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evaluate
The Wikipedia of Hockey Scouting
Open to everyone Multi-scout consensus Prospects + NHL players

What is evaluate?

evaluate is an open scouting platform built on a simple idea: the best picture of a hockey player comes from many perspectives, not one. Whether you're an NHL scout, a hardcore fan, or someone watching junior hockey on a Tuesday night — your evaluation matters and belongs in the same database as everyone else's.

Every report you submit is attributed to you by name and averaged with every other scout's report into a consensus score. The more scouts evaluate a player, the more accurate and trustworthy that number becomes. This is scouting as a community sport — Wikipedia, but for hockey talent.

The platform currently covers the 2026 NHL Draft class and all 32 NHL organizations with their active rosters. Every player — prospect or professional — can be scouted using the same structured tools used by NHL teams.

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Prospects tab
2026 NHL Draft class · 64 players

The Prospects tab is your draft board. It lists all 64 players in the current 2026 NHL Draft class, ranked by consensus community score. You can filter by position, league, or status — or search by name, team, or league.

Click any prospect to open their full scouting modal. Inside you'll see all existing scout reports, then your personal evaluation form. You rate the player across three categories using a 1–10 dot scale:

⛸ Skating — 25%
8 sub-metrics: forward speed, first-step explosiveness, backward skating, pivots & transitions, edge work, balance under pressure, acceleration, crossover efficiency
🏒 Skill — 45%
Puck handling, passing, shot release, offensive zone awareness, defensive zone play, hockey sense, compete level, power play, penalty kill, faceoffs, and more
🧠 Character — 30%
Coachability, compete, leadership, pressure response, work ethic, team-first mentality, resilience, and professionalism

You can also add scouting tags (25 available — e.g. "Elite edges", "Vision/anticipation", "Compete level"), log injury history, attach video links, and write freeform scout notes. Every player also gets an auto-detected NHL comparable based on their tag profile, cross-referenced with NHL Central Scouting comps.

The prospect list shows each player's consensus score as a colour-coded pill — purple for elite (8+), blue for high-end (6.5+), green for good (5+), amber for average, red for below average. If multiple scouts have evaluated a player, the pill shows the scout count too.

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Organizations tab
All 32 NHL teams · Current rosters · April 2026

The Organizations tab covers all 32 NHL teams with rosters updated to April 2026 — reflecting recent trades, injuries, and line combinations sourced from Daily Faceoff and NHL.com. Select any team using the division tabs at the top.

Each team page shows a projected lineup visual — forward lines and defensive pairs displayed as a two-column grid. Player cards are colour-coded: first line in blue, D-pairs in purple. Ages are highlighted green for players under 23 and red for players over 35. Any player you've already scouted shows their consensus score directly on their card.

Click any player in the lineup to open their full scouting modal — identical in depth to the prospect modal. You can evaluate skating, skill, and character metrics, add tags, log injuries, attach video, and write notes. All reports are attributed to you and averaged with other scouts' reports into a consensus score that appears on the lineup card.

Each organization page also includes the team's leadership group (C and A), development philosophy and coaching style, draft needs auto-derived from the current roster's age profile, coaching staff notes, full roster tables for forwards and defense, and AHL pipeline prospects.

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Fit Analysis tab
Prospect–to–organization matching engine

Fit Analysis answers the question every draft table asks: "Which team is the best landing spot for this prospect?" Select an organization, and the engine ranks every scouted prospect by how well they match that team's specific situation.

The fit score is calculated across four dimensions:

Position need — Does the team have a gap at this player's position? A team with an aging top-6 center scores higher for center prospects.
Handedness — Does the prospect's shooting hand match the team's open slot? Left-shot D prospects score higher for teams with right-side gaps.
Philosophy alignment — Do the player's scouting tags match the team's development philosophy? A "compete level" and "two-way game" prospect fits a structure-first coach. An "offensive upside" and "elite edges" prospect fits an offensive system.
Injury penalty — Players with significant injury histories score lower for teams already managing injury risk in their lineup.

Each result shows the fit score as a bar, the reasons behind it, and the prospect's comparable. You can click through to the full prospect page from any fit result. The more prospects you scout and the more org data you keep current, the more accurate the fit engine becomes.

How the consensus score works

When you submit a report, evaluate calculates your personal score using a weighted formula. All scouts' scores are then averaged into a consensus that appears on every player card and lineup slot.

⛸ Skating
25%
🏒 Skill
45%
🧠 Character
30%

The score colour scale:

8.0–10 Elite 6.5–7.9 High-end 5.0–6.4 Good 3.0–4.9 Average <3.0 Below

Only categories you've scored are included in the weighted average — you don't need to fill everything out for a score to appear. Future versions will weight each scout's contribution based on their historical track record and bias profile.

Your scout identity

Every report is attributed by name. Set your identity below — it's stored locally on your device and attached to every report you submit. Other scouts can see your name on shared reports.

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Data backup

Your scouting reports, ratings, and roadmap are stored in this browser only. Export regularly to avoid losing your work. Import to restore a backup or move to another device.