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Best value contracts

Graded players ranked by surplus, the difference between the model’s expected cap hit and the actual cap hit. The default list shows the top 50 non-entry-level skaters. Goalie grades are performance-ranked, so goalies only appear when the position filter is set to G.

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Best value NHL contracts by surplus
# Player Team Pos Cap hit Expected Surplus Grade
1 Quinn Hughes MIN D $7.9M $20.8M +$13M A+
2 Zach Werenski CBJ D $9.6M $17.4M +$7.8M A+
3 Matt Boldy MIN LW $7M $14.1M +$7.1M A+
4 Jack Hughes NJD C $8M $14.2M +$6.2M A+
5 Nick Suzuki MTL C $7.9M $14M +$6.2M A+
6 Miro Heiskanen DAL D $8.5M $14.2M +$5.7M A+
7 Tim Stützle OTT C $8.4M $14.1M +$5.7M A+
8 Moritz Seider DET D $8.6M $14.2M +$5.6M A+
9 Brock Faber MIN D $8.5M $14M +$5.5M A+
10 Nico Hischier NJD C $7.3M $12.5M +$5.3M A+
11 Brandon Hagel TBL LW $6.5M $11.7M +$5.2M A+
12 Jake Sanderson OTT D $8.1M $13.2M +$5.2M A+
13 Josh Morrissey WPG D $6.3M $11.4M +$5.2M A+
14 Mats Zuccarello LAK RW $1M $5.9M +$4.9M A
15 Filip Hronek VAN D $7.3M $11.9M +$4.7M A
16 Quinton Byfield LAK RW $6.3M $10.8M +$4.5M A
17 Travis Sanheim PHI D $6.3M $10.8M +$4.5M A
18 Cale Makar COL D $9M $13.5M +$4.5M A
19 Joel Eriksson Ek MIN C $5.3M $9.4M +$4.1M A
20 Yan Kuznetsov CGY D $813K $4.8M +$4M A
21 Emil Heineman NYI LW $1.1M $5.1M +$4M A
22 Braeden Bowman VGK RW $3.4M $7.4M +$4M A
23 Aliaksei Protas WSH LW $3.4M $7.3M +$3.9M A
24 Kirill Marchenko TOR RW $3.9M $7.5M +$3.7M A
25 Ridly Greig OTT C $3.3M $6.9M +$3.6M A
26 Connor McDavid EDM C $12.5M $16M +$3.5M A
27 Luke Evangelista NJD RW $3M $6.4M +$3.4M A
28 Wyatt Kaiser CHI D $1.7M $5.1M +$3.4M A
29 Alex Laferriere LAK RW $4.1M $7.4M +$3.3M A
30 Wyatt Johnston DAL C $8.4M $11.7M +$3.3M A
31 Dawson Mercer WPG C $4M $7.3M +$3.3M A
32 Parker Wotherspoon VGK D $1M $4.3M +$3.3M A
33 Kent Johnson CBJ C $1.8M $5.1M +$3.3M A
34 Mattias Samuelsson BUF D $4.3M $7.6M +$3.3M A
35 Tyson Foerster PHI RW $3.8M $7M +$3.2M A
36 Ryan O'Reilly NSH C $4.5M $7.7M +$3.2M A
37 Simon Holmstrom NYI RW $3.6M $6.8M +$3.2M A
38 Nikita Kucherov TBL RW $9.5M $12.7M +$3.2M A
39 Justin Sourdif WSH C $825K $4M +$3.2M A
40 Adam Wilsby NSH D $775K $3.9M +$3.1M A
41 Tim Washe ANA C $813K $3.9M +$3.1M A
42 Mikhail Sergachev UTA D $8.5M $11.5M +$3M A
43 Jack Quinn BUF RW $3.4M $6.4M +$3M A
44 Charle-Edouard D'Astous TBL D $875K $3.9M +$3M B
45 Marat Khusnutdinov BOS C $925K $3.9M +$3M B
46 Mark Scheifele WPG C $8.5M $11.5M +$3M B
47 Artturi Lehkonen COL LW $4.5M $7.4M +$2.9M B
48 Eetu Luostarinen FLA C $3M $5.9M +$2.9M B
49 Ryker Evans SEA D $2.1M $5M +$2.9M B
50 Andrew Peeke UTA D $1M $3.9M +$2.9M B

Grades are fixed dollar bands on surplus. How the model works.