Jackson LaCombe was always more than deserving to make the Olympic team. He's an incredible two-way defenceman outperforming some tough minutes for Anaheim. This will add even more puck-moving and smart shutdown prowess to USA's blueline. 📈 lb-hockey.com

6.95M is almost exactly what we predicted on a 7 year extension for Josh Doan. The term is very surprising though. It projects to be a great contract for Buffalo as Doan is already worth 7M with his play this season, and should sustain it as the cap grows. 📈 lb-hockey.com

Kiefer Sherwood is a nice power forward who thrives as a disruptor off-puck and goal scorer with it. He's excellent at recovering pucks on the forecheck, helping his D on counter-attacks, can play the PK, and provides individual shot creation & finishing for some good scoring depth. 📈 lb-hockey.com

Rasmus Andersson is having a great bounceback season, posing as a dangerous dual-threat on offence and good two-way skills in transition. Zach Whitecloud is a good defensive #4/5. More offensive time open for Parekh now, but there remains a logjam at D in Calgary. 📈 lb-hockey.com

Carter Hart has 0 steals and 5 chokes this season on a 5-3-3 record. This means that with how the Vegas skaters played in those games, they were expected to go 10-0-1. 📈 lb-hockey.com

Per lb-hockey.com, the Ottawa Senators are last in the league in Stolen Games by their goalies with just 1. They are also second last in their goalie Steals-to-Chokes differential with -9, aka nine more chokes than steals this season (last is VGK with -10, third last is UTA with -6).

With a 4-point night yesterday, Mark Scheifele is on pace for a 40G 100PTS season proving himself as one of the most dynamic offensive catalysts in the league. Here's part of our push as to why he should be on the Canadian team in our 2026 Olympic Guide: lb-hockey.com/2026/01/13/2...

New article up on LB-Hockey! 🚨🏒 Our 2026 Olympic Guide is here as we dive into the Finnish, Swedish, American, and Canadian rosters to figure out which snubbed players deserve to skate in Milan. 🔗: lb-hockey.com/2026/01/13/2...

New lb-hockey.com article comes out tomorrow, here's a sneak peek

LB-Hockey made it onto the Sharks broadcast during today's game!

Friedman reporting that Canada is projected to bring back the same 8 dmen from the 4 Nations tournament. If that holds, it'll be a crazy decision by Canada to leave their 2nd best defenceman at home. 📈 lb-hockey.com

Even ignoring Robertson's stellar overall play and production this season, the argument that the USA should bring more "hard-nosed" guys over him falls flat. Robo thrives in contested areas and often succeeds in various situations when pressured. 📈 lb-hockey.com

Another maybe on the outs due to "soft play" is Adam Fox. Sure his 4Nations wasn't great, but that's a four-game sample in a sea of elite games. He denies entries constantly, easily breaks pucks out when pressured, and the opposition gets very few chances around his crease. 📈 lb-hockey.com

Great deal by TBL to lock in Moser now. Sure the points pace is similar to past years, but his play-driving impact has been unreal in 2025. Tag on his blossoming shooting & passing skills and you've got a likely production breakout incoming. Could this be the new Forsling contract? 📈 lb-hockey.com

Merry Christmas from lb-hockey.com

Had a blast as always examining some hidden gems with Blake! Great episode if you're curious how the underlying metrics over at lb-hockey.com can be used for both player evaluation & fantasy hockey purposes 🏒📈

New article up on LB-Hockey! 🚨🏒 How we built a model that blends publicly available hockey data to obtain eye-test-sturdy playing styles, and contributions in the form of standings points. Capturing Playing Styles & Contributions in the Modern NHL 🔗: lb-hockey.com/2025/12/05/c...

Ottawa losing Pinto for a decent period of time is a tough blow. He's obviously been one of the most efficient scorers this year, but the defensive suppression has been excellent too. Made one of the best 3rd lines in the league with Amadio & Giroux. 📈 lb-hockey.com

Also a reminder that our Black Friday sale is still ongoing but closing soon! You can get one month free with code BLACKFRIDAY, meaning you can access these mini-cards and a dozen other groundbreaking hockey analytics tools here: lb-hockey.com

Unveiling the new lb-hockey.com Mini Cards! 🏒 These are condensed versions of our multi-year cards, better suited for social media thanks to its new shape and digestibility. Let's take a few requests to test them out 👇

Are we seeing a return of 2022-23 Dylan Cozens? Our shooting and passing metrics on him have bounced back to his peak that season. And for the first time ever, his defensive suppression is no longer poor, even going up to league average now! On pace to hit 30G & 60PTS again too 🏒 📈 lb-hockey.com

Some Matthew Schaefer propaganda for the timeline. Here are all U21 dmen since 2020 in our model, with some notable names highlighted in their age-20 season. Schaefer leads them all by a large margin, while having just turned 18! #Milan2026 📈 lb-hockey.com

Shane Pinto has had an excellent start to the season. Not only has his scoring game taken a nice step with a 40G 71PTS pace currently, but the defensive zone play has continued to spike 📈 🏒 lb-hockey.com

Posted last Friday, fares pretty well with Pinto's 4x7.5M contract ✅ 4 year term likeliest extension ✅ Predicted cap within 700k of actual ✅ Projected worth within 50k of final deal

I've been longing for a Chabot-Spence pair ever since we traded for him. For the lb-hockey.com Sens Season Preview piece before the season began, I wrote about how both dmen's offensive profiles could complement each other very well thanks to their tendencies when moving the puck ✍️

Little viz update, we've added the average surplus for every prediction in our Contract Projector, so now you can better evaluate how good or bad those new extensions would pan out. For example, here's the new view with Shane Pinto's likeliest deals. 🔗 lb-hockey.com/contract-pro...

