Site Update: New Archetypes and Player Cards. I have added a new Archetypes tab to the player pages on TheStanleyCap.com and also updated the player cards to use these archetypes. Archetypes provide a data driven evaluation of the various strengths and weaknesses of a players performance.

Site Update: New Archetypes and Player Cards. I have added a new Archetypes tab to the player pages on TheStanleyCap.com and also updated the player cards to use these archetypes. Archetypes provide a data driven evaluation of the various strengths and weaknesses of a players performance.

I wrote an article on whether Ottawa Senators strengths align with Carolina Hurricanes weaknesses and whether that might be the difference in their first round matchup. hockeyanalysis.com/2026/04/17/d...

I made some upgrades to the draft pick simulator. You can now specify up to 16 picks which should cover most/all teams drafts. I also added some additional pick ranges to choose (i.e. 6-10 overall). Finally, you can now run the simulation 1, 5 or 10 times. www.thestanleycap.com/tools/draft_...

I made some upgrades to the draft pick simulator. You can now specify up to 16 picks which should cover most/all teams drafts. I also added some additional pick ranges to choose (i.e. 6-10 overall). Finally, you can now run the simulation 1, 5 or 10 times. www.thestanleycap.com/tools/draft_...

Thank-you to everyone that visited TheStanleyCap.com today. It was almost certainly our busiest day for traffic ever. If you enjoy what we are trying to build please consider supporting us with a subscription or just help spread the word.

Did your team trade for some draft picks today? Were you wondering the quality of players you reasonably expect from those draft picks down the road? Use this draft pick simulator to see the types of players that were taken with those picks in the past. www.thestanleycap.com/tools/draft_...

New Feature for Trade Deadline Day Weegar was traded for three 2nd round picks. Want to know what a reasonable expectation of value is for those picks? Now you can. Introducing the Draft Pick Value Simulator which can be found under the Analytics menu. (1/5) www.thestanleycap.com/tools/draft_...

Not even out a day and I have a nice enhancement of these team cards. Added to the 2025-26 team cards are 5 year trends. I love Utah's trends, especially for Create, Pen. Kill and Skating. thestanleycap.com/teams/utah-m...

Not even out a day and I have a nice enhancement of these team cards. Added to the 2025-26 team cards are 5 year trends. I love Utah's trends, especially for Create, Pen. Kill and Skating. thestanleycap.com/teams/utah-m...

New Feature: Team cards. Team cards for the current season and the past 5 seasons can be found in the 'Team Cards' tab on team pages. thestanleycap.com/teams/pittsb...

TheStanleyCap.com is now free ad-free. The other day I visited a website that wanted permission to use cookies and share data with advertisers and partners. In total they were requesting permission to share data with over 200 businesses. I have decided I cannot facilitate this practice.

TheStanleyCap.com is now free ad-free. The other day I visited a website that wanted permission to use cookies and share data with advertisers and partners. In total they were requesting permission to share data with over 200 businesses. I have decided I cannot facilitate this practice.

Site Update: I have added all of the hockey analytics reports that are on Puckalytics.com to TheStanleyCap.com. You can access the reports from the STATS pull down menu. These will exactly match the Puckalytics reports so you can choose which look you like best.

I'm happy to announce that I have added NHL Edge Team Reports to Puckalytics including NHL Edge Skating, Shot Speed and Zone Time reports. I'll also be adding this data to TheStanleyCap.com Team Pages in the coming days. puckalytics.com/reports/team...

Martin Necas signs an 8 year $11.5M AAV contract extension with the Avalanche. At the pace players are getting extended there will be no top tier free agents left next summer. thestanleycap.com/players/mart...

One more announcement, and this is a good one. I am happy to announce that through database and code optimizations I have achieved significant reductions in page load times making the user experience significantly better. Team and Player pages load 50-60% faster than previously.

Happy Anniversary to TheStanleyCap.com. One year ago today, on Oct 30, 2024, The Stanley Cap officially opened its doors on the World Wide Web. It's been a year of ups and downs, learning and growing, and adding new features.

I understand that people don't like red=good and blue=bad in my player cards. I cannot switch them around because my mind doesn't think that way. However, I am willing to switch to green is good. Thoughts on this color scheme?

Update to Player Cards: You can now find 2023-24 and 2024-25 player cards on player pages which is useful for players who have not played the minimum 5GP this season to have a card. NHL Edge data doesn't go back any further so it doesn't make sense to go back any further using this format.

Interested in supporting an NHL Salary Cap website? I have about half the teams covered and half are still looking for a volunteer to maintain rosters and lineups. Teams in need of admins are: BUF, BOS, TOR, CAR, CBJ, NJD, PHI, CHI, NSH, STL, UTA, WPG, ANA, CGY, SJS, SEA, VAN, VGK.

Player cards are now live on TheStanleyCap.com. Just click the Player Card tab on any player page if they have played at least 5 games this season.

Player cards are now live on TheStanleyCap.com. Just click the Player Card tab on any player page if they have played at least 5 games this season.

Here is where I am at with the player cards. I know some people prefer red=bad and blue=good but my eyes don't work that way and that isn't how the website is set up either. So think Red=Hot=Good, Blue=Cold=Bad.

