Hockey Insights
The Long Game
National Hockey LeagueFour thousand three hundred and forty careers, one line each. Age runs across, scoring runs up, 1917 to today.
00 · The sheet
What does a century of careers look like?
Height
1917
Loading a century of skaters.
Move across the sheet to name a line
League scoring rate, every season
01 · The peak
When does a career peak?
Cut
The seven draft groups, each on its own sheet
Three clocks
02 · The length
How long does it last?
Compare
Six shapes, every line in exactly one
03 · The draft
What does a draft slot buy?
Every slot, 1 to 224Hover a slot for its best career
By round
04 · The ends
Who aged best, who burned out?
The rookie signal
05 · The era
The 1980s, and why era matters
The best season at every age
The body, by decade
The highest peaks on the sheet
06 · The minutes
When do coaches trust you?
Position
The physical curve
07 · April
Who rises in April?
April, age by age
The ten biggest risers above the floor
08 · The other sheet
Do goalies age differently?
Height
The best goalie season at every age
09 · The passports
Where do the lines come from?
10 · The Cup
How old is a champion?
Mean age of the top nine scorers, every winnerHover a season
11 · Your player
Where does one career sit?
Type a name
12 · Your club
Where is your club on the curve?
13 · The margins
Twelve things the sheet knows
14 · The shelves
Sixty named lines
Sixty careers picked by rule, not by taste. Each shelf states its rule. Pick a card and it opens in Your player above.
15 · The skills
What ages how?
Position
16 · Youth or age
Does a young club or an old club win?
17 · The trophies
How old is a trophy winner?
18 · The places
Where do careers come from?
Passports, by the decade a career began
19 · The speed
Does speed go first?
NHL Edge, 2025-26, one season only
20 · The decades
Has the draft got better?
Reach rate by round and decade
21 · The receipt