HockeyAlpha
Regular season

Nick Seeler

Philadelphia Flyers · D · #24
Third-pair DSteady Blueliner?149 blocks across 80 games of regular duty
HT
6'3"
WT
197 lb
Age
33
Shoots
L
From
Eden Prairie, USA
Draft
2011 MIN · R5 #131
71Alpha?

Alpha sub-scores

what drives the rating · percentile vs position group
Scoring?
5050pctl
Playmaking?
3030pctl
Transition?
6464pctl
Defense?
7272pctl

League profile

vs. defensemen with 20+ GP
Points / GP?
0.1310pctl
Goals / GP?
0.0547pctl
Assists / GP?
0.075pctl
Shots / GP?
1.255pctl
Plus/Minus?
+151pctl
PP Points?
027pctl

HockeyAlpha advanced

event-derived proxies · 1,312 games analyzed
xG Share?
2.1%20pctl
ZEIS?
1.9359pctl
PSPL?
0.1042pctl
Def Suppression?
1.1195pctl

Defenseman toolkit

vs. defensemen with 20+ GP
Blocks / GP?
1.8688pctl
Blocks / 60?
6.3195pctl
Hits / 60?
5.385pctl
Take : Give?
0.2237pctl
PP TOI / GP?
0:0223pctl
PK TOI / GP?
1:5968pctl

On-ice impact

shift charts × our xG model · 50 GP tracked · 15h TOI

Usage profile

assignment difficulty · higher fill = tougher job
Competition faced?
17.4 min46pctl
Support received?
16.4 min80pctl

Micro-metrics

Structural Metric Model · sequences, geometry & leverage from every shot

2025-26 regular season · Percentile beams: fill = league percentile, tick = league median · hockeyalpha.com

The Blueprint

Structural Event Engine · percentile vs defensemen · center = median · 1254 EV min

Derived from event sequences in public play-by-play data - the ? on each metric explains exactly how it's computed. · hockeyalpha.com

Contract & market

Contract value?

beta · cap data: CapWages

$2.70M

cap hit

$5.10M

Alpha-market value

overpaidmarketsurplus

A

Team-friendly deal (+$2.4M)

Top comparables?

nearest profiles at the same role · match = statistical fit
PlayerAlphaCap hitValueMatch
Nick Seeler71$2.70MA+$2.4Mthis player
Ryan Graves71$4.50MC+$0.6M90%
Ben Chiarot73$4.75MB+$1.0M85%
Kaiden Guhle72$5.55MC$0.1M84%
Brayden McNabb75$3.65MA+$2.8M80%

Chemistry

From official goal credits - scorer + assists on every goal, all season.

Recent form · last 10 games

2 pts · 2 G · 0 A · 8 shots in last 10Heating up(+0.4 P/GP vs prior 5)

vs DAL

0P

0G 0A

@ WSH

0P

0G 0A

vs DET

0P

0G 0A

@ NYI

0P

0G 0A

vs BOS

0P

0G 0A

@ NJD

1P

1G 0A

@ DET

0P

0G 0A

@ WPG

1P

1G 0A

vs CAR

0P

0G 0A

vs MTL

0P

0G 0A

Tile tint = points that night · underline = shot volume (full bar = 8+ shots) · oldest on the left

The Territory

attacking → · every recorded touch, normalized to one end

attacking →← defending
Goal On goal Missed/blocked▲ takeaway▽ giveaway■ hit+ block◯ faceoff dot (size = wins)413 events shown

The office: the right circle - 2 of 4 goals live there

Playmaking gravity: 15 touches that produced a teammate shot within 3s

Defensive floor: 149 blocks · 6 steals inside the d-zone

NHL career · regular season

SeasonTeamGPGAP+/−
2017-18Minnesota Wild2204410
2018-19Minnesota Wild71257-4
2019-20Minnesota Wild6000-6
2019-20Chicago Blackhawks6011-2
2021-22Philadelphia Flyers43123-3
2022-23Philadelphia Flyers77410141
2023-24Philadelphia Flyers71112139
2024-25Philadelphia Flyers773172010
2025-26Philadelphia Flyers8046101
Career3 teams45315577216