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The 2025-26 edition

400 reports, as they read that season. Back to the first page

Evidence

Page 7 of 7 · Sturm to Zucker

78

Nico Sturm

Evidence behind this report: Light. Thinner than most: part of the record is missing. The page is honest about what it has, but it is a smaller sample than the book's norm.

C · Minnesota Wild

14 points, and a faceoff centre coming back to the club that developed him.

14

Nick Suzuki

Evidence behind this report: Light. Thinner than most: part of the record is missing. The page is honest about what it has, but it is a smaller sample than the book's norm.

C · Montreal Canadiens

89 points and a 17.4 per cent rate, and a line that was outscored 35-62 against an expected 51-53.

40

Fedor Svechkov

Evidence behind this report: Light. Thinner than most: part of the record is missing. The page is honest about what it has, but it is a smaller sample than the book's norm.

C · Nashville Predators

The 19th pick in 2021, 12.5 per cent shooting in a defensive role, and 14 penalty minutes in 52 games.

37

Andrei Svechnikov

Evidence behind this report: Light. Thinner than most: part of the record is missing. The page is honest about what it has, but it is a smaller sample than the book's norm.

RW · Carolina Hurricanes

20 goals and 48 points, and the seventh season of waiting for the player the 2nd overall pick implied.

1

Jeremy Swayman

Evidence behind this report: No record. No five-on-five record — Swayman did not play a measured season. Everything on the page is an older line and a judgment.

G · Boston Bruins

An .8922 across 58 games after a contract dispute cost him a training camp, and the worst season of his career by a distance.

39

Cam Talbot

Evidence behind this report: No record. No five-on-five record — Talbot did not play a measured season. Everything on the page is an older line and a judgment.

G · Detroit Red Wings

A .9004 in 47 games at 37, and 8.7 goals of goaltending above expectation on a club that finished 26th in finishing.

91

Vladimir Tarasenko

Evidence behind this report: Light. Thinner than most: part of the record is missing. The page is honest about what it has, but it is a smaller sample than the book's norm.

RW · Minnesota Wild

33 points at 33 and a minus-13, and the cheapest possible attempt to buy a scorer.

80

Daniil Tarasov

Evidence behind this report: No record. No five-on-five record — Tarasov did not play a measured season. Everything on the page is an older line and a judgment.

G · Florida Panthers

An .8805 in 20 games, and a 6-5 backup acquired for a fourth-round pick.

86

Teuvo Teravainen

Evidence behind this report: Light. Thinner than most: part of the record is missing. The page is honest about what it has, but it is a smaller sample than the book's norm.

C · Chicago Blackhawks

58 points and 43 assists on the worst possession team in the league, and a minus-23 for it.

19

Troy Terry

Evidence behind this report: Light. Thinner than most: part of the record is missing. The page is honest about what it has, but it is a smaller sample than the book's norm.

RW · Mighty Ducks of Anaheim

55 points on the best line this club had, and a minus-8 goal differential to show for it.

72

Tage Thompson

Evidence behind this report: Light. Thinner than most: part of the record is missing. The page is honest about what it has, but it is a smaller sample than the book's norm.

C · Buffalo Sabres

44 goals on an 18.2 per cent rate from 6-6, and a 49.5 per cent chance share to go with them.

21

Conor Timmins

Evidence behind this report: Light. Thinner than most: part of the record is missing. The page is honest about what it has, but it is a smaller sample than the book's norm.

D · Buffalo Sabres

A right-shot depth defenceman on his fourth organisation at 27, with a plus-11 and 15 points.

19

Matthew Tkachuk

Evidence behind this report: Light. Thinner than most: part of the record is missing. The page is honest about what it has, but it is a smaller sample than the book's norm.

LW · Florida Panthers

57 points in 52 games and a 56.7 per cent chance share, and a body that has now been broken twice in eighteen months.

