PHI | Rasmus RistolainenD · 58.1Coming off a depth season, plays this club's style almost exactly (100/100). | +0.44 | 100 | 50 | AVERAGE FIT68/100 · model-est. |
| 15 | CAR | Shayne GostisbehereD · 76.5Coming off a clear top-of-the-lineup season, fits the style well (80/100) — and comes underpriced by the market. | +2.38 | 80 | 45 | AVERAGE FIT68/100 · model-est. |