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All 32 teams · updated Oct 5

Most common need

Playmaking

14 teams graded Need or Thin

Second most common need

Goal scoring

13 teams graded Need or Thin

Deepest league-wide

Penalty kill

16 teams graded Solid or Strong

Teams with $8M+ space

9

Buyers with room to absorb a contract

Team needs & strengths

Built from each roster's results

TeamGoalsCreationPhysical5v5 DPPPKGoalieSpace
ANASolidSolidNeedThinThinThin$1.772M
BOSSolidSolidStrongThinSolidThinStrong$6.047M
BUFStrongStrongThinThinSolidSolid$3.353M
CGYNeedNeedThinNeedSolidSolid$15.13M
CARStrongSolidNeedSolidStrongSolidThin$9.144M
CHINeedNeedNeedNeedNeedStrong$5.733M
COLStrongStrongNeedStrongThinStrongStrong$333K
CBJThinThin$243K
DALSolidSolidSolidStrongSolidSolid$2.542M
DETThinThinThinThin$17.123M
EDMStrongStrongStrongThinNeed$3.627M
FLAThinSolidSolidThinSolidNeed$2.281M
LAKNeedNeedStrongNeedNeedThin$1.975M
MINSolidSolidSolidStrongSolidSolid$1.035M
MTLStrongSolidStrongThinSolidSolid$1.897M
NSHThinNeedThinSolidSolid$10.564M
NJDNeedNeedNeedThin$226K
NYIThinThinThinNeedSolidStrong$2.761M
NYRThinThinStrongSolidSolidSolidStrong$223K
OTTSolidSolidStrongStrongSolidNeedNeed$3.664M
PHIThinThinStrongStrongNeedThinThin$13.532M
PITStrongStrongThinStrongSolid$9.284M
SJSSolidThinThinNeed$9.853M
SEAThinNeedNeedSolid$17.96M
STLThinThinSolidNeedThinThin$2.832M
TBLStrongStrongThinStrongStrongSolid$2.804M
TORThinStrongNeedSolid$2.195M
UTASolidSolidThinSolid$3.613M
VANNeedNeedNeedNeedNeed$17.368M
VGKSolidSolidStrongStrongSolidNeed$0
WSHSolidThinThinSolidStrong$253K
WPGThinThinThin$5.008M
NeedThinAverageSolidStrong

Goals: goals for per game. Creation: primary assists per game. Physical: hits and blocked shots per game. 5v5 D: expected goals against per 60 at 5v5. PP and PK: NHL power play and penalty kill percentages. Goalie: goals saved above expected per game. Grades compare each team with the other 31, using the 2025-26 and 2026-27 seasons (until every team has played 20 games). Space is the cap ceiling minus NHL roster cap hits and retained salary.