7

Devon Toews

Evidence behind this report: Light. Thinner than most: part of the record is missing. The page is honest about what it has, but it is a smaller sample than the book's norm.

D · Colorado Avalanche

The quiet half of the best pairing in hockey, and the reason the loud half can do what he does.

13

Yakov Trenin

Evidence behind this report: Light. Thinner than most: part of the record is missing. The page is honest about what it has, but it is a smaller sample than the book's norm.

C · Minnesota Wild

15 points, a 46.1 per cent chance share, and 54 penalty minutes in twelve minutes a night.

65

Jacob Trouba

Evidence behind this report: Light. Thinner than most: part of the record is missing. The page is honest about what it has, but it is a smaller sample than the book's norm.

D · Mighty Ducks of Anaheim

A captaincy stripped in New York, a trade in December, and a 44.9 per cent chance share to end the season with.

72

Maxim Tsyplakov

Evidence behind this report: Light. Thinner than most: part of the record is missing. The page is honest about what it has, but it is a smaller sample than the book's norm.

RW · New York Islanders

An undrafted KHL free agent who arrived at 26 and posted the 84th percentile in chance share on a club that missed the playoffs.

89

Alex Tuch

Evidence behind this report: Light. Thinner than most: part of the record is missing. The page is honest about what it has, but it is a smaller sample than the book's norm.

RW · Buffalo Sabres

36 goals and an 18.4 per cent rate, and an on-ice goal differential of minus-14 to show for it.

15

Alex Turcotte

Evidence behind this report: Light. Thinner than most: part of the record is missing. The page is honest about what it has, but it is a smaller sample than the book's norm.

C · Los Angeles Kings

25 points in 68 games at 24, and 53 per cent of his shots from inside 20 feet.

77

Frank Vatrano

Evidence behind this report: Light. Thinner than most: part of the record is missing. The page is honest about what it has, but it is a smaller sample than the book's norm.

RW · Mighty Ducks of Anaheim

234 shots and 21 goals, which is 9 per cent, after scoring 37 the year before.

90

Joe Veleno

Evidence behind this report: Light. Thinner than most: part of the record is missing, a short report. The page is honest about what it has, but it is a smaller sample than the book's norm.

C · Montreal Canadiens

17 points, a minus-23, and a fourth-line centre on his third organisation at 25.

23

Carter Verhaeghe

Evidence behind this report: Light. Thinner than most: part of the record is missing. The page is honest about what it has, but it is a smaller sample than the book's norm.

C · Florida Panthers

242 shots and 20 goals — an 8.3 per cent rate — on a 55.9 per cent chance share.

72

Alex Vlasic

Evidence behind this report: Light. Thinner than most: part of the record is missing. The page is honest about what it has, but it is a smaller sample than the book's norm.

D · Chicago Blackhawks

82 games at 23:16 a night, a 41.9 per cent chance share, and on-ice goals of 56-82.

10

Dmitri Voronkov

Evidence behind this report: Light. Thinner than most: part of the record is missing. The page is honest about what it has, but it is a smaller sample than the book's norm.

LW · Columbus Blue Jackets

23 goals from 6-5 and 234 pounds, with 62 per cent of his shots taken from inside 20 feet.

26

Sean Walker

Evidence behind this report: Light. Thinner than most: part of the record is missing. The page is honest about what it has, but it is a smaller sample than the book's norm.

D · Carolina Hurricanes

A 57.4 per cent chance share, a minus-7, and 15 goals of finishing and goaltending disappearing from underneath him.

30

Jesper Wallstedt

Evidence behind this report: No record. No five-on-five record — Wallstedt did not play a measured season. Everything on the page is an older line and a judgment.

G · Minnesota Wild

2 NHL games at 22, an .8431, and the goaltender this organisation has been waiting four years for.

96

Jake Walman

Evidence behind this report: Light. Thinner than most: part of the record is missing. The page is honest about what it has, but it is a smaller sample than the book's norm.

