Regular season

Joel Hanley

Calgary Flames · D · #44

Depth DDepth Defenseman?90 blocks in 68 games of hard minutes

HT: 5'11"
WT: 186 lb
Age: 35
Shoots: L
From: Keswick, CAN

57Alpha?

Alpha sub-scores

what drives the rating · percentile vs position group

1515pctl

2222pctl

1414pctl

5252pctl

League profile

vs. defensemen with 20+ GP

0.106pctl

0.006pctl

0.1013pctl

0.69pctl

-531pctl

027pctl

HockeyAlpha advanced

event-derived proxies · 1,312 games analyzed

1.1%5pctl

0.294pctl

0.0519pctl

Def Suppression?

0.5868pctl

Defenseman toolkit

vs. defensemen with 20+ GP

1.3254pctl

5.4181pctl

Blocks / 100 shifts?

5.958pctl

2.550pctl

0.1922pctl

0:0218pctl

0:5732pctl

On-ice impact

shift charts × our xG model · 40 GP tracked · 10h TOI

On-ice xG share (5v5)?

51.2%61pctl

On-ice goal share (5v5)?

43.8%25pctl

O-zone deployment?

63%93pctl

Usage profile

assignment difficulty · higher fill = tougher job

Competition faced?

16.8 min13pctl

Support received?

15.8 min93pctl

D-zone deployment?

37%7pctl

Micro-metrics

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

Cross-slot shots / GP?

0.0858pctl

Net-front presence / GP?

0.2012pctl

Second-chance touches / GP?

0.2333pctl

0.89×8pctl

Cross-slot suppressed?

0.19/gm63pctl

Pressure escape rate?

7.9%52pctl

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

The Blueprint

Structural Event Engine · percentile vs defensemen · center = median · 931 EV min

General Offense

2.7725

2.1917

Shot Setups/60?

0.5828

Chance Setups/60?

0.5842

Primary Contributions/60?

3.3525

Rebounds Created/60?

0.1927

Playmaking Sequences

Point Shot Setups/60?

0.0032

Center-Lane Setups/60?

0.2629

High-Danger Setups/60?

0.0017

Deflection Setups/60?

0.0035

One-Timer Setups/60?

0.0639

Offense Types

Cycle Offense/60?

1.6144

Rush Offense/60?

4.0017

Shots off HD Setups/60?

0.3257

0.5887

0.1376

Deflections/60?

0.0024

Zone Entries

Entries Started/60?

0.0032

Entries Finished/60?

0.1931

Entries w/ Chance/60?

0.0019

DZ Retrievals / Exits

DZ Involvements/60?

2.9061

0.3232

2.5869

Retrieval Success %?

11%27

Exit Involvements/60?

0.0037

Exit Success %?

0%37

Forechecking

0.5264

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

Contract value?

beta · cap data: CapWages

$1.75M

cap hit

$1.51M

Alpha-market value

overpaidmarketsurplus

C

Fair market deal (−$0.2M)

Top comparables?

nearest profiles at the same role · match = statistical fit

Player	Alpha	Archetype	Production	Cap hit	Market	Value	Match
Joel Hanley	57	Depth Defenseman	7 P · 68 GP	$1.75M	$1.51M	C−$0.2M	this player
Vincent Iorio	60	Depth Defenseman	3 P · 27 GP	$0.81M	$2.12M	B+$1.3M	91%
Jacob Bernard-Docker	59	Depth Defenseman	5 P · 63 GP	$0.88M	$1.91M	B+$1.0M	90%
Alec Regula	61	Depth Defenseman	3 P · 29 GP	$0.81M	$2.35M	B+$1.5M	87%
Egor Zamula	60	Depth Defenseman	3 P · 33 GP	-	$2.12M	-	87%

Chemistry

Finishes from

assisters on Joel’s goals

No credited connections yet.

Creates for

goals Joel assisted on

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

Recent form · last 10 games

0 pts · 0 G · 0 A · 9 shots in last 10Steady(+0.0 P/GP vs prior 5)

@ WSH

0P

0G 0A

@ WSH 03-09

0G 0A · 0 shots · 18:44 TOI

@ NYR

0P

0G 0A

@ NYR 03-10

0G 0A · 1 shots · 17:49 TOI

@ NJD

0P

0G 0A

@ NJD 03-12

0G 0A · 2 shots · 16:41 TOI

@ NYI

0P

0G 0A

@ NYI 03-14

0G 0A · 0 shots · 13:58 TOI

@ DET

0P

0G 0A

@ DET 03-16

0G 0A · 0 shots · 17:01 TOI

vs STL

0P

0G 0A

vs STL 03-18

0G 0A · 2 shots · 16:07 TOI

vs FLA

0P

0G 0A

vs FLA 03-20

0G 0A · 1 shots · 14:35 TOI

vs TBL

0P

0G 0A

vs TBL 03-22

0G 0A · 3 shots · 15:36 TOI

vs LAK

0P

0G 0A

vs LAK 03-24

0G 0A · 0 shots · 14:15 TOI

vs ANA

0P

0G 0A

vs ANA 03-26

0G 0A · 0 shots · 15:28 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)219 events shown

Playmaking gravity: 8 touches that produced a teammate shot within 3s

Defensive floor: 92 blocks · 5 steals inside the d-zone

NHL career · regular season

Season	Team	GP	G	A	P	+/−
2015-16	Montréal Canadiens	10	0	6	6	0
2016-17	Montréal Canadiens	7	0	0	0	-3
2017-18	Arizona Coyotes	5	0	0	0	0
2018-19	Dallas Stars	16	0	0	0	0
2019-20	Dallas Stars	8	0	2	2	0
2020-21	Dallas Stars	35	0	8	8	6
2021-22	Dallas Stars	44	2	4	6	-13
2022-23	Dallas Stars	26	0	2	2	5
2023-24	Dallas Stars	32	0	3	3	3
2023-24	Calgary Flames	10	1	1	2	0
2024-25	Calgary Flames	53	2	7	9	12
2025-26	Calgary Flames	68	0	7	7	-5
Career	4 teams	314	5	40	45	5