Regular season

Daemon Hunt

Minnesota Wild · D · #48

Third-pair DDepth Defenseman?6 points and 43 blocks in 32 games in a supporting role

HT: 6'1"
WT: 193 lb
Age: 24
Shoots: L
From: Brandon, CAN
Draft: 2020 MIN · R3 #65

63Alpha?

Alpha sub-scores

what drives the rating · percentile vs position group

2121pctl

5353pctl

1818pctl

5858pctl

League profile

vs. defensemen with 20+ GP

0.1925pctl

0.006pctl

0.1941pctl

0.65pctl

-337pctl

027pctl

HockeyAlpha advanced

event-derived proxies · 1,312 games analyzed

1%4pctl

0.304pctl

0.1459pctl

Def Suppression?

0.8889pctl

Defenseman toolkit

vs. defensemen with 20+ GP

1.3455pctl

6.4897pctl

Blocks / 100 shifts?

8.191pctl

3.256pctl

0.147pctl

0:1050pctl

0:5933pctl

On-ice impact

shift charts × our xG model · 16 GP tracked · 3h TOI

On-ice xG share (5v5)?

42.9%9pctl

On-ice goal share (5v5)?

40.0%15pctl

O-zone deployment?

47%39pctl

Usage profile

assignment difficulty · higher fill = tougher job

Competition faced?

17.0 min20pctl

Support received?

15.2 min100pctl

D-zone deployment?

53%61pctl

Micro-metrics

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

Cross-slot shots / GP?

0.004pctl

Net-front presence / GP?

0.103pctl

Second-chance touches / GP?

0.084pctl

Cross-slot suppressed?

0.23/gm45pctl

Pressure escape rate?

5.1%5pctl

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

The Blueprint

Structural Event Engine · percentile vs defensemen · center = median · 361 EV min

General Offense

2.8233

3.1651

Shot Setups/60?

0.6640

Chance Setups/60?

0.6651

Primary Contributions/60?

3.4933

Rebounds Created/60?

0.5067

Playmaking Sequences

Point Shot Setups/60?

0.0036

Center-Lane Setups/60?

0.3342

High-Danger Setups/60?

0.3376

Deflection Setups/60?

0.0039

One-Timer Setups/60?

0.0027

Offense Types

Cycle Offense/60?

0.6621

Rush Offense/60?

4.8234

Shots off HD Setups/60?

0.1733

0.3363

0.0032

Deflections/60?

0.0030

Zone Entries

Entries Started/60?

0.0036

Entries Finished/60?

0.3360

Entries w/ Chance/60?

0.1765

DZ Retrievals / Exits

DZ Involvements/60?

1.9928

0.1724

1.8336

Retrieval Success %?

8%26

Exit Involvements/60?

0.0040

Exit Success %?

0%40

Forechecking

0.0021

Dump-In Recoveries/60?

0.0049

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

$0.78M

cap hit

$2.83M

Alpha-market value

overpaidmarketsurplus

A

Team-friendly deal (+$2.1M)

Top comparables?

nearest profiles at the same role · match = statistical fit

Player	Alpha	Archetype	Production	Cap hit	Market	Value	Match
Daemon Hunt	63	Depth Defenseman	6 P · 32 GP	$0.78M	$2.83M	A+$2.1M	this player
Ilya Lyubushkin	60	Depth Defenseman	9 P · 53 GP	$3.25M	$2.12M	D−$1.1M	82%
Zach Bogosian	59	Depth Defenseman	6 P · 41 GP	$1.25M	$1.91M	C+$0.7M	80%
Ilya Solovyov	67	Depth Defenseman	8 P · 30 GP	$0.78M	$3.91M	A+$3.1M	79%
Spencer Stastney	58	Depth Defenseman	10 P · 66 GP	$0.82M	$1.70M	B+$0.9M	79%

Chemistry

Finishes from

assisters on Daemon’s goals

No credited connections yet.

Creates for

goals Daemon assisted on

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

Recent form · last 10 games

2 pts · 0 G · 2 A · 8 shots in last 10Steady(+0.0 P/GP vs prior 5)

vs CGY

1P

0G 1A

vs CGY 01-29

0G 1A · 1 shots · 15:09 TOI

@ EDM

0P

0G 0A

@ EDM 01-31

0G 0A · 0 shots · 13:12 TOI

vs MTL

0P

0G 0A

vs MTL 02-02

0G 0A · 0 shots · 1:52 TOI

@ NSH

0P

0G 0A

@ NSH 02-04

0G 0A · 2 shots · 14:26 TOI

@ COL

0P

0G 0A

@ COL 02-26

0G 0A · 0 shots · 9:07 TOI

@ UTA

0P

0G 0A

@ UTA 02-27

0G 0A · 1 shots · 13:40 TOI

vs STL

0P

0G 0A

vs STL 03-01

0G 0A · 0 shots · 13:26 TOI

@ NSH

0P

0G 0A

@ NSH 04-11

0G 0A · 1 shots · 11:34 TOI

@ STL

1P

0G 1A

@ STL 04-13

0G 1A · 3 shots · 18:21 TOI

vs ANA

0P

0G 0A

vs ANA 04-14

0G 0A · 0 shots · 21:01 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)88 events shown

Defensive floor: 43 blocks · 1 steals inside the d-zone

NHL career · regular season

Season	Team	GP	G	A	P	+/−
2023-24	Minnesota Wild	12	0	1	1	-1
2024-25	Minnesota Wild	1	0	0	0	0
2025-26	Minnesota Wild	32	0	6	6	-3
Career	1 team	45	0	7	7	-4