D · Edmonton Oilers

40 points and a 47.8 per cent chance share, and the most expensive deadline defenceman of the year.

41

Scott Wedgewood

Evidence behind this report: No record. No five-on-five record — Wedgewood did not play a measured season. Everything on the page is an older line and a judgment.

G · Colorado Avalanche

A career backup with 8 organisations behind him, and the most reassuring 24 games the club got all year.

52

MacKenzie Weegar

Evidence behind this report: Light. Thinner than most: part of the record is missing. The page is honest about what it has, but it is a smaller sample than the book's norm.

D · Calgary Flames

47 points and a plus-18 on a club that was outscored, and 24:10 a night doing it.

8

Zach Werenski

Evidence behind this report: Light. Thinner than most: part of the record is missing. The page is honest about what it has, but it is a smaller sample than the book's norm.

D · Columbus Blue Jackets

82 points and 26:45 a night, and the largest single-season workload by any defenceman in this edition.

83

Adam Wilsby

Evidence behind this report: Light. Thinner than most: part of the record is missing, only 380 five-on-five minutes. The page is honest about what it has, but it is a smaller sample than the book's norm.

D · Nashville Predators

The best chance share on the blue line at 52.1 per cent in 23 games, and 3 per cent shooting on 33 attempts.

32

Dustin Wolf

Evidence behind this report: No record. No five-on-five record — Wolf did not play a measured season. Everything on the page is an older line and a judgment.

G · Calgary Flames

6 feet, 166 pounds, a .9096 in 53 games, and 17.4 goals of goaltending on a club that scored 213.

11

Miles Wood

Evidence behind this report: Light. Thinner than most: part of the record is missing, only 360 five-on-five minutes. The page is honest about what it has, but it is a smaller sample than the book's norm.

LW · Columbus Blue Jackets

37 games, 8 points, and 48 penalty minutes — a fourth-line winger acquired mainly to take a contract.

72

Arber Xhekaj

Evidence behind this report: Light. Thinner than most: part of the record is missing. The page is honest about what it has, but it is a smaller sample than the book's norm.

D · Montreal Canadiens

6-4, 240 pounds, 118 penalty minutes, and on-ice goals of 30-56.

18

Pavel Zacha

Evidence behind this report: Light. Thinner than most: part of the record is missing. The page is honest about what it has, but it is a smaller sample than the book's norm.

C · Boston Bruins

47 points in a first-line role, and the most quietly useful forward on a bad team.

91

Nikita Zadorov

Evidence behind this report: Light. Thinner than most: part of the record is missing. The page is honest about what it has, but it is a smaller sample than the book's norm.

D · Boston Bruins

6-7 and 255 pounds, 145 penalty minutes, and a plus-25 on a team that was outscored by 49.

47

Connor Zary

Evidence behind this report: Light. Thinner than most: part of the record is missing. The page is honest about what it has, but it is a smaller sample than the book's norm.

C · Calgary Flames

27 points in 54 games and a 52.2 per cent chance share, from the club's most promising young centre.

51

Olen Zellweger

Evidence behind this report: Light. Thinner than most: part of the record is missing. The page is honest about what it has, but it is a smaller sample than the book's norm.

D · Mighty Ducks of Anaheim

5-10, 22 years old, 20 points in 62 games, and the most divisive young defenceman in the organisation.

36

Mats Zuccarello

Evidence behind this report: Light. Thinner than most: part of the record is missing. The page is honest about what it has, but it is a smaller sample than the book's norm.

C · Minnesota Wild

54 points at 37, and a line that was outscored 20-29 against an expected 39-40.

17

Jason Zucker

Evidence behind this report: Light. Thinner than most: part of the record is missing. The page is honest about what it has, but it is a smaller sample than the book's norm.

LW · Buffalo Sabres

53 points at 33 and 11 power-play goals on a unit that finished 24th.