Regular season

Carson Soucy

- · D · #4

Depth DDepth Defenseman?91 blocks in 76 games of hard minutes

HT: 6'4"
WT: 211 lb
Age: 32
Shoots: L
From: Viking, CAN
Draft: 2013 MIN · R5 #137

61Alpha?

Alpha sub-scores

what drives the rating · percentile vs position group

4545pctl

3535pctl

3030pctl

4343pctl

League profile

vs. defensemen with 20+ GP

0.1617pctl

0.0758pctl

0.0910pctl

0.826pctl

-628pctl

027pctl

HockeyAlpha advanced

event-derived proxies · 1,312 games analyzed

1.5%11pctl

0.6610pctl

0.1147pctl

Def Suppression?

0.2122pctl

Defenseman toolkit

vs. defensemen with 20+ GP

1.2040pctl

4.3457pctl

Blocks / 100 shifts?

5.344pctl

5.081pctl

0.2650pctl

0:0220pctl

1:3050pctl

On-ice impact

shift charts × our xG model · 49 GP tracked · 13h TOI

On-ice xG share (5v5)?

48.2%38pctl

On-ice goal share (5v5)?

41.3%18pctl

O-zone deployment?

52%61pctl

Usage profile

assignment difficulty · higher fill = tougher job

Competition faced?

17.1 min31pctl

Support received?

16.4 min80pctl

D-zone deployment?

48%39pctl

Micro-metrics

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

Cross-slot shots / GP?

0.0749pctl

Net-front presence / GP?

0.2214pctl

Second-chance touches / GP?

0.1412pctl

1.01×67pctl

Cross-slot suppressed?

0.32/gm18pctl

Pressure escape rate?

8.4%64pctl

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

The Blueprint

Structural Event Engine · percentile vs defensemen · center = median · 1139 EV min

General Offense

3.1135

2.5829

Shot Setups/60?

0.7949

Chance Setups/60?

0.6854

Primary Contributions/60?

3.9038

Rebounds Created/60?

0.3248

Playmaking Sequences

Point Shot Setups/60?

0.0571

Center-Lane Setups/60?

0.3236

High-Danger Setups/60?

0.0526

Deflection Setups/60?

0.0034

One-Timer Setups/60?

0.2179

Offense Types

Cycle Offense/60?

0.9512

Rush Offense/60?

5.5849

Shots off HD Setups/60?

0.2647

0.3267

0.0025

Deflections/60?

0.1164

Zone Entries

Entries Started/60?

0.0571

Entries Finished/60?

0.2648

Entries w/ Chance/60?

0.1668

DZ Retrievals / Exits

DZ Involvements/60?

3.4881

0.4248

3.0684

Retrieval Success %?

12%33

Exit Involvements/60?

0.1184

Exit Success %?

3%82

Forechecking

0.4761

Dump-In Recoveries/60?

0.0048

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

Contract & market

Top comparables?

nearest profiles at the same role · match = statistical fit

Player	Alpha	Archetype	Production	Cap hit	Market	Value	Match
Carson Soucy	61	Depth Defenseman	12 P · 76 GP	-	$2.35M	-	this player
Nick Jensen	61	Depth Defenseman	17 P · 61 GP	$4.05M	$2.35M	D−$1.7M	95%
Jonathan Aspirot	59	Depth Defenseman	13 P · 61 GP	$0.78M	$1.91M	B+$1.1M	90%
Lian Bichsel	60	Heavy Hitter	8 P · 50 GP	$0.92M	$2.12M	B+$1.2M	89%
Ian Cole	62	Depth Defenseman	23 P · 82 GP	$2.80M	$2.59M	C−$0.2M	88%

Chemistry

Finishes from

assisters on Carson’s goals

Creates for

goals Carson assisted on

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

Recent form · last 10 games

1 pts · 0 G · 1 A · 5 shots in last 10Steady(-0.2 P/GP vs prior 5)

vs DAL

0P

0G 0A

vs DAL 03-26

0G 0A · 0 shots · 18:30 TOI

vs FLA

1P

0G 1A

vs FLA 03-28

0G 1A · 1 shots · 20:15 TOI

vs PIT

0P

0G 0A

vs PIT 03-30

0G 0A · 1 shots · 20:19 TOI

@ BUF

0P

0G 0A

@ BUF 03-31

0G 0A · 0 shots · 19:22 TOI

vs PHI

0P

0G 0A

vs PHI 04-03

0G 0A · 1 shots · 12:41 TOI

@ CAR

0P

0G 0A

@ CAR 04-04

0G 0A · 0 shots · 19:21 TOI

vs TOR

0P

0G 0A

vs TOR 04-09

0G 0A · 0 shots · 14:02 TOI

vs OTT

0P

0G 0A

vs OTT 04-11

0G 0A · 0 shots · 14:20 TOI

vs MTL

0P

0G 0A

vs MTL 04-12

0G 0A · 0 shots · 12:40 TOI

vs CAR

0P

0G 0A

vs CAR 04-14

0G 0A · 2 shots · 15:44 TOI

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

Goal On goal Missed/blocked▲ takeaway▽ giveaway■ hit＋ block◯ faceoff dot (size = wins)270 events shown

The office: the right circle - 4 of 5 goals live there

Playmaking gravity: 14 touches that produced a teammate shot within 3s

Defensive floor: 91 blocks · 9 steals inside the d-zone

NHL career · regular season

Season	Team	GP	G	A	P	+/−
2017-18	Minnesota Wild	3	0	0	0	-2
2019-20	Minnesota Wild	55	7	7	14	16
2020-21	Minnesota Wild	50	1	16	17	22
2021-22	Seattle Kraken	64	10	11	21	7
2022-23	Seattle Kraken	78	3	13	16	18
2023-24	Vancouver Canucks	40	2	4	6	10
2024-25	Vancouver Canucks	59	3	7	10	-13
2024-25	New York Rangers	16	1	2	3	2
2025-26	New York Rangers	46	3	5	8	4
2025-26	New York Islanders	30	2	2	4	-10
Career	5 teams	441	32	67	99	54