Armchair Scout
2026-27 edition

Know every player in the league.

Long-form reports in the tradition of the old pro hockey handbooks — the finesse game, the physical game, the mental game — with the analytics that used to live inside front offices sitting underneath every one. A new edition each season, and the old ones stay up.

356 reports in this edition ·

What is in a report

Every player gets a bio block, the numbers, and then the same four questions asked in plain language.

Last Season

What the numbers actually were, and what they hide. The stat line is the start of the argument, not the end of it.

The Finesse Game

Skating, hands, vision, the shot. What a player can do with the puck, and what he reaches for when the play breaks down.

The Physical Game

Size, strength, whether he hits, whether he can be moved off a puck, and how well the body is holding up.

The Intangibles

Temperament and honest criticism. Where a player is trending, and the thing about him nobody wants to say out loud.

Clubs covered

The 2026-27 edition, filling in one roster at a time.

The archive

Nothing gets overwritten. Each season is its own edition, so you can read what was said about a player three years ago and judge how it aged.

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