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.
MINMinnesota Wild
Biggest need
Bottom-6 forward depth
-30team 52.0 vs league 81.9 · high
All needs · ranked
4 flagged01
Bottom-6 forward depthhigh
-3002
Depth defensehigh
-2303
Top-6 forwardhigh
-1804
Top-pair defensemanhigh
-14Best value fits
8 ranked · league board →| # | From | Player | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CAR | Mark JankowskiL · +1.35Coming off a solid contributor season, fits the style well (79/100) — and comes badly underpriced by the market. | 68 | +27.5 | UFA (est.) | 81/100 · model-est. |
| 2 | CBJstats: COL | Valeri NichushkinR · +2.57Coming off a clear top-of-the-lineup season, plays this club's style almost exactly (89/100) — and comes underpriced by the market. | 73 | +21.7 | UFA (est.) | 80/100 · model-est. |
| 3 | VGK | Ivan BarbashevL · +2.96Coming off a clear top-of-the-lineup season, plays this club's style almost exactly (96/100) — and comes underpriced by the market. | 72 | +21.6 | UFA (est.) | 80/100 · model-est. |
| 4 | NSHstats: COL | Ross ColtonC · +1.22Coming off a solid contributor season, plays this club's style almost exactly (89/100) — and comes underpriced by the market. | 69 | +23.8 | UFA (est.) | 80/100 · model-est. |
| 5 | CAR | Logan StankovenC · +2.33Coming off a clear top-of-the-lineup season, plays this club's style almost exactly (96/100) — and comes underpriced by the market. | 71 | +22.0 | ELC (est.) | 79/100 · model-est. |
| 6 | COL | Brock NelsonC · +4.01Coming off an all-star level season, fits the style well (74/100) — and comes underpriced by the market. | 69 | +24.1 | UFA (est.) | 79/100 · model-est. |
| 7 | CBJ | Charlie CoyleC · +2.85Coming off a clear top-of-the-lineup season, fits the style well (84/100) — and comes underpriced by the market. | 70 | +22.5 | UFA (est.) | 79/100 · model-est. |
| 8 | PHIstats: PIT | Noel AcciariC · +1.32Coming off a solid contributor season, plays this club's style almost exactly (96/100) — and comes underpriced by the market. | 72 | +20.1 | UFA (est.) | 79/100 · 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 · Bottom-6 forward depth
15 ranked| # | From | Player | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DETstats: BOS | Viktor ArvidssonL · 78.6Coming off a clear top-of-the-lineup season, plays this club's style almost exactly (96/100) — and comes underpriced by the market. | +2.60 | 96 | 52 | STRONG FIT76/100 · model-est. |
| 2 | ANA | Cutter GauthierL · 76.5Coming off an all-star level season, plays this club's style almost exactly (96/100) — and comes underpriced by the market. | +3.55 | 96 | 52 | STRONG FIT75/100 · model-est. |
| 3 | ANA | Beckett SenneckeR · 74.2Coming off a clear top-of-the-lineup season, plays this club's style almost exactly (96/100) — and comes underpriced by the market. | +2.91 | 96 | 52 | STRONG FIT74/100 · model-est. |
| 4 | FLA | Sam BennettC · 71.9Coming off a clear top-of-the-lineup season, plays this club's style almost exactly (96/100) — and comes underpriced by the market. | +2.68 | 96 | 53 | STRONG FIT73/100 · model-est. |
| 5 | COL | Nathan MacKinnonC · 81.1Coming off an MVP-caliber season, plays this club's style almost exactly (96/100) — and comes underpriced by the market. | +6.24 | 96 | 40 | STRONG FIT73/100 · model-est. |
| 6 | UTA | Logan CooleyC · 74.3Coming off a clear top-of-the-lineup season, plays this club's style almost exactly (96/100). | +2.20 | 96 | 47 | STRONG FIT73/100 · model-est. |
| 7 | VGK | Jack EichelC · 85.8Coming off an all-star level season, fits the style well (79/100) — and comes underpriced by the market. | +4.58 | 79 | 48 | STRONG FIT73/100 · model-est. |
| 8 | CBJstats: COL | Valeri NichushkinR · 76.5Coming off a clear top-of-the-lineup season, plays this club's style almost exactly (89/100) — and comes underpriced by the market. | +2.57 | 89 | 51 | STRONG FIT73/100 · model-est. |
| 9 | NYRstats: VGK | Pavel DorofeyevR · 69.5Coming off a clear top-of-the-lineup season, plays this club's style almost exactly (96/100) — and comes underpriced by the market. | +3.14 | 96 | 51 | STRONG FIT72/100 · model-est. |
| 10 | SJS | +0.93 | 89 | 54 | STRONG FIT72/100 · model-est. | |
| 11 | VGK | Ivan BarbashevL · 71.7Coming off a clear top-of-the-lineup season, plays this club's style almost exactly (96/100) — and comes underpriced by the market. | +2.96 | 96 | 48 | STRONG FIT72/100 · model-est. |
| 12 | ANA | +3.55 | 79 | 52 | STRONG FIT72/100 · model-est. | |
| 13 | OTT | Drake BathersonR · 71.7Coming off a clear top-of-the-lineup season, plays this club's style almost exactly (96/100) — and comes underpriced by the market. | +3.46 | 96 | 47 | STRONG FIT72/100 · model-est. |
| 14 | WSH | Alex OvechkinL · 71.1Coming off a clear top-of-the-lineup season, plays this club's style almost exactly (96/100) — and comes underpriced by the market. | +2.97 | 96 | 48 | STRONG FIT72/100 · model-est. |
| 15 | PHIstats: PIT | Noel AcciariC · 69.4Coming off a solid contributor season, plays this club's style almost exactly (96/100) — and comes underpriced by the market. | +1.32 | 96 | 50 | STRONG FIT72/100 · model-est. |