The 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.

EDMEdmonton Oilers

Biggest need

Bottom-6 forward depth

-42team 40.0 vs league 81.9 · high

All needs · ranked

4 flagged

Bottom-6 forward depthhigh

-42

Depth defensehigh

-38

Top-6 forwardhigh

-20

Top-pair defensemanhigh

-13

Best 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 (93/100) — and comes underpriced by the market.	70	+21.4	UFA (est.)	79/100 · model-est.
2	CAR	Eric RobinsonL · +1.06Coming off a solid contributor season, plays this club's style almost exactly (97/100) — and comes underpriced by the market.	69	+21.4	UFA (est.)	78/100 · model-est.
3	CAR	Mark JankowskiL · +1.35Coming off a solid contributor season, brings a different stylistic profile (64/100) — and comes badly underpriced by the market.	63	+27.5	UFA (est.)	78/100 · model-est.
4	COL	Parker KellyC · +1.93Coming off a solid contributor season, plays this club's style almost exactly (97/100) — and comes underpriced by the market.	69	+20.9	UFA (est.)	78/100 · model-est.
5	CBJstats: COL	Valeri NichushkinR · +2.57Coming off a clear top-of-the-lineup season, fits the style well (74/100) — and comes underpriced by the market.	68	+21.7	UFA (est.)	78/100 · model-est.
6	CAR	Sebastian AhoC · +3.70Coming off an all-star level season, plays this club's style almost exactly (97/100) — and comes underpriced by the market.	71	+18.0	UFA (est.)	78/100 · model-est.
7	PHIstats: PIT	Noel AcciariC · +1.32Coming off a solid contributor season, plays this club's style almost exactly (89/100) — and comes underpriced by the market.	69	+20.1	UFA (est.)	78/100 · model-est.
8	CAR	Taylor HallL · +2.33Coming off a clear top-of-the-lineup season, plays this club's style almost exactly (89/100) — and comes underpriced by the market.	68	+22.0	UFA (est.)	78/100 · 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	MIN	Matt BoldyL · 80.5Coming off an all-star level season, plays this club's style almost exactly (89/100) — and comes underpriced by the market.	+4.33	89	47	STRONG FIT73/100 · model-est.
2	ANA	Cutter GauthierL · 76.5Coming off an all-star level season, plays this club's style almost exactly (89/100) — and comes underpriced by the market.	+3.55	89	52	STRONG FIT73/100 · model-est.
3	BUF	Tage ThompsonC · 73.7Coming off an all-star level season, plays this club's style almost exactly (97/100) — and comes underpriced by the market.	+3.79	97	46	STRONG FIT72/100 · model-est.
4	SJS	Pavol RegendaL · 67.4Coming off a depth season, plays this club's style almost exactly (97/100).	+0.54	97	54	STRONG FIT72/100 · model-est.
5	UTA	Dylan GuentherR · 74.5Coming off an all-star level season, plays this club's style almost exactly (93/100) — and comes underpriced by the market.	+3.67	93	47	STRONG FIT72/100 · model-est.
6	STL	Jimmy SnuggerudR · 66.8Coming off a clear top-of-the-lineup season, plays this club's style almost exactly (97/100).	+2.25	97	52	STRONG FIT72/100 · model-est.
7	PIT	Justin BrazeauR · 71.0Coming off a solid contributor season, plays this club's style almost exactly (97/100) — and comes underpriced by the market.	+1.66	97	47	STRONG FIT72/100 · model-est.
8	NYI	Bo HorvatC · 67.9Coming off a clear top-of-the-lineup season, plays this club's style almost exactly (97/100) — and comes underpriced by the market.	+2.72	97	51	STRONG FIT71/100 · model-est.
9	FLA	Sam BennettC · 71.9Coming off a clear top-of-the-lineup season, plays this club's style almost exactly (89/100) — and comes underpriced by the market.	+2.68	89	53	STRONG FIT71/100 · model-est.
10	DETstats: BOS	Viktor ArvidssonL · 78.6Coming off a clear top-of-the-lineup season, fits the style well (81/100) — and comes underpriced by the market.	+2.60	81	52	STRONG FIT71/100 · model-est.
11	CAR	Sebastian AhoC · 71.6Coming off an all-star level season, plays this club's style almost exactly (97/100) — and comes underpriced by the market.	+3.70	97	45	STRONG FIT71/100 · model-est.
12	TOR	Auston MatthewsC · 64.1Coming off a clear top-of-the-lineup season, plays this club's style almost exactly (97/100).	+2.28	97	54	STRONG FIT71/100 · model-est.
13	TBL	Jake GuentzelC · 74.2Coming off an all-star level season, plays this club's style almost exactly (93/100) — and comes underpriced by the market.	+4.07	93	44	STRONG FIT71/100 · model-est.
14	CHI	Connor BedardC · 62.7Coming off a clear top-of-the-lineup season, plays this club's style almost exactly (97/100).	+2.83	97	56	STRONG FIT71/100 · model-est.
15	SJS	Will SmithC · 63.4Coming off a clear top-of-the-lineup season, plays this club's style almost exactly (97/100).	+2.48	97	54	STRONG FIT71/100 · model-est.