Regular season

John Beecher

Florida Panthers · C · #17

Bottom-six playerDepth Forward?7 points in 35 games in a supporting role

HT: 6'3"
WT: 220 lb
Age: 25
Shoots: L
From: Elmira, USA
Draft: 2019 BOS · R1 #30

56Alpha?

Alpha sub-scores

what drives the rating · percentile vs position group

2424pctl

2121pctl

3232pctl

7777pctl

League profile

vs. forwards with 20+ GP

0.2015pctl

0.0919pctl

0.1117pctl

1.125pctl

-634pctl

016pctl

HockeyAlpha advanced

event-derived proxies · 1,312 games analyzed

3.4%36pctl

1.4138pctl

0.028pctl

Def Suppression?

0.8084pctl

Center toolkit

vs. centers with 20+ GP

43.4%17pctl

D-Zone FO %?

42.2%19pctl

5.641pctl

0.4373pctl

0:0421pctl

1:3570pctl

On-ice impact

shift charts × our xG model · 20 GP tracked · 4h TOI

On-ice xG share (5v5)?

43.2%9pctl

On-ice goal share (5v5)?

26.7%2pctl

O-zone deployment?

39%14pctl

Usage profile

assignment difficulty · higher fill = tougher job

Competition faced?

16.9 min15pctl

Support received?

15.6 min96pctl

D-zone deployment?

61%86pctl

Micro-metrics

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

Cross-slot shots / GP?

0.0321pctl

Net-front presence / GP?

0.7848pctl

Second-chance touches / GP?

0.1719pctl

Cross-slot suppressed?

0.23/gm44pctl

Pressure escape rate?

8.2%59pctl

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

The Blueprint

Structural Event Engine · percentile vs forwards · center = median · 308 EV min

General Offense

6.2458

7.0240

Shot Setups/60?

0.7841

Chance Setups/60?

0.1924

Primary Contributions/60?

7.0256

Rebounds Created/60?

0.5862

Playmaking Sequences

Point Shot Setups/60?

0.1974

Center-Lane Setups/60?

0.5851

High-Danger Setups/60?

0.1935

Deflection Setups/60?

0.0040

One-Timer Setups/60?

0.1963

Offense Types

Cycle Offense/60?

1.5656

Rush Offense/60?

8.3858

Shots off HD Setups/60?

0.7858

0.5835

0.3974

Deflections/60?

1.9569

Zone Entries

Entries Started/60?

0.1962

Entries Finished/60?

1.1771

Entries w/ Chance/60?

0.7872

DZ Retrievals / Exits

DZ Involvements/60?

1.9575

0.5873

1.3673

Retrieval Success %?

30%58

Exit Involvements/60?

0.0039

Exit Success %?

0%37

Forechecking

3.5151

Dump-In Recoveries/60?

0.0044

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

$0.90M

cap hit

$1.30M

Alpha-market value

overpaidmarketsurplus

C

Fair market deal (+$0.4M)

Top comparables?

nearest profiles at the same role · match = statistical fit

Player	Alpha	Archetype	Production	Cap hit	Market	Value	Match
John Beecher	56	Depth Forward	7 P · 35 GP	$0.90M	$1.30M	C+$0.4M	this player
Josh Samanski	55	Depth Forward	4 P · 24 GP	$0.97M	$1.16M	C+$0.2M	93%
Rodrigo Abols	57	Depth Forward	10 P · 42 GP	-	$1.46M	-	92%
Michael Rasmussen	56	Depth Forward	14 P · 64 GP	$3.20M	$1.30M	D−$1.9M	90%
Colton Sissons	55	Depth Forward	11 P · 66 GP	$2.86M	$1.16M	D−$1.7M	89%

Chemistry

Finishes from

assisters on John’s goals

Creates for

goals John assisted on

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

Recent form · last 10 games

4 pts · 2 G · 2 A · 16 shots in last 10Heating up(+0.4 P/GP vs prior 5)

@ SJS

0P

0G 0A

@ SJS 02-26

0G 0A · 1 shots · 10:37 TOI

@ LAK

0P

0G 0A

@ LAK 02-28

0G 0A · 3 shots · 9:03 TOI

@ ANA

1P

0G 1A

@ ANA 03-01

0G 1A · 0 shots · 12:39 TOI

vs DAL

0P

0G 0A

vs DAL 03-03

0G 0A · 2 shots · 13:51 TOI

vs CAR

0P

0G 0A

vs CAR 03-07

0G 0A · 0 shots · 12:07 TOI

@ NJD

2P

2G 0A

@ NJD 03-12

2G 0A · 4 shots · 15:15 TOI

@ NYI

0P

0G 0A

@ NYI 03-14

0G 0A · 1 shots · 9:44 TOI

vs ANA

0P

0G 0A

vs ANA 03-26

0G 0A · 0 shots · 10:50 TOI

@ COL

1P

0G 1A

@ COL 03-30

0G 1A · 3 shots · 12:47 TOI

@ COL

0P

0G 0A

@ COL 04-09

0G 0A · 2 shots · 12:50 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)131 events shown

The office: the inner slot - 1 of 3 goals live there

Defensive floor: 34 blocks · 3 steals inside the d-zone

NHL career · regular season

Season	Team	GP	G	A	P	+/−
2023-24	Boston Bruins	52	7	3	10	-6
2024-25	Boston Bruins	78	3	8	11	-9
2025-26	Boston Bruins	6	1	0	1	-1
2025-26	Calgary Flames	29	2	4	6	-5
Career	2 teams	165	13	15	28	-21