HockeyAlpha
Regular season

Troy Stecher

Toronto Maple Leafs · D · #28
Third-pair DDepth Defenseman?14 points and 79 blocks in 64 games in a supporting role
HT
5'10"
WT
184 lb
Age
32
Shoots
R
From
Richmond, CAN
62Alpha?

Alpha sub-scores

what drives the rating · percentile vs position group
Scoring?
4949pctl
Playmaking?
3939pctl
Transition?
4646pctl
Defense?
3131pctl

League profile

vs. defensemen with 20+ GP
Points / GP?
0.2238pctl
Goals / GP?
0.0543pctl
Assists / GP?
0.1733pctl
Shots / GP?
1.043pctl
Plus/Minus?
-823pctl
PP Points?
027pctl

HockeyAlpha advanced

event-derived proxies · 1,312 games analyzed
xG Share?
2.3%23pctl
ZEIS?
0.9118pctl
PSPL?
0.0937pctl
Def Suppression?
0.2021pctl

Defenseman toolkit

vs. defensemen with 20+ GP
Blocks / GP?
1.2347pctl
Blocks / 60?
3.8542pctl
Hits / 60?
1.526pctl
Take : Give?
0.1820pctl
PP TOI / GP?
0:0325pctl
PK TOI / GP?
1:5867pctl

On-ice impact

shift charts × our xG model · 38 GP tracked · 13h TOI

Usage profile

assignment difficulty · higher fill = tougher job
Competition faced?
17.4 min52pctl
Support received?
16.8 min65pctl

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 · 1100 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

$0.79M

cap hit

$2.59M

Alpha-market value

overpaidmarketsurplus

B

Good value (+$1.8M)

Top comparables?

nearest profiles at the same role · match = statistical fit
PlayerAlphaCap hitValueMatch
Troy Stecher62$0.79MB+$1.8Mthis player
Nate Schmidt63--89%
John Marino64$4.40MD$1.3M89%
Samuel Girard63$5.00MD$2.2M89%
Joel Edmundson64$3.85MD$0.8M88%

Chemistry

Top connection: Dakota Joshua · 4 goals together

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)

@ OTT

0P

0G 0A

@ BOS

0P

0G 0A

vs NYR

0P

0G 0A

@ STL

0P

0G 0A

@ ANA

0P

0G 0A

@ LAK

0P

0G 0A

@ NYI

0P

0G 0A

vs FLA

0P

0G 0A

vs DAL

1P

0G 1A

@ OTT

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)264 events shown

The office: the left point - 1 of 3 goals live there

Playmaking gravity: 16 touches that produced a teammate shot within 3s

Defensive floor: 79 blocks · 9 steals inside the d-zone

NHL career · regular season

SeasonTeamGPGAP+/−
2016-17Vancouver Canucks7132124-16
2017-18Vancouver Canucks6811011-7
2018-19Vancouver Canucks78221239
2019-20Vancouver Canucks695121710
2020-21Detroit Red Wings443811-13
2021-22Detroit Red Wings16112-6
2021-22Los Angeles Kings13011-1
2022-23Arizona Coyotes61077-3
2022-23Calgary Flames20347-3
2023-24Arizona Coyotes471455
2023-24Edmonton Oilers70224
2024-25Edmonton Oilers66347-2
2025-26Edmonton Oilers60000
2025-26Toronto Maple Leafs5831114-8
Career7 teams62425106131-31