The Game Research

The Tournament

Every public NHL value metric predicts next season, and every metric judges the results, ours included. Mean Spearman rank correlation; rows are predictors, columns are judges. The story is in the article; every number below comes out of the code, which anyone can rerun.

The frozen 2026-27 projections

Our projected value per 82 games for every skater with 30 games in 2025-26, frozen before opening night in a tagged public commit. The season decides who was right; the table reruns in April under pre-registered scoring rules.