Regular season

Jamie Drysdale

Philadelphia Flyers · D · #9

Second-pair DSteady Blueliner?94 blocks across 78 games of regular duty

HT: 5'11"
WT: 185 lb
Age: 24
Shoots: R
From: Toronto, CAN
Draft: 2020 ANA · R1 #6

75Alpha?

Alpha sub-scores

what drives the rating · percentile vs position group

7272pctl

6868pctl

6666pctl

5555pctl

League profile

vs. defensemen with 20+ GP

0.4174pctl

0.1077pctl

0.3170pctl

1.364pctl

-337pctl

985pctl

HockeyAlpha advanced

event-derived proxies · 1,312 games analyzed

2.9%30pctl

1.9660pctl

0.1563pctl

Def Suppression?

0.7682pctl

Defenseman toolkit

vs. defensemen with 20+ GP

1.2142pctl

3.3523pctl

Blocks / 100 shifts?

4.625pctl

0.63pctl

0.3173pctl

2:1988pctl

0:087pctl

On-ice impact

shift charts × our xG model · 51 GP tracked · 19h TOI

On-ice xG share (5v5)?

48.1%36pctl

On-ice goal share (5v5)?

49.3%49pctl

O-zone deployment?

53%66pctl

Usage profile

assignment difficulty · higher fill = tougher job

Competition faced?

17.5 min54pctl

Support received?

16.7 min71pctl

D-zone deployment?

47%34pctl

Micro-metrics

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

Cross-slot shots / GP?

0.004pctl

Net-front presence / GP?

0.3324pctl

Second-chance touches / GP?

0.2129pctl

1.01×65pctl

Cross-slot suppressed?

0.27/gm31pctl

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 defensemen · center = median · 1490 EV min

General Offense

3.0634

2.8238

Shot Setups/60?

0.5220

Chance Setups/60?

0.4423

Primary Contributions/60?

3.5828

Rebounds Created/60?

0.3250

Playmaking Sequences

Point Shot Setups/60?

0.0030

Center-Lane Setups/60?

0.3646

High-Danger Setups/60?

0.1652

Deflection Setups/60?

0.0034

One-Timer Setups/60?

0.0845

Offense Types

Cycle Offense/60?

1.2525

Rush Offense/60?

4.6725

Shots off HD Setups/60?

0.4072

0.2860

0.0864

Deflections/60?

0.0439

Zone Entries

Entries Started/60?

0.0030

Entries Finished/60?

0.2441

Entries w/ Chance/60?

0.0842

DZ Retrievals / Exits

DZ Involvements/60?

1.7311

0.4044

1.3311

Retrieval Success %?

23%76

Exit Involvements/60?

0.0036

Exit Success %?

0%36

Forechecking

0.0810

Dump-In Recoveries/60?

0.0490

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

$2.30M

cap hit

$6.40M

Alpha-market value

overpaidmarketsurplus

A+

Massive surplus value (+$4.1M)

Top comparables?

nearest profiles at the same role · match = statistical fit

Player	Alpha	Archetype	Production	Cap hit	Market	Value	Match
Jamie Drysdale	75	Steady Blueliner	32 P · 78 GP	$2.30M	$6.40M	A++$4.1M	this player
Morgan Rielly	77	Steady Blueliner	36 P · 78 GP	$7.50M	$7.09M	C−$0.4M	87%
Hampus Lindholm	77	Steady Blueliner	26 P · 67 GP	$6.50M	$7.09M	C+$0.6M	84%
Aaron Ekblad	72	Steady Blueliner	26 P · 72 GP	$6.10M	$5.42M	C−$0.7M	83%
Devon Toews	75	Steady Blueliner	24 P · 68 GP	$7.25M	$6.40M	D−$0.8M	82%

Chemistry

Top connection: Trevor Zegras · 10 goals together

Finishes from

assisters on Jamie’s goals

Creates for

goals Jamie assisted on

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

Recent form · last 10 games

4 pts · 0 G · 4 A · 12 shots in last 10Steady(+0.0 P/GP vs prior 5)

@ DET

2P

0G 2A

@ DET 03-28

0G 2A · 2 shots · 19:37 TOI

vs DAL

0P

0G 0A

vs DAL 03-29

0G 0A · 1 shots · 22:10 TOI

@ WSH

0P

0G 0A

@ WSH 03-31

0G 0A · 0 shots · 19:49 TOI

vs DET

0P

0G 0A

vs DET 04-02

0G 0A · 1 shots · 23:35 TOI

@ NYI

0P

0G 0A

@ NYI 04-03

0G 0A · 1 shots · 18:55 TOI

vs BOS

0P

0G 0A

vs BOS 04-05

0G 0A · 1 shots · 22:15 TOI

@ NJD

1P

0G 1A

@ NJD 04-07

0G 1A · 1 shots · 17:49 TOI

@ DET

1P

0G 1A

@ DET 04-09

0G 1A · 4 shots · 23:04 TOI

@ WPG

0P

0G 0A

@ WPG 04-11

0G 0A · 0 shots · 17:32 TOI

vs CAR

0P

0G 0A

vs CAR 04-13

0G 0A · 1 shots · 25:45 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)365 events shown

The office: the left point - 2 of 8 goals live there

Playmaking gravity: 18 touches that produced a teammate shot within 3s

Defensive floor: 93 blocks · 11 steals inside the d-zone

NHL career · regular season

Season	Team	GP	G	A	P	+/−
2020-21	Anaheim Ducks	24	3	5	8	-12
2021-22	Anaheim Ducks	81	4	28	32	-26
2022-23	Anaheim Ducks	8	0	0	0	-3
2023-24	Anaheim Ducks	10	1	4	5	-2
2023-24	Philadelphia Flyers	24	2	3	5	-18
2024-25	Philadelphia Flyers	70	7	13	20	-32
2025-26	Philadelphia Flyers	78	8	24	32	-3
Career	2 teams	295	25	77	102	-96