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.

WPGWinnipeg Jets

Biggest need

Bottom-6 forward depth

-45team 36.8 vs league 81.9 · high

All needs · ranked

4 flagged

Bottom-6 forward depthhigh

-45

Depth defensehigh

-35

Top-6 forwardhigh

-27

Top-pair defensemanhigh

-22

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 (98/100) — and comes underpriced by the market.	72	+21.4	UFA (est.)	80/100 · model-est.
2	NJDstats: PIT	Anthony ManthaR · +3.02Coming off a clear top-of-the-lineup season, plays this club's style almost exactly (98/100) — and comes underpriced by the market.	72	+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 (98/100) — and comes underpriced by the market.	73	+16.3	UFA (est.)	78/100 · model-est.
4	CAR	Eric RobinsonL · +1.06Coming off a solid contributor season, plays this club's style almost exactly (92/100) — and comes underpriced by the market.	68	+21.4	UFA (est.)	77/100 · model-est.
5	CAR	Mark JankowskiL · +1.35Coming off a solid contributor season, brings a different stylistic profile (59/100) — and comes badly underpriced by the market.	62	+27.5	UFA (est.)	77/100 · model-est.
6	COL	Parker KellyC · +1.93Coming off a solid contributor season, plays this club's style almost exactly (92/100) — and comes underpriced by the market.	67	+20.9	UFA (est.)	77/100 · model-est.
7	CBJstats: COL	Valeri NichushkinR · +2.57Coming off a clear top-of-the-lineup season, brings a different stylistic profile (69/100) — and comes underpriced by the market.	66	+21.7	UFA (est.)	77/100 · model-est.
8	CAR	Sebastian AhoC · +3.70Coming off an all-star level season, plays this club's style almost exactly (92/100) — and comes underpriced by the market.	70	+18.0	UFA (est.)	77/100 · 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 (98/100) — and comes underpriced by the market.	+3.67	98	47	STRONG FIT74/100 · model-est.
2	TBL	Jake GuentzelC · 74.2Coming off an all-star level season, plays this club's style almost exactly (98/100) — and comes underpriced by the market.	+4.07	98	44	STRONG FIT73/100 · model-est.
3	BUF	Jason ZuckerL · 71.8Coming off a clear top-of-the-lineup season, plays this club's style almost exactly (98/100).	+2.15	98	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 (98/100) — and comes underpriced by the market.	+3.02	98	53	STRONG FIT72/100 · model-est.
5	UTA	Lawson CrouseL · 69.7Coming off a clear top-of-the-lineup season, plays this club's style almost exactly (98/100) — and comes underpriced by the market.	+2.29	98	47	STRONG FIT72/100 · model-est.
6	MIN	Matt BoldyL · 80.5Coming off an all-star level season, fits the style well (83/100) — and comes underpriced by the market.	+4.33	83	47	STRONG FIT71/100 · model-est.
7	ANA	Cutter GauthierL · 76.5Coming off an all-star level season, fits the style well (83/100) — and comes underpriced by the market.	+3.55	83	52	STRONG FIT71/100 · model-est.
8	BUF	Tage ThompsonC · 73.7Coming off an all-star level season, plays this club's style almost exactly (92/100) — and comes underpriced by the market.	+3.79	92	46	STRONG FIT71/100 · model-est.
9	SJS	Pavol RegendaL · 67.4Coming off a depth season, plays this club's style almost exactly (92/100).	+0.54	92	54	STRONG FIT71/100 · model-est.
10	NJD	Cody GlassC · 62.7Coming off a solid contributor season, plays this club's style almost exactly (98/100) — and comes underpriced by the market.	+1.32	98	53	STRONG FIT70/100 · model-est.
11	PIT	Evgeni MalkinC · 66.4Coming off a clear top-of-the-lineup season, plays this club's style almost exactly (98/100).	+2.50	98	47	STRONG FIT70/100 · model-est.
12	STL	Jimmy SnuggerudR · 66.8Coming off a clear top-of-the-lineup season, plays this club's style almost exactly (92/100).	+2.25	92	52	AVERAGE FIT70/100 · model-est.
13	PIT	Justin BrazeauR · 71.0Coming off a solid contributor season, plays this club's style almost exactly (92/100) — and comes underpriced by the market.	+1.66	92	47	AVERAGE FIT70/100 · model-est.
14	NYI	Bo HorvatC · 67.9Coming off a clear top-of-the-lineup season, plays this club's style almost exactly (92/100) — and comes underpriced by the market.	+2.72	92	51	AVERAGE FIT70/100 · model-est.
15	CAR	Sebastian AhoC · 71.6Coming off an all-star level season, plays this club's style almost exactly (92/100) — and comes underpriced by the market.	+3.70	92	45	AVERAGE FIT70/100 · model-est.