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.
TORToronto Maple Leafs
Biggest need
Bottom-6 forward depth
-44team 38.3 vs league 81.9 · high
All needs · ranked
4 flagged01
Bottom-6 forward depthhigh
-4402
Depth defensehigh
-3503
Top-6 forwardhigh
-2704
Top-pair defensemanhigh
-15Best value fits
8 ranked · league board →| # | From | Player | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | UTA | Lawson CrouseL · +2.29Coming off a clear top-of-the-lineup season, plays this club's style almost exactly (97/100) — and comes underpriced by the market. | 71 | +21.4 | UFA (est.) | 79/100 · model-est. |
| 2 | NJDstats: PIT | Anthony ManthaR · +3.02Coming off a clear top-of-the-lineup season, plays this club's style almost exactly (97/100) — and comes underpriced by the market. | 71 | +17.7 | UFA (est.) | 78/100 · model-est. |
| 3 | TBL | Jake GuentzelC · +4.07Coming off an all-star level season, plays this club's style almost exactly (97/100) — and comes underpriced by the market. | 72 | +16.3 | UFA (est.) | 77/100 · model-est. |
| 4 | CAR | Eric RobinsonL · +1.06Coming off a solid contributor season, plays this club's style almost exactly (87/100) — and comes underpriced by the market. | 66 | +21.4 | UFA (est.) | 77/100 · model-est. |
| 5 | CAR | Mark JankowskiL · +1.35Coming off a solid contributor season, brings a different stylistic profile (54/100) — and comes badly underpriced by the market. | 60 | +27.5 | UFA (est.) | 76/100 · model-est. |
| 6 | COL | Parker KellyC · +1.93Coming off a solid contributor season, plays this club's style almost exactly (87/100) — and comes underpriced by the market. | 66 | +20.9 | UFA (est.) | 76/100 · model-est. |
| 7 | CBJstats: COL | Valeri NichushkinR · +2.57Coming off a clear top-of-the-lineup season, brings a different stylistic profile (64/100) — and comes underpriced by the market. | 65 | +21.7 | UFA (est.) | 76/100 · model-est. |
| 8 | CAR | Sebastian AhoC · +3.70Coming off an all-star level season, plays this club's style almost exactly (87/100) — and comes underpriced by the market. | 68 | +18.0 | 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 · Bottom-6 forward depth
15 ranked| # | From | Player | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | UTA | Dylan GuentherR · 74.5Coming off an all-star level season, plays this club's style almost exactly (97/100) — and comes underpriced by the market. | +3.67 | 97 | 47 | STRONG FIT73/100 · model-est. |
| 2 | TBL | Jake GuentzelC · 74.2Coming off an all-star level season, plays this club's style almost exactly (97/100) — and comes underpriced by the market. | +4.07 | 97 | 44 | STRONG FIT72/100 · model-est. |
| 3 | BUF | Jason ZuckerL · 71.8Coming off a clear top-of-the-lineup season, plays this club's style almost exactly (97/100). | +2.15 | 97 | 46 | STRONG FIT72/100 · model-est. |
| 4 | NJDstats: PIT | Anthony ManthaR · 66.4Coming off a clear top-of-the-lineup season, plays this club's style almost exactly (97/100) — and comes underpriced by the market. | +3.02 | 97 | 53 | STRONG FIT71/100 · model-est. |
| 5 | UTA | Lawson CrouseL · 69.7Coming off a clear top-of-the-lineup season, plays this club's style almost exactly (97/100) — and comes underpriced by the market. | +2.29 | 97 | 47 | STRONG FIT71/100 · model-est. |
| 6 | NSH | Filip ForsbergL · 64.8Coming off a clear top-of-the-lineup season, plays this club's style almost exactly (94/100) — and comes underpriced by the market. | +3.34 | 94 | 52 | AVERAGE FIT70/100 · model-est. |
| 7 | NJD | Cody GlassC · 62.7Coming off a solid contributor season, plays this club's style almost exactly (97/100) — and comes underpriced by the market. | +1.32 | 97 | 53 | AVERAGE FIT70/100 · model-est. |
| 8 | MIN | Matt BoldyL · 80.5Coming off an all-star level season, fits the style well (79/100) — and comes underpriced by the market. | +4.33 | 79 | 47 | AVERAGE FIT70/100 · model-est. |
| 9 | ANA | Cutter GauthierL · 76.5Coming off an all-star level season, fits the style well (79/100) — and comes underpriced by the market. | +3.55 | 79 | 52 | AVERAGE FIT70/100 · model-est. |
| 10 | PIT | Evgeni MalkinC · 66.4Coming off a clear top-of-the-lineup season, plays this club's style almost exactly (97/100). | +2.50 | 97 | 47 | AVERAGE FIT70/100 · model-est. |
| 11 | BUF | Tage ThompsonC · 73.7Coming off an all-star level season, plays this club's style almost exactly (87/100) — and comes underpriced by the market. | +3.79 | 87 | 46 | AVERAGE FIT69/100 · model-est. |
| 12 | SJS | +0.54 | 87 | 54 | AVERAGE FIT69/100 · model-est. | |
| 13 | CAR | Seth JarvisC · 72.4Coming off a clear top-of-the-lineup season, plays this club's style almost exactly (88/100). | +3.12 | 88 | 45 | AVERAGE FIT69/100 · model-est. |
| 14 | STL | Jimmy SnuggerudR · 66.8Coming off a clear top-of-the-lineup season, plays this club's style almost exactly (87/100). | +2.25 | 87 | 52 | AVERAGE FIT69/100 · model-est. |
| 15 | LAK | Alex LaferriereR · 59.7Coming off a solid contributor season, plays this club's style almost exactly (97/100) — and comes underpriced by the market. | +1.91 | 97 | 52 | AVERAGE FIT69/100 · model-est. |