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The biggest market mistakes
Players whose model-predicted fair cap hit diverges the most from their actual deal. Sort by absolute dollar gap or percentage gap.
Surplus
Underpaid · top 15
Player is producing well above their cap hit by the model's measure.
01
Ivan Demidov
MTL · R · age 20 · Top-Line F
$0.9M
cap hit
+$7.5M
796%
02
Lane Hutson
MTL · D · age 22 · Top-Four D
$0.9M
cap hit
+$7.4M
780%
03
Macklin Celebrini
SJS · C · age 20 · Elite
$1.0M
cap hit
+$7.5M
774%
04
Darren Raddysh
TBL · D · age 30 · Top-Four D
$1.0M
cap hit
+$7.3M
750%
05
Matthew Schaefer
NYI · D · age 19 · Top-Four D
$1.0M
cap hit
+$7.2M
736%
06
Jackson LaCombe
ANA · D · age 25 · Top-Four D
$0.9M
cap hit
+$6.5M
705%
07
Jimmy Snuggerud
STL · R · age 22 · Top-Line F
$0.9M
cap hit
+$6.2M
654%
08
Cutter Gauthier
ANA · L · age 22 · Elite
$0.9M
cap hit
+$6.1M
642%
09
Matvei Michkov
PHI · R · age 21 · Top-Line F
$0.9M
cap hit
+$6.0M
636%
10
Will Smith
SJS · C · age 21 · Top-Line F
$0.9M
cap hit
+$5.6M
588%
11
Jamie Benn
DAL · L · age 37 · Top-Line F
$1.0M
cap hit
+$5.8M
579%
12
Leo Carlsson
ANA · C · age 21 · Top-Line F
$0.9M
cap hit
+$5.4M
571%
13
Ryan Leonard
WSH · R · age 21 · Top-Line F
$0.9M
cap hit
+$5.3M
561%
14
Brandt Clarke
LAK · D · age 23 · Two-Way / Shutdown
$0.9M
cap hit
+$4.8M
560%
15
Adam Fantilli
CBJ · C · age 22 · Top-Line F
$0.9M
cap hit
+$5.3M
560%
Liability
Overpaid · top 15
Cap hit exceeds what the model expects from the player's production.
01
Timo Meier
NJD · R · age 30 · Middle-Six F
$8.8M
cap hit
−$7.2M
-82%
02
Kevin Hayes
PIT · R · age 34 · Bottom-Six F
$7.1M
cap hit
−$4.7M
-65%
03
Jesperi Kotkaniemi
CAR · C · age 26 · Bottom-Six F
$4.8M
cap hit
−$3.0M
-63%
04
Jack McBain
UTA · C · age 26 · Bottom-Six F
$4.3M
cap hit
−$2.7M
-63%
05
Tyler Seguin
DAL · C · age 34 · Middle-Six F
$9.8M
cap hit
−$6.0M
-61%
06
Auston Matthews
TOR · C · age 29 · Top-Line F
$13.3M
cap hit
−$8.0M
-61%
07
Josh Anderson
MTL · R · age 32 · Middle-Six F
$5.5M
cap hit
−$3.2M
-58%
08
Sean Couturier
PHI · C · age 33 · Middle-Six F
$7.8M
cap hit
−$4.5M
-58%
09
Ryan Graves
PIT · D · age 31 · Bottom-Pair D
$4.5M
cap hit
−$2.6M
-58%
10
Phillip Danault
MTL · C · age 33 · Bottom-Six F
$5.5M
cap hit
−$3.1M
-56%
11
Brendan Gallagher
MTL · R · age 34 · Bottom-Six F
$6.5M
cap hit
−$3.7M
-56%
12
Ondrej Palat
NYI · L · age 35 · Bottom-Six F
$6.0M
cap hit
−$3.3M
-55%
13
Jonathan Huberdeau
CGY · L · age 33 · Middle-Six F
$10.5M
cap hit
−$5.8M
-55%
14
Pavel Buchnevich
STL · L · age 31 · Middle-Six F
$8.0M
cap hit
−$4.2M
-53%
15
Nicolas Hague
NSH · D · age 27 · Two-Way / Shutdown
$5.5M
cap hit
−$2.9M
-52%