A lot of people don't like Red indicating Good and Blue indicating Bad. My brain is completely re-wired the other way around. No guarantee that I'll change things up, but which of these do you like better? Blue=Good or Red=Good (I probably need to tone down the color scales regardless).

Working on some player cards (team cards coming soon too). I still have some tweaking but what are your thoughts so far? This guy seems pretty good.

Interested in supporting an NHL Salary Cap website? I have about half the teams covered and half are still looking for a volunteer to maintain rosters and lineups. Teams in need of admins are: BUF, BOS, TOR, CAR, CBJ, NJD, PHI, CHI, NSH, STL, UTA, WPG, ANA, CGY, SJS, SEA, VAN, VGK.

We are still looking for volunteers to help maintain team transactions and rosters/lineups. Plenty of teams are still in need of admins.

Today is the last day for you to save 40% when you sign up for a Stanley Cap subscription. You support helps pay the server costs and fund the growth of the site.

40% of offer expires Tuesday. This is your chance to support the growth of TheStanleyCap.com.

I spent a good part of yesterday and today optimizing the team and player pages on TheStanleyCap.com. I have more that I can do but they should load somewhat faster now. Team page load times reduced ~30-40% and player pages ~20%.

Are you interested in helping run an NHL Salary Cap website? I am looking for volunteers to help maintain NHL rosters and lineups for the upcoming season. The only requirement is that you are a fan of one (or more) NHL teams and have the ability to enter team transactions/lineups on a daily basis.

I have a special offer for BlueSky users only. If you sign up for a subscription to The Stanley Cap and use discount code BLUESKY40, you will receive 40% off for the first 3 months of your subscription. Valid only until the start of the NHL season (midnight Oct 7). thestanleycap.com/subscriptions

I've had a few questions about how much work this will be. For most teams it might be 5-10 minutes per day and some days maybe none. It requires updating lineups on game days and entering transactions (promotions/demotions from minors mostly) when they occur.

Are you interested in helping run an NHL Salary Cap website? I am looking for volunteers to help maintain NHL rosters and lineups for the upcoming season. The only requirement is that you are a fan of one (or more) NHL teams and have the ability to enter team transactions/lineups on a daily basis.

Kirill Kaprizov and the Minnesota Wild agree to an NHL record 8 year $136M contract. Vote on what you think of the contract by creating a user account and logging in TheStanleyCap and voting on Kaprizov's player page. Logged in users experience fewer ads too. www.thestanleycap.com/players/kiri...

I have a special offer for BlueSky users only. If you sign up for a subscription to The Stanley Cap and use discount code BLUESKY40, you will receive 40% off for the first 3 months of your subscription. Valid only until the start of the NHL season (midnight Oct 7). thestanleycap.com/subscriptions

Kirill Kaprizov and the Minnesota Wild agree to an NHL record 8 year $136M contract. Vote on what you think of the contract by creating a user account and logging in TheStanleyCap and voting on Kaprizov's player page. Logged in users experience fewer ads too. www.thestanleycap.com/players/kiri...

New Feature: Contracts now show the General Manager who signed the contract. Also, you can see all the contracts that were signed by a general manager. Select 'Contract Signings by General Manager' under the Players menu. www.thestanleycap.com/contracts/gm...

New Feature: Contracts now show the General Manager who signed the contract. Also, you can see all the contracts that were signed by a general manager. Select 'Contract Signings by General Manager' under the Players menu. www.thestanleycap.com/contracts/gm...

The start of the NHL season is a couple weeks away and I am working hard on adding new features to The Stanley Cap. Today I am not really announcing a new feature but making a request. I am introducing Subscription Plans and asking for your support. www.thestanleycap.com/subscriptions

The start of the NHL season is a couple weeks away and I am working hard on adding new features to The Stanley Cap. Today I am not really announcing a new feature but making a request. I am introducing Subscription Plans and asking for your support. www.thestanleycap.com/subscriptions

For those that experienced problems registering for an account and had problems, I think have resolved the issue. Give it another try and start making your contract predictions.

New feature: Do you want to make a prediction on what McDavid's or Kaprizov's next contract will be? Now you can do that on TheStanleyCap.com. You can do this from either the players page directly or by selecting 'Contract Predictions' in the players pulldown menu.

Dustin Wolf signs a 7-year contract extension starting in 2026-27 with an AAV of $7.5M. Create and account and/or log in to The Stanley Cap to rate this contract. www.thestanleycap.com/players/dust...

Over the next several weeks I'll be pushing out several updates for TheStanleyCap.com. I started with several today which I will describe in this thread.

Over the next several weeks I'll be pushing out several updates for TheStanleyCap.com. I started with several today which I will describe in this thread.

I cannot stress enough, if you want something fixed/added to The Stanley Cap, let me know. I never witnessed this issue because it didn't seem to show up on large screens (my desktop) or small screens (my phone). But on a mid-sized tablet it did. It was an easy fix once I knew about it.

New Feature on TheStanleyCap.com Each team and player page now has a tab for News/Opinions which includes links to various news and blog articles from news sites and fan blogs.

A relatively small change in the newly negotiated NHL CBA is the elimination of the ability for teams to 'paper' players to the AHL on off days to save cap space by requiring players play at least 1 AHL game before being recalled. This will make the cap system fairer, particularly for young players.