Regular season

Carter Verhaeghe

Florida Panthers · C · #23

Top-six playerMiddle-Six Engine?Reliable minutes: 55 points and honest two-way play

HT: 6'2"
WT: 183 lb
Age: 30
Shoots: L
From: Toronto, CAN
Draft: 2013 TOR · R3 #82

80Alpha?

Alpha sub-scores

what drives the rating · percentile vs position group

7676pctl

7575pctl

8484pctl

3333pctl

League profile

vs. forwards with 20+ GP

0.7178pctl

0.3283pctl

0.3976pctl

2.486pctl

-1414pctl

1172pctl

HockeyAlpha advanced

event-derived proxies · 1,312 games analyzed

8.9%84pctl

4.1495pctl

0.2284pctl

Def Suppression?

0.1213pctl

Center toolkit

vs. centers with 20+ GP

34.2%2pctl

D-Zone FO %?

36.0%4pctl

1.518pctl

0.4475pctl

2:4176pctl

0:0325pctl

On-ice impact

shift charts × our xG model · 48 GP tracked · 14h TOI

On-ice xG share (5v5)?

53.8%82pctl

On-ice goal share (5v5)?

44.9%29pctl

O-zone deployment?

56%75pctl

Usage profile

assignment difficulty · higher fill = tougher job

Competition faced?

17.6 min66pctl

Support received?

18.9 min9pctl

D-zone deployment?

44%25pctl

Micro-metrics

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

Cross-slot shots / GP?

0.1073pctl

Net-front presence / GP?

1.4983pctl

Second-chance touches / GP?

0.4982pctl

0.97×38pctl

Cross-slot suppressed?

0.16/gm77pctl

Pressure escape rate?

8.7%69pctl

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

The Blueprint

Structural Event Engine · percentile vs forwards · center = median · 1146 EV min

General Offense

6.7071

9.4874

Shot Setups/60?

1.7390

Chance Setups/60?

1.3689

Primary Contributions/60?

8.4378

Rebounds Created/60?

0.6371

Playmaking Sequences

Point Shot Setups/60?

0.0550

Center-Lane Setups/60?

1.1589

High-Danger Setups/60?

0.8991

Deflection Setups/60?

0.1688

One-Timer Setups/60?

0.3788

Offense Types

Cycle Offense/60?

1.8974

Rush Offense/60?

9.7977

Shots off HD Setups/60?

0.6343

0.6333

0.0016

Deflections/60?

1.3147

Zone Entries

Entries Started/60?

0.1660

Entries Finished/60?

1.0576

Entries w/ Chance/60?

0.6877

Entry → Chance %?

65%57

DZ Retrievals / Exits

DZ Involvements/60?

1.0543

0.1023

0.9458

Retrieval Success %?

10%19

Exit Involvements/60?

0.0563

Exit Success %?

5%65

Forechecking

3.5652

Dump-In Recoveries/60?

0.0042

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

$7.00M

cap hit

$7.61M

Alpha-market value

overpaidmarketsurplus

C

Fair market deal (+$0.6M)

Top comparables?

nearest profiles at the same role · match = statistical fit

Player	Alpha	Archetype	Production	Cap hit	Market	Value	Match
Carter Verhaeghe	80	Middle-Six Engine	55 P · 77 GP	$7.00M	$7.61M	C+$0.6M	this player
Dylan Cozens	81	Middle-Six Engine	59 P · 82 GP	$7.10M	$7.95M	B+$0.9M	91%
Anton Lundell	78	Middle-Six Engine	44 P · 64 GP	$5.00M	$6.95M	B+$1.9M	90%
Trevor Zegras	81	Middle-Six Engine	67 P · 81 GP	$5.75M	$7.95M	A+$2.2M	88%
Morgan Geekie	81	Middle-Six Engine	68 P · 81 GP	$5.50M	$7.95M	A+$2.5M	88%

Chemistry

Top connection: Sam Bennett · 15 goals together

Finishes from

assisters on Carter’s goals

Creates for

goals Carter assisted on

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

Recent form · last 10 games

6 pts · 5 G · 1 A · 26 shots in last 10Cooling off(-0.4 P/GP vs prior 5)

vs SEA

1P

1G 0A

vs SEA 03-24

1G 0A · 1 shots · 17:47 TOI

vs MIN

0P

0G 0A

vs MIN 03-26

0G 0A · 1 shots · 18:11 TOI

@ NYI

0P

0G 0A

@ NYI 03-28

0G 0A · 4 shots · 21:11 TOI

@ NYR

0P

0G 0A

@ NYR 03-29

0G 0A · 2 shots · 19:52 TOI

vs OTT

3P

2G 1A

vs OTT 03-31

2G 1A · 6 shots · 16:59 TOI

vs BOS

0P

0G 0A

vs BOS 04-02

0G 0A · 1 shots · 20:11 TOI

@ PIT

0P

0G 0A

@ PIT 04-04

0G 0A · 2 shots · 14:52 TOI

@ PIT

1P

1G 0A

@ PIT 04-05

1G 0A · 5 shots · 22:43 TOI

@ MTL

1P

1G 0A

@ MTL 04-07

1G 0A · 3 shots · 21:54 TOI

@ OTT

0P

0G 0A

@ OTT 04-09

0G 0A · 1 shots · 18:15 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)418 events shown

The office: the right circle - 9 of 25 goals live there

Playmaking gravity: 47 touches that produced a teammate shot within 3s

Defensive floor: 33 blocks · 4 steals inside the d-zone

NHL career · regular season

Season	Team	GP	G	A	P	+/−
2019-20	Tampa Bay Lightning	52	9	4	13	-9
2020-21	Florida Panthers	43	18	18	36	24
2021-22	Florida Panthers	78	24	31	55	24
2022-23	Florida Panthers	81	42	31	73	10
2023-24	Florida Panthers	76	34	38	72	17
2024-25	Florida Panthers	81	20	33	53	-14
2025-26	Florida Panthers	77	25	30	55	-14
Career	2 teams	488	172	185	357	38