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Louis Boulet @louisboulet.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Opening right rosters have been submitted so here are the final LB-Hockey Standings Projections for 2026-27 These include better estimations for icetime distribution, recent injuries, and rookies who have made their teams out of camp. Do these seem in line with what you expect?

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Louis Boulet @louisboulet.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

On the eve of the 2026-27 NHL season, we saw a blockbuster between the Leafs and Jackets. So what is each team getting in Kirill Marchenko & Matthew Knies? We have your player analysis right here 👇

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Louis Boulet @louisboulet.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Last week, we launched the Fantasy Hub. Curious about how it blends our detailed LB-Hockey data with your league's scoring system to output automatically-updating player rankings, full projection cards, and a smooth draft experience? Well we got a full tour for you right here 👇

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Louis Boulet @louisboulet.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

This season we're stepping up our socials game at LB-Hockey. We've got some fun stuff planned like player breakdowns, our top 50 across the league, and plenty more hockey R&D. But first, here's a proper introduction to LB-Hockey and our goal in the hockey analytics space 🎥 Welcome to lb-hockey.com

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Louis Boulet @louisboulet.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Welcome the Fantasy Hub to LB-Hockey! For years we've been asked, "do you have anything for fantasy hockey?" Now we've got a whole home for it: from custom league settings, to automatic rankings, a BPA view by position, and player projection cards! 🔗 lb-hockey.com/fantasy-hub/

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Louis Boulet @louisboulet.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Time for the lb-hockey.com Standings Projections!! Like last season, team point contributions are broken down by forwards, dmen, goalies, chemistry, and injury risk. But new for 2026-27 are scheduling effects: strength of schedule (SoS) and rest. Who do we have too low or too high?

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Louis Boulet @louisboulet.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

lb-hockey.com 2026-27 NHL Standings Projections dropping tomorrow, and it's got a shocking upset for the final spot in the Eastern Conference wild card race. Any guesses as to what that may be?

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Blake Creamer @blakecreamerag.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

HIDDEN GEMS is back 💎 I’m joined by Louis Boulet of @lb-hockey.com to dig into 8 Atlantic Division players who might not be draftable today — but absolutely need to be on your #fantasyhockey radar Not all sleepers. Not all draftable. All interesting. LG2B! youtu.be/WzCXFHusRFA?...

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Louis Boulet @louisboulet.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Luke Evangelista is a fantastic young player. His play style makes him fly under the radar: not a shooter but an excellent puck-mover with strong two-way play-driving and underrated forechecking. Sunny Mehta with another good move to start his tenure. Nerd approved ✅ 📊 lb-hockey.com

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Louis Boulet @louisboulet.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Last Friday we dropped an article on the various defensive dimensions that go into a player's shutdown kit. And it helped us see a trend within the top pairs of recent Cup winners. Based on this here are the current pairs that have been deemed defensively strong enough to win the next Stanley Cup:

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Louis Boulet @louisboulet.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

New article up on LB-Hockey! 🚨🏒 We identify & weight defensive skills to quantify a player’s shutdown ability, supplement Selke voters’ analysis, and figure out what it seems you NEED from a top pair to contend for the Stanley Cup. Out Now 🔗: lb-hockey.com/2026/08/28/b...

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Louis Boulet @louisboulet.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

"LB-Hockey’s SPAR model is clearly the most predictive publicly available metric, at the team level and especially at the individual level. When the focus is on future results, LB-Hockey should be the standard in public analysis." You simply love to see it

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Aaron K @ladyotreesyrup.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

We should really be using @louisboulet.bsky.social / @lb-hockey.com 's SPAR model more when talking about individual player contributions. Better year-to-year repeatability at the player level and prediction of future team results than other public spreadsheet-based models

Scatter plots of evolving hockey's WAR/xWAR, HockeyStat's WAR, and LB-Hockey's SPAR models converted to per 60 minutes and z-scores with year 0 on the x axis and year+1 on the y axis. NHL regulars (top 384 forwards/192 defensemen by ice time) only, 2022-23 to 2025-26

Scatter plots of the sum of the previous season's SPAR/60 rates (regulars only, top 384 forwards/192 defensemen across both seasons) multiplied by next season's ice time (x-axis) compared to standings points won by their team in the next season with contributions from goalies and non-regulars removed (y-axis) comparing Evolving-Hockey's WAR/xWAR models and LB-Hockey's SPAR model.

