Regular season

Marco Rossi

Vancouver Canucks · C · #23

Middle-six playerMiddle-Six Engine?Reliable minutes: 35 points and honest two-way play

HT: 5'9"
WT: 182 lb
Age: 24
Shoots: L
From: Feldkirch, AUT
Draft: 2020 MIN · R1 #9

74Alpha?

Alpha sub-scores

what drives the rating · percentile vs position group

5454pctl

6868pctl

4343pctl

5656pctl

League profile

vs. forwards with 20+ GP

0.7077pctl

0.2466pctl

0.4683pctl

1.341pctl

-263pctl

1478pctl

HockeyAlpha advanced

event-derived proxies · 1,312 games analyzed

6.8%72pctl

1.6247pctl

0.1667pctl

Def Suppression?

0.4451pctl

Center toolkit

vs. centers with 20+ GP

49.2%49pctl

D-Zone FO %?

52.0%64pctl

11.571pctl

0.3759pctl

2:2572pctl

0:2840pctl

On-ice impact

shift charts × our xG model · 35 GP tracked · 10h TOI

On-ice xG share (5v5)?

44.2%13pctl

On-ice goal share (5v5)?

42.2%21pctl

O-zone deployment?

56%77pctl

Usage profile

assignment difficulty · higher fill = tougher job

Competition faced?

17.5 min59pctl

Support received?

18.3 min22pctl

D-zone deployment?

44%23pctl

Micro-metrics

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

Cross-slot shots / GP?

0.0642pctl

Net-front presence / GP?

0.9055pctl

Second-chance touches / GP?

0.3762pctl

0.94×20pctl

Cross-slot suppressed?

0.24/gm39pctl

Pressure escape rate?

7.4%40pctl

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

The Blueprint

Structural Event Engine · percentile vs forwards · center = median · 730 EV min

General Offense

3.9518

6.0823

Shot Setups/60?

1.0760

Chance Setups/60?

0.8258

Primary Contributions/60?

5.0223

Rebounds Created/60?

0.6672

Playmaking Sequences

Point Shot Setups/60?

0.1679

Center-Lane Setups/60?

0.7467

High-Danger Setups/60?

0.2539

Deflection Setups/60?

0.0037

One-Timer Setups/60?

0.1662

Offense Types

Cycle Offense/60?

0.8221

Rush Offense/60?

5.2618

Shots off HD Setups/60?

0.9976

0.9061

0.0019

Deflections/60?

1.1538

Zone Entries

Entries Started/60?

0.1661

Entries Finished/60?

0.8258

Entries w/ Chance/60?

0.4955

Entry → Chance %?

60%45

DZ Retrievals / Exits

DZ Involvements/60?

1.0745

0.2545

0.8248

Retrieval Success %?

23%44

Exit Involvements/60?

0.0035

Exit Success %?

0%32

Forechecking

3.4551

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

$5.00M

cap hit

$5.68M

Alpha-market value

overpaidmarketsurplus

C

Fair market deal (+$0.7M)

Top comparables?

nearest profiles at the same role · match = statistical fit

Player	Alpha	Archetype	Production	Cap hit	Market	Value	Match
Marco Rossi	74	Middle-Six Engine	35 P · 50 GP	$5.00M	$5.68M	C+$0.7M	this player
Sean Monahan	70	Depth Forward	36 P · 78 GP	$5.50M	$4.50M	D−$1.0M	88%
Christian Dvorak	75	Middle-Six Engine	51 P · 80 GP	$5.40M	$5.99M	C+$0.6M	83%
Barrett Hayton	67	Depth Forward	25 P · 67 GP	$2.65M	$3.68M	B+$1.0M	81%
Brayden Schenn	70	Depth Forward	39 P · 80 GP	$6.50M	$4.50M	D−$2.0M	80%

Chemistry

Top connection: Brock Boeser · 8 goals together

Finishes from

assisters on Marco’s goals

Creates for

goals Marco assisted on

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

Recent form · last 10 games

7 pts · 3 G · 4 A · 13 shots in last 10Steady(+0.2 P/GP vs prior 5)

@ VGK

0P

0G 0A

@ VGK 03-30

0G 0A · 1 shots · 17:50 TOI

@ COL

2P

0G 2A

@ COL 04-01

0G 2A · 0 shots · 13:36 TOI

@ MIN

0P

0G 0A

@ MIN 04-02

0G 0A · 3 shots · 17:35 TOI

vs UTA

1P

1G 0A

vs UTA 04-04

1G 0A · 2 shots · 17:53 TOI

vs VGK

0P

0G 0A

vs VGK 04-07

0G 0A · 2 shots · 18:02 TOI

@ LAK

0P

0G 0A

@ LAK 04-09

0G 0A · 0 shots · 16:50 TOI

@ SJS

1P

1G 0A

@ SJS 04-11

1G 0A · 1 shots · 18:52 TOI

@ ANA

2P

1G 1A

@ ANA 04-12

1G 1A · 2 shots · 18:49 TOI

vs LAK

1P

0G 1A

vs LAK 04-14

0G 1A · 1 shots · 16:08 TOI

@ EDM

0P

0G 0A

@ EDM 04-16

0G 0A · 1 shots · 13:15 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)308 events shown

The office: the inner slot - 6 of 12 goals live there

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

Defensive floor: 34 blocks · 4 steals inside the d-zone

NHL career · regular season

Season	Team	GP	G	A	P	+/−
2021-22	Minnesota Wild	2	0	0	0	-1
2022-23	Minnesota Wild	19	0	1	1	-7
2023-24	Minnesota Wild	82	21	19	40	-4
2024-25	Minnesota Wild	82	24	36	60	3
2025-26	Minnesota Wild	17	4	9	13	-6
2025-26	Vancouver Canucks	33	8	14	22	-20
Career	2 teams	235	57	79	136	-35