Regular season

Aatu Räty

Vancouver Canucks · C · #54

Bottom-six playerFaceoff General?60.5% on 777 draws - possession starts with him

HT: 6'2"
WT: 204 lb
Age: 23
Shoots: L
From: Oulu, FIN
Draft: 2021 NYI · R2 #52

57Alpha?

Alpha sub-scores

what drives the rating · percentile vs position group

2222pctl

4848pctl

2424pctl

3535pctl

League profile

vs. forwards with 20+ GP

0.2116pctl

0.0612pctl

0.1527pctl

1.019pctl

-442pctl

016pctl

HockeyAlpha advanced

event-derived proxies · 1,312 games analyzed

4.5%49pctl

1.1025pctl

0.1873pctl

Def Suppression?

0.2223pctl

Center toolkit

vs. centers with 20+ GP

60.5%97pctl

D-Zone FO %?

61.0%99pctl

11.872pctl

0.3452pctl

0:0727pctl

0:5350pctl

On-ice impact

shift charts × our xG model · 42 GP tracked · 8h TOI

On-ice xG share (5v5)?

42.1%6pctl

On-ice goal share (5v5)?

43.8%25pctl

O-zone deployment?

38%13pctl

Usage profile

assignment difficulty · higher fill = tougher job

Competition faced?

16.9 min17pctl

Support received?

16.8 min64pctl

D-zone deployment?

62%87pctl

Micro-metrics

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

Cross-slot shots / GP?

0.004pctl

Net-front presence / GP?

0.8754pctl

Second-chance touches / GP?

0.2028pctl

0.90×9pctl

Cross-slot suppressed?

0.14/gm83pctl

Pressure escape rate?

6.3%15pctl

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

The Blueprint

Structural Event Engine · percentile vs forwards · center = median · 727 EV min

General Offense

4.9534

6.6029

Shot Setups/60?

1.2471

Chance Setups/60?

1.1579

Primary Contributions/60?

6.1943

Rebounds Created/60?

0.7479

Playmaking Sequences

Point Shot Setups/60?

0.0029

Center-Lane Setups/60?

0.7467

High-Danger Setups/60?

0.3352

Deflection Setups/60?

0.0877

One-Timer Setups/60?

0.3384

Offense Types

Cycle Offense/60?

1.6563

Rush Offense/60?

7.7550

Shots off HD Setups/60?

0.3318

0.6637

0.0019

Deflections/60?

1.6564

Zone Entries

Entries Started/60?

0.0840

Entries Finished/60?

0.5836

Entries w/ Chance/60?

0.2524

DZ Retrievals / Exits

DZ Involvements/60?

0.9133

0.1634

0.7442

Retrieval Success %?

18%33

Exit Involvements/60?

0.0035

Exit Success %?

0%32

Forechecking

9.9081

Dump-In Recoveries/60?

0.1687

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

$0.81M

cap hit

$1.46M

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
Aatu Räty	57	Faceoff General	14 P · 66 GP	$0.81M	$1.46M	C+$0.7M	this player
Nick Cousins	58	Depth Forward	23 P · 81 GP	$0.82M	$1.64M	B+$0.8M	91%
Vinnie Hinostroza	58	Depth Forward	18 P · 65 GP	$0.78M	$1.64M	B+$0.9M	91%
Jacob Quillan	56	Depth Forward	3 P · 23 GP	$0.88M	$1.30M	C+$0.4M	86%
Yakov Trenin	61	Wrecking Ball	23 P · 82 GP	$3.50M	$2.24M	D−$1.3M	85%

Chemistry

Top connection: Evander Kane · 3 goals together

Finishes from

assisters on Aatu’s goals

Creates for

goals Aatu assisted on

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

Recent form · last 10 games

1 pts · 0 G · 1 A · 13 shots in last 10Steady(+0.2 P/GP vs prior 5)

@ VGK

0P

0G 0A

@ VGK 03-30

0G 0A · 0 shots · 11:08 TOI

@ COL

0P

0G 0A

@ COL 04-01

0G 0A · 1 shots · 11:52 TOI

@ MIN

0P

0G 0A

@ MIN 04-02

0G 0A · 1 shots · 12:03 TOI

vs UTA

0P

0G 0A

vs UTA 04-04

0G 0A · 2 shots · 12:04 TOI

vs VGK

0P

0G 0A

vs VGK 04-07

0G 0A · 1 shots · 11:52 TOI

@ LAK

0P

0G 0A

@ LAK 04-09

0G 0A · 3 shots · 11:58 TOI

@ SJS

0P

0G 0A

@ SJS 04-11

0G 0A · 0 shots · 13:59 TOI

@ ANA

1P

0G 1A

@ ANA 04-12

0G 1A · 3 shots · 10:05 TOI

vs LAK

0P

0G 0A

vs LAK 04-14

0G 0A · 0 shots · 12:02 TOI

@ EDM

0P

0G 0A

@ EDM 04-16

0G 0A · 2 shots · 14:06 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)399 events shown

The office: the right circle - 2 of 4 goals live there

Playmaking gravity: 14 touches that produced a teammate shot within 3s

Defensive floor: 25 blocks · 3 steals inside the d-zone

NHL career · regular season

Season	Team	GP	G	A	P	+/−
2022-23	New York Islanders	12	2	0	2	1
2022-23	Vancouver Canucks	3	0	1	1	-1
2024-25	Vancouver Canucks	33	7	4	11	-1
2025-26	Vancouver Canucks	66	4	10	14	-4
Career	2 teams	114	13	15	28	-5