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Louis Boulet @louisboulet.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Anything formatting/delivery-wise that people on here would like from hockey analytics focused short-form video content? Been hoping to get some of that out for @LB_Hockey_ going into and through the upcoming NHL season

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Louis Boulet @louisboulet.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Early reports out of EDM saying Connor Ingram is likely to sign with Ottawa on July 1st. Outperformed his expected save percentage, showed solid consistency across games, and sported a +4 steal-to-choke differential. Pretty ideal backup imo! Also won the Bill Masterton two years ago 🏆

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Louis Boulet @louisboulet.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Welcome to Ottawa William Eklund! Eklund is a fantastic young winger who contributes in all aspects of the game. A high-end puck-mover who is defensively involved and battles through contact. Some finishing talent/luck away from being a star. Will that turn the corner in Ottawa? 📊 lb-hockey.com

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Louis Boulet @louisboulet.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Couldn't catch the presentation live? My LINHAC talk is up on YouTube now! youtu.be/duCplixzSmQ

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Defining Physicality in the Modern NHL - LINHAC 2026 Presentation

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Louis Boulet @louisboulet.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

We are also unveiling a new tool tomorrow‼️ This one took a lot of time to cook up, so I hope you all enjoy! Here's a hint for what it's about: 📆⚔️📈🎯⭐️ Can you guess it?

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Louis Boulet @louisboulet.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Over the last couple months, we've been grinding away at some LB-Hockey improvements so here's a thread going over all the new stuff 🧵 First, we added 2025-26 data to our xG model fitting. All of our tools, especially the Steals & Chokes Log, are greatly benefitting from this!

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Louis Boulet @louisboulet.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

The Stanley Cup Finals begin tonight! Two of the best play-driving & special teams squads in the league face off. VGK will look to gain their edge by smothering the Canes' breakouts with their forecheck. While CAR's rush offence and blue line denials are sizeable advantages. 📈 lb-hockey.com

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Louis Boulet @louisboulet.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Our data valued Werenski as the worthy Norris winner this season 🔥 There are obviously some flaws in the model like Seider being just barely outside this list when he should be on here, EK65 placing a bit high, but we're pretty happy with where our list landed for 2025-26! 📈 lb-hockey.com

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Louis Boulet @louisboulet.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

To visualize the extent of this incredible season, here are all the U21 defencemen seasons post-covid (2020) by Standings Points Above Replacement (SPAR). Schaefer surpasses all of them by over a full point despite having just turned 18 a few weeks before the season started 👀

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Louis Boulet @louisboulet.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Our prediction on a 5-year deal was 7.68M, just 0.07M off the actual extension! Holloway is an incredible player who uses his speed & puck-moving to be impactful in all three zones. He projects to definitely be worth his price tag on this new deal. 📈 lb-hockey.com

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Louis Boulet @louisboulet.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

In the last month, Linus Ullmark has 4 steals and 0 choked games ‼️ 📈 lb-hockey.com

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Louis Boulet @louisboulet.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

Wrote about this in my lb-hockey.com Sens Season preview last fall, but the Chabot-Spence pair could be the key to Ottawa's potential playoff success. It's a massive upgrade over last year's 2nd pair thanks to better transition defence and puck-moving synergy, which sunk them against TOR in 2025.

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Louis Boulet @louisboulet.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

Like this is truly a special season for Werenski

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Louis Boulet @louisboulet.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

Today is lb-hockey.com's 2-Year Anniversary 🥳🥳🥳 We're headed into year 3 with an entirely revamped data pipeline powering our operations, fun new tools being developed, and more innovative articles on the horizon 🏒 Get half-off your first month with code 2ANNIVERSARY at checkout!

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Louis Boulet @louisboulet.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

Been hard at work with lb-hockey.com the last couple months to overhaul our data pipeline. All of our non-microstats or contract data is now collected & cleaned in-house directly through the NHL API, and we’ve built our own expected goal/value models attached to it!

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Louis Boulet @louisboulet.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

Darren "Baldy Orr" Raddysh has been potentially the most surprising player this year, rocking a point-per-game clip. He has extracted the most from an opportunity on an injured TBL blueline this year to display his late-blooming offensive firepower. 📈 lb-hockey.com

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Louis Boulet @louisboulet.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

The Sens have won three in a row, with Linus Ullmark shining in his return. So what does the team have to do to continue this stretch, and why might these trends not show in traditional data? Find out here: lb-hockey.com/2026/01/31/w...