This might be the most impressive card in our dataset so far for 2025-26. Leo Carlsson is on an absolute mission this season, as he has not only racked up 5G 13A in 12GP, but doing so while posting elite numbers in every single facet of the game. 📈 lb-hockey.com

New tool up on LB-Hockey, the Steals & Chokes Report! 🚨🏒 Our first goalie-exclusive viz looks to capture their game-breaking ability by showcasing how their stolen & choked games over the years, and providing info on those individual performances. 🔗 lb-hockey.com/steals-and-c...

FYI, I've made the Puckémon Cards over at LB-Hockey free for everyone! Check em out here: lb-hockey.com/puckemon-car...

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New article up on LB-Hockey! 🚨🏒 The Senators season starts tomorrow so it's time for our season preview! We analyze all of Ottawa's 2025 additions with plenty of clips & visualizations. And one thing's for certain, these new guys can SHOOT. 🔗 lb-hockey.com/2025/10/08/h...

Top 50 Projected Players for 2025-26 by SPAR: 1 to 10 At long last, our pre-season posting is complete with the top 10 projected players for 2025-26. Do the Hart, Norris, and Vezina stay within this group by end of season? Or is there an upset coming? 📈 lb-hockey.com

And here's what the playoff picture would look like 🏒

Teams have officially submitted their opening day rosters so we can finally release the 2025-26 lb-hockey.com Standings Projections! These take into account roster strength at all positions, chemistry between linemates, and known+common injuries. Who surprises you most? 👇

Top 50 Projected Players for 2025-26 by SPAR: 11 to 20 The penultimate section features tons of variety by position, a couple of injured stars, a couple dallas stars, the two main pieces from the biggest trade of last season, and the 2nd highest ranked goalie. 📈 lb-hockey.com

Top 50 Projected Players for 2025-26 by SPAR: 21 to 30 Pastrnak's goalscoring is arguably being undervalued here. Celebrini looks to take advantage of his sophomore campaign and establish himself in the top 25. While Jake Sanderson hopes to hop into the Norris conversation. 📈 lb-hockey.com

Top 50 Projected Players for 2025-26 by SPAR: 31 to 40 A slew of RWs leads this section, including some from the next wave in Jarvis & Boldy. Meanwhile, Josi looks to bounce back from injury and prove he’s still one of the most dynamic dmen out there. 📈 lb-hockey.com

This extension is almost identical to our prediction for Gus, just 0.28M above the AAV. While he has varied up and down over the years, he should be well worth that price point throughout the contract. 📈 lb-hockey.com

Top 50 Projected Players for 2025-26 by SPAR: 41 to 50 The top 50 kicks off with some first line centres, an elite starting goalie, wingers with snarl, and one of the best complementary top pair dmen. 📈 lb-hockey.com

8 years is more than I had predicted for Mikkola but the 5M price point is right in the expected range. Niko is not a flashy player but he has taken big steps over the last couple years, driving strong defensive results and becoming an imposing 1v1 defender. 📈 lb-hockey.com

Top 50 Projected Players for 2025-26 by SPAR: HMs Our last pre-season socials series is here. This list is entirely data-driven and uses SPAR to project the next season’s best 50 players. To kick it off, we’ve got one honourable mention per position. 📈 lb-hockey.com

LaCombe is an unbelievably talented defenceman. This 8x9 extension comes in just 0.4M above our predictionl. The age curve and rising cap on top of his stellar 2024-25 season combine to place his projected $ worth quite high, likely providing surplus value throughout the contract. 📈 lb-hockey.com

Top 10 Projected Players by Position for 2025-26: Centers Jack Hughes looks to stay healthy and move into the top 5 centermen in the league. Celebrini hopes to prove the age curve right. This was also evidently made before the Barkov injury. 📈 lb-hockey.com

Top 10 Projected Players by Position for 2025-26: Wingers Europeans dominate the wingers list, holding 6 of the top 7 spots. Pastrnak could be a few spots higher, and Tkachuk's injury will decrease his actual contributed output by year's end. 📈 lb-hockey.com

Top 10 Projected Players by Position for 2025-26: Defencemen Quinn Hughes begins the season as the Norris favourite for 2025-26. Dallas is the only team with multiple showings here, with Harley at 10th and Heiskanen in the top 5. 📈 lb-hockey.com

Top 10 Projected Players by Position for 2025-26: Goalies Connor Hellebuyck looks to defend his Hart and Vezina titles as he's projected to lead the goalie pack again. Dustin Wolf meanwhile hopes to continue building on a stellar rookie season. 📈 lb-hockey.com

Top 10 Projected Players by Category for 2025-26: Transition A healthy season for Jack Hughes would remind everyone how supremely talented he is off the rush. Jackson LaCombe & Macklin Celebrini also look to prove that last year was not an aberration. 📈 lb-hockey.com

New article up on LB-Hockey! 🚨🏒 In this one, we detail all the changes completed throughout the summer from an overhauled SPAR model, to tons of new features in the player cards, and plenty more content & improvements throughout the site. 🔗 lb-hockey.com/2025/09/25/s...

IMO, Zub has turned into one of the most underrated shutdown partners in the league. He's always been a solid DFD but his ability to clear the front of the net, snuff entry chances, and generally suppress offense has become near top-of-the-league. But why isn't that the general feeling? (cont...)