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.
STLSt. Louis Blues
Biggest need
Depth defense
-46team 41.1 vs league 87.3 · high
All needs · ranked
4 flagged01
Depth defensehigh
-4602
Bottom-6 forward depthhigh
-4203
Top-pair defensemanhigh
-2204
Top-6 forwardhigh
-20Best value fits
8 ranked · league board →| # | From | Player | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CHIstats: UTA | Ian ColeD · +1.18Coming off a solid contributor season, fits the style well (84/100) — and comes badly underpriced by the market. | 69 | +29.4 | UFA (est.) | 79/100 · model-est. |
| 2 | ANA | Ian MooreD · +0.80Coming off a depth season, fits the style well (77/100) — and comes badly underpriced by the market. | 68 | +28.7 | RFA (est.) | 78/100 · model-est. |
| 3 | COL | Josh MansonD · +1.80Coming off a solid contributor season, fits the style well (84/100) — and comes badly underpriced by the market. | 68 | +28.7 | UFA (est.) | 78/100 · model-est. |
| 4 | TBL | Charle-Edouard D'AstousD · +1.58Coming off a solid contributor season, plays this club's style almost exactly (94/100) — and comes underpriced by the market. | 71 | +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 (53/100) — and comes badly underpriced by the market. | 67 | +28.9 | RFA (est.) | 77/100 · model-est. |
| 6 | PITstats: VGK | Kaedan KorczakD · +0.87Coming off a depth season, fits the style well (77/100) — and comes badly underpriced by the market. | 63 | +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 (94/100) — and comes underpriced by the market. | 70 | +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 (60/100) — and comes badly underpriced by the market. | 66 | +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 (94/100) — and comes underpriced by the market. | +2.10 | 94 | 45 | STRONG FIT72/100 · model-est. |
| 2 | TBL | Charle-Edouard D'AstousD · 74.3Coming off a solid contributor season, plays this club's style almost exactly (94/100) — and comes underpriced by the market. | +1.58 | 94 | 44 | STRONG FIT71/100 · model-est. |
| 3 | CBJ | Denton MateychukD · 74.0Coming off a solid contributor season, fits the style well (84/100) — and comes underpriced by the market. | +1.81 | 84 | 51 | AVERAGE FIT70/100 · model-est. |
| 4 | TORstats: TBL | Darren RaddyshD · 82.7Coming off an all-star level season, brings a different stylistic profile (68/100) — and comes underpriced by the market. | +3.67 | 68 | 54 | AVERAGE FIT70/100 · model-est. |
| 5 | COL | Brent BurnsD · 73.9Coming off a clear top-of-the-lineup season, plays this club's style almost exactly (94/100) — and comes underpriced by the market. | +2.07 | 94 | 40 | AVERAGE FIT70/100 · model-est. |
| 6 | VGK | Shea TheodoreD · 86.4Coming off a clear top-of-the-lineup season, brings a different stylistic profile (68/100) — and comes underpriced by the market. | +2.47 | 68 | 48 | AVERAGE FIT69/100 · model-est. |
| 7 | CHIstats: UTA | Ian ColeD · 68.3Coming off a solid contributor season, fits the style well (84/100) — and comes badly underpriced by the market. | +1.18 | 84 | 56 | AVERAGE FIT69/100 · model-est. |
| 8 | CAR | Shayne GostisbehereD · 76.5Coming off a clear top-of-the-lineup season, fits the style well (84/100) — and comes underpriced by the market. | +2.38 | 84 | 45 | AVERAGE FIT69/100 · model-est. |
| 9 | CBJ | Ivan ProvorovD · 64.8Coming off a solid contributor season, plays this club's style almost exactly (94/100) — and comes underpriced by the market. | +1.51 | 94 | 51 | AVERAGE FIT69/100 · model-est. |
| 10 | OTT | Jake SandersonD · 87.9Coming off a clear top-of-the-lineup season, brings a different stylistic profile (64/100). | +3.16 | 64 | 47 | AVERAGE FIT68/100 · model-est. |
| 11 | TBL | Ryan McDonaghD · 86.3Coming off a solid contributor season, brings a different stylistic profile (68/100) — and comes underpriced by the market. | +1.41 | 68 | 44 | AVERAGE FIT68/100 · model-est. |
| 12 | ANA | Ian MooreD · 74.0Coming off a depth season, fits the style well (77/100) — and comes badly underpriced by the market. | +0.80 | 77 | 52 | AVERAGE FIT68/100 · model-est. |
| 13 | NJD | Luke HughesD · 60.8Coming off a solid contributor season, plays this club's style almost exactly (94/100). | +1.32 | 94 | 53 | AVERAGE FIT68/100 · model-est. |
| 14 | COL | Josh MansonD · 77.2Coming off a solid contributor season, fits the style well (84/100) — and comes badly underpriced by the market. | +1.80 | 84 | 40 | AVERAGE FIT68/100 · model-est. |
| 15 | TBL | Max CrozierD · 64.3Coming off a depth season, plays this club's style almost exactly (96/100) — and comes underpriced by the market. | +0.44 | 96 | 44 | AVERAGE FIT68/100 · model-est. |