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Louis Boulet @louisboulet.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Jackson LaCombe was always more than deserving to make the Olympic team. He's an incredible two-way defenceman outperforming some tough minutes for Anaheim. This will add even more puck-moving and smart shutdown prowess to USA's blueline. 📈 lb-hockey.com

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Louis Boulet @louisboulet.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

6.95M is almost exactly what we predicted on a 7 year extension for Josh Doan. The term is very surprising though. It projects to be a great contract for Buffalo as Doan is already worth 7M with his play this season, and should sustain it as the cap grows. 📈 lb-hockey.com

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Louis Boulet @louisboulet.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

Kiefer Sherwood is a nice power forward who thrives as a disruptor off-puck and goal scorer with it. He's excellent at recovering pucks on the forecheck, helping his D on counter-attacks, can play the PK, and provides individual shot creation & finishing for some good scoring depth. 📈 lb-hockey.com

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Louis Boulet @louisboulet.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

Rasmus Andersson is having a great bounceback season, posing as a dangerous dual-threat on offence and good two-way skills in transition. Zach Whitecloud is a good defensive #4/5. More offensive time open for Parekh now, but there remains a logjam at D in Calgary. 📈 lb-hockey.com

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Louis Boulet @louisboulet.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

Carter Hart has 0 steals and 5 chokes this season on a 5-3-3 record. This means that with how the Vegas skaters played in those games, they were expected to go 10-0-1. 📈 lb-hockey.com

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Louis Boulet @louisboulet.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

Per lb-hockey.com, the Ottawa Senators are last in the league in Stolen Games by their goalies with just 1. They are also second last in their goalie Steals-to-Chokes differential with -9, aka nine more chokes than steals this season (last is VGK with -10, third last is UTA with -6).

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Louis Boulet @louisboulet.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

With a 4-point night yesterday, Mark Scheifele is on pace for a 40G 100PTS season proving himself as one of the most dynamic offensive catalysts in the league. Here's part of our push as to why he should be on the Canadian team in our 2026 Olympic Guide: lb-hockey.com/2026/01/13/2...

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Louis Boulet @louisboulet.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

New article up on LB-Hockey! 🚨🏒 Our 2026 Olympic Guide is here as we dive into the Finnish, Swedish, American, and Canadian rosters to figure out which snubbed players deserve to skate in Milan. 🔗: lb-hockey.com/2026/01/13/2...

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2026 Olympic Guide: Which Snubs Should be Going to Milan?

Diving into the Finnish, Swedish, American, and Canadian Olympic men’s hockey rosters to determine which snubbed players deserve to skate in Milan

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Louis Boulet @louisboulet.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

New lb-hockey.com article comes out tomorrow, here's a sneak peek

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Louis Boulet @louisboulet.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

LB-Hockey made it onto the Sharks broadcast during today's game!

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Louis Boulet @louisboulet.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

Friedman reporting that Canada is projected to bring back the same 8 dmen from the 4 Nations tournament. If that holds, it'll be a crazy decision by Canada to leave their 2nd best defenceman at home. 📈 lb-hockey.com

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Louis Boulet @louisboulet.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

Even ignoring Robertson's stellar overall play and production this season, the argument that the USA should bring more "hard-nosed" guys over him falls flat. Robo thrives in contested areas and often succeeds in various situations when pressured. 📈 lb-hockey.com

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Louis Boulet @louisboulet.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

Another maybe on the outs due to "soft play" is Adam Fox. Sure his 4Nations wasn't great, but that's a four-game sample in a sea of elite games. He denies entries constantly, easily breaks pucks out when pressured, and the opposition gets very few chances around his crease. 📈 lb-hockey.com

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Louis Boulet @louisboulet.bsky.social · 27/12/2025

Great deal by TBL to lock in Moser now. Sure the points pace is similar to past years, but his play-driving impact has been unreal in 2025. Tag on his blossoming shooting & passing skills and you've got a likely production breakout incoming. Could this be the new Forsling contract? 📈 lb-hockey.com

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Louis Boulet @louisboulet.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

Merry Christmas from lb-hockey.com

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Louis Boulet @louisboulet.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

Had a blast as always examining some hidden gems with Blake! Great episode if you're curious how the underlying metrics over at lb-hockey.com can be used for both player evaluation & fantasy hockey purposes 🏒📈

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Louis Boulet @louisboulet.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

New article up on LB-Hockey! 🚨🏒 How we built a model that blends publicly available hockey data to obtain eye-test-sturdy playing styles, and contributions in the form of standings points. Capturing Playing Styles & Contributions in the Modern NHL 🔗: lb-hockey.com/2025/12/05/c...

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Louis Boulet @louisboulet.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

Ottawa losing Pinto for a decent period of time is a tough blow. He's obviously been one of the most efficient scorers this year, but the defensive suppression has been excellent too. Made one of the best 3rd lines in the league with Amadio & Giroux. 📈 lb-hockey.com

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Louis Boulet @louisboulet.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

Also a reminder that our Black Friday sale is still ongoing but closing soon! You can get one month free with code BLACKFRIDAY, meaning you can access these mini-cards and a dozen other groundbreaking hockey analytics tools here: lb-hockey.com

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Louis Boulet @louisboulet.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

Unveiling the new lb-hockey.com Mini Cards! 🏒 These are condensed versions of our multi-year cards, better suited for social media thanks to its new shape and digestibility. Let's take a few requests to test them out 👇

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