Regular season

Simon Nemec

Calgary Flames · D · #71

Second-pair DSteady Blueliner?104 blocks across 68 games of regular duty

HT: 6'1"
WT: 190 lb
Age: 22
Shoots: R
From: Liptovský Mikuláš, SVK
Draft: 2022 NJD · R1 #2

75Alpha?

Alpha sub-scores

what drives the rating · percentile vs position group

8080pctl

3535pctl

7979pctl

5757pctl

League profile

vs. defensemen with 20+ GP

0.3871pctl

0.1691pctl

0.2253pctl

1.575pctl

-1116pctl

267pctl

HockeyAlpha advanced

event-derived proxies · 1,312 games analyzed

3.3%35pctl

2.4072pctl

0.0310pctl

Def Suppression?

0.5059pctl

Defenseman toolkit

vs. defensemen with 20+ GP

1.5368pctl

4.6665pctl

Blocks / 100 shifts?

7.178pctl

1.015pctl

0.3068pctl

1:1473pctl

0:1913pctl

On-ice impact

shift charts × our xG model · 38 GP tracked · 12h TOI

On-ice xG share (5v5)?

47.8%34pctl

On-ice goal share (5v5)?

37.7%11pctl

O-zone deployment?

54%69pctl

Usage profile

assignment difficulty · higher fill = tougher job

Competition faced?

17.1 min27pctl

Support received?

16.5 min76pctl

D-zone deployment?

46%31pctl

Micro-metrics

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

Cross-slot shots / GP?

0.0752pctl

Net-front presence / GP?

0.3425pctl

Second-chance touches / GP?

0.2129pctl

1.00×57pctl

Cross-slot suppressed?

0.21/gm57pctl

Pressure escape rate?

7.7%46pctl

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

The Blueprint

Structural Event Engine · percentile vs defensemen · center = median · 1232 EV min

General Offense

3.8561

4.1979

Shot Setups/60?

0.8354

Chance Setups/60?

0.5434

Primary Contributions/60?

4.6860

Rebounds Created/60?

0.3961

Playmaking Sequences

Point Shot Setups/60?

0.1589

Center-Lane Setups/60?

0.4970

High-Danger Setups/60?

0.1037

Deflection Setups/60?

0.0570

One-Timer Setups/60?

0.0535

Offense Types

Cycle Offense/60?

2.2981

Rush Offense/60?

6.7276

Shots off HD Setups/60?

0.3968

0.2962

0.1069

Deflections/60?

0.1061

Zone Entries

Entries Started/60?

0.0568

Entries Finished/60?

0.1931

Entries w/ Chance/60?

0.0532

DZ Retrievals / Exits

DZ Involvements/60?

3.5183

0.5872

2.9281

Retrieval Success %?

17%48

Exit Involvements/60?

0.0037

Exit Success %?

0%37

Forechecking

0.3442

Dump-In Recoveries/60?

0.0048

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

$0.92M

cap hit

$6.40M

Alpha-market value

overpaidmarketsurplus

A+

Massive surplus value (+$5.5M)

Top comparables?

nearest profiles at the same role · match = statistical fit

Player	Alpha	Archetype	Production	Cap hit	Market	Value	Match
Simon Nemec	75	Steady Blueliner	26 P · 68 GP	$0.92M	$6.40M	A++$5.5M	this player
Olen Zellweger	75	Steady Blueliner	22 P · 76 GP	$0.84M	$6.40M	A++$5.6M	82%
Pavel Mintyukov	74	Steady Blueliner	22 P · 73 GP	$0.92M	$6.07M	A++$5.2M	77%
Jake Walman	77	Steady Blueliner	20 P · 53 GP	$3.40M	$7.09M	A+$3.7M	75%
Alexander Nikishin	76	Steady Blueliner	33 P · 81 GP	$0.93M	$6.75M	A++$5.8M	74%

Chemistry

Top connection: Jack Hughes · 8 goals together

Finishes from

assisters on Simon’s goals

Creates for

goals Simon assisted on

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

Recent form · last 10 games

1 pts · 1 G · 0 A · 15 shots in last 10Steady(-0.2 P/GP vs prior 5)

vs CHI

1P

1G 0A

vs CHI 03-29

1G 0A · 3 shots · 16:55 TOI

@ NYR

0P

0G 0A

@ NYR 03-31

0G 0A · 0 shots · 22:54 TOI

vs WSH

0P

0G 0A

vs WSH 04-02

0G 0A · 2 shots · 18:29 TOI

vs MTL

0P

0G 0A

vs MTL 04-04

0G 0A · 2 shots · 18:23 TOI

@ MTL

0P

0G 0A

@ MTL 04-05

0G 0A · 1 shots · 17:30 TOI

vs PHI

0P

0G 0A

vs PHI 04-07

0G 0A · 1 shots · 16:40 TOI

vs PIT

0P

0G 0A

vs PIT 04-09

0G 0A · 1 shots · 23:01 TOI

@ DET

0P

0G 0A

@ DET 04-11

0G 0A · 4 shots · 21:12 TOI

vs OTT

0P

0G 0A

vs OTT 04-12

0G 0A · 1 shots · 24:03 TOI

@ BOS

0P

0G 0A

@ BOS 04-14

0G 0A · 0 shots · 21:39 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)399 events shown

The office: the inner slot - 4 of 11 goals live there

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

Defensive floor: 105 blocks · 12 steals inside the d-zone

NHL career · regular season

Season	Team	GP	G	A	P	+/−
2023-24	New Jersey Devils	60	3	16	19	-7
2024-25	New Jersey Devils	27	2	2	4	-10
2025-26	New Jersey Devils	68	11	15	26	-11
Career	1 team	155	16	33	49	-28