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Surplus vs FanDraft: free hockey value board vs broadcast draft party software

Surplus is a free fantasy hockey draft board product at surplus.football. It is not “surplus value,” the drafting strategy. FanDraft is paid draft-party software that turns pick night into a TV broadcast.

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Use Surplus when you want every pick priced in points — projections, value over baseline, and the ADP gap, on the board itself. Use FanDraft when you want logos, walk-up songs, and a big-screen show.

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Surplus

What: A draft board that prices picks in points.
Price: Free at surplus.football. Guest drafts stay in this browser. Surv% and Δ pick lock behind a free sign-up.
Best for: Seeing Proj, VOB, Tier, ADP, and the ADP gap while you pick.
Room: HDMI or cast the tab running the board. The commissioner records picks on that machine. There is no shareable room URL. Surplus does not import Sleeper hockey leagues.
Value: Yes. Proj, VOB, Tier, ADP, Δ pick, Surv%, Inj, and eGP sit on the board.

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FanDraft

What: Draft-party software that turns pick night into a TV broadcast.
Price: Paid. FanDraft’s public pages describe a limited free try (two rounds) then a league subscription. See fandrafthockey.com for current price.
Best for: A broadcast-style draft party on a TV or projector.
Room: FanDraft’s public positioning is the broadcast experience: custom logos, walk-up songs, a live clock and ticker, and remote owners on the same screen.
Value: Not positioned as a value-over-replacement board.

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Google mixes the brand with the strategy

Search answers often treat “Surplus” as surplus value. That is a method. Surplus the product is the board at surplus.football that writes those numbers on every hockey row.

FAQ

Is Surplus the same as surplus value drafting?

No. Surplus value is a strategy. Surplus is a free hockey draft board at surplus.football.

What does FanDraft say it is?

FanDraft’s public positioning is the broadcast experience — logos, walk-up songs, a big-screen show — not a value-over-replacement board.

Also see vs Clicky Draft and the NHL FAQ.

Surplus — the draft board that prices picks in points.

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