Regular season

Will Cuylle

New York Rangers · LW · #50

Middle-six playerMiddle-Six Engine?Reliable minutes: 38 points and honest two-way play

HT: 6'3"
WT: 212 lb
Age: 24
Shoots: L
From: Toronto, CAN
Draft: 2020 NYR · R2 #60

73Alpha?

Alpha sub-scores

what drives the rating · percentile vs position group

6969pctl

6262pctl

7676pctl

6262pctl

League profile

vs. forwards with 20+ GP

0.4656pctl

0.2467pctl

0.2246pctl

1.969pctl

-1217pctl

866pctl

HockeyAlpha advanced

event-derived proxies · 1,312 games analyzed

10%88pctl

2.9182pctl

0.2284pctl

Def Suppression?

0.7481pctl

Winger toolkit

vs. wingers with 20+ GP

6.853pctl

13.188pctl

0.168pctl

2.9586pctl

1:2848pctl

1:3486pctl

On-ice impact

shift charts × our xG model · 51 GP tracked · 14h TOI

On-ice xG share (5v5)?

50.7%58pctl

On-ice goal share (5v5)?

47.4%40pctl

O-zone deployment?

47%38pctl

Usage profile

assignment difficulty · higher fill = tougher job

Competition faced?

17.5 min54pctl

Support received?

18.2 min25pctl

D-zone deployment?

53%62pctl

Micro-metrics

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

Cross-slot shots / GP?

0.0752pctl

Net-front presence / GP?

1.9593pctl

Second-chance touches / GP?

0.4678pctl

0.98×42pctl

Cross-slot suppressed?

0.27/gm32pctl

Pressure escape rate?

6.5%19pctl

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

The Blueprint

Structural Event Engine · percentile vs forwards · center = median · 1134 EV min

General Offense

5.8254

9.3173

Shot Setups/60?

0.9551

Chance Setups/60?

0.6437

Primary Contributions/60?

6.7753

Rebounds Created/60?

0.6473

Playmaking Sequences

Point Shot Setups/60?

0.1681

Center-Lane Setups/60?

0.4232

High-Danger Setups/60?

0.2642

Deflection Setups/60?

0.0567

One-Timer Setups/60?

0.1662

Offense Types

Cycle Offense/60?

1.7569

Rush Offense/60?

8.8468

Shots off HD Setups/60?

0.3215

0.8556

0.0016

Deflections/60?

2.1283

Zone Entries

Entries Started/60?

0.0018

Entries Finished/60?

0.9571

Entries w/ Chance/60?

0.6473

Entry → Chance %?

67%60

DZ Retrievals / Exits

DZ Involvements/60?

0.9031

0.0516

0.8550

Retrieval Success %?

6%12

Exit Involvements/60?

0.0033

Exit Success %?

0%30

Forechecking

11.9687

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

$3.90M

cap hit

$5.37M

Alpha-market value

overpaidmarketsurplus

B

Good value (+$1.5M)

Top comparables?

nearest profiles at the same role · match = statistical fit

Player	Alpha	Archetype	Production	Cap hit	Market	Value	Match
Will Cuylle	73	Middle-Six Engine	38 P · 82 GP	$3.90M	$5.37M	B+$1.5M	this player
Anders Lee	75	Middle-Six Engine	42 P · 82 GP	$7.00M	$5.99M	D−$1.0M	88%
Alex Laferriere	75	Middle-Six Engine	44 P · 82 GP	$4.10M	$5.99M	B+$1.9M	86%
Blake Coleman	74	Middle-Six Engine	35 P · 69 GP	$4.90M	$5.68M	B+$0.8M	85%
Alexis Lafrenière	77	Middle-Six Engine	57 P · 82 GP	$7.45M	$6.62M	D−$0.8M	84%

Chemistry

Top connection: Noah Laba · 8 goals together

Finishes from

assisters on Will’s goals

Creates for

goals Will assisted on

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

Recent form · last 10 games

6 pts · 4 G · 2 A · 18 shots in last 10Heating up(+0.4 P/GP vs prior 5)

vs CHI

1P

0G 1A

vs CHI 03-27

0G 1A · 1 shots · 15:31 TOI

vs FLA

0P

0G 0A

vs FLA 03-29

0G 0A · 0 shots · 14:08 TOI

vs NJD

0P

0G 0A

vs NJD 03-31

0G 0A · 0 shots · 16:27 TOI

vs MTL

1P

1G 0A

vs MTL 04-02

1G 0A · 6 shots · 17:23 TOI

vs DET

0P

0G 0A

vs DET 04-04

0G 0A · 1 shots · 12:05 TOI

vs WSH

3P

3G 0A

vs WSH 04-05

3G 0A · 6 shots · 12:58 TOI

vs BUF

0P

0G 0A

vs BUF 04-08

0G 0A · 3 shots · 15:46 TOI

@ DAL

0P

0G 0A

@ DAL 04-11

0G 0A · 0 shots · 14:23 TOI

@ FLA

0P

0G 0A

@ FLA 04-13

0G 0A · 0 shots · 15:32 TOI

@ TBL

1P

0G 1A

@ TBL 04-15

0G 1A · 1 shots · 14:39 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)339 events shown

The office: the crease doorstep - 7 of 20 goals live there

Playmaking gravity: 24 touches that produced a teammate shot within 3s

Defensive floor: 87 blocks · 3 steals inside the d-zone

NHL career · regular season

Season	Team	GP	G	A	P	+/−
2022-23	New York Rangers	4	0	0	0	-2
2023-24	New York Rangers	81	13	8	21	-3
2024-25	New York Rangers	82	20	25	45	12
2025-26	New York Rangers	82	20	18	38	-12
Career	1 team	249	53	51	104	-5