Regular season

Adam Klapka

Calgary Flames · RW · #43

Bottom-six playerWrecking Ball?295 hits (21.1/60) - physically tilts every shift

HT: 6'8"
WT: 235 lb
Age: 25
Shoots: R
From: Praha, CZE

55Alpha?

Alpha sub-scores

what drives the rating · percentile vs position group

2020pctl

2626pctl

3838pctl

8181pctl

League profile

vs. forwards with 20+ GP

0.2320pctl

0.0817pctl

0.1527pctl

1.021pctl

-1217pctl

241pctl

HockeyAlpha advanced

event-derived proxies · 1,312 games analyzed

4%43pctl

1.7048pctl

0.0519pctl

Def Suppression?

0.8285pctl

Winger toolkit

vs. wingers with 20+ GP

5.730pctl

21.198pctl

0.3972pctl

3.6494pctl

0:2627pctl

0:0010pctl

On-ice impact

shift charts × our xG model · 50 GP tracked · 9h TOI

On-ice xG share (5v5)?

48.2%37pctl

On-ice goal share (5v5)?

48.6%45pctl

O-zone deployment?

46%33pctl

Usage profile

assignment difficulty · higher fill = tougher job

Competition faced?

16.5 min4pctl

Support received?

15.8 min94pctl

D-zone deployment?

54%67pctl

Micro-metrics

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

Cross-slot shots / GP?

0.0537pctl

Net-front presence / GP?

1.0363pctl

Second-chance touches / GP?

0.2539pctl

0.97×37pctl

Cross-slot suppressed?

0.09/gm95pctl

Pressure escape rate?

11.7%98pctl

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

The Blueprint

Structural Event Engine · percentile vs forwards · center = median · 806 EV min

General Offense

5.8153

7.5948

Shot Setups/60?

1.1263

Chance Setups/60?

0.8257

Primary Contributions/60?

6.9256

Rebounds Created/60?

0.3738

Playmaking Sequences

Point Shot Setups/60?

0.0762

Center-Lane Setups/60?

0.5244

High-Danger Setups/60?

0.1522

Deflection Setups/60?

0.0037

One-Timer Setups/60?

0.3082

Offense Types

Cycle Offense/60?

1.4151

Rush Offense/60?

9.7575

Shots off HD Setups/60?

0.6748

0.5225

0.0732

Deflections/60?

1.7168

Zone Entries

Entries Started/60?

0.1557

Entries Finished/60?

1.4185

Entries w/ Chance/60?

0.8985

Entry → Chance %?

63%51

DZ Retrievals / Exits

DZ Involvements/60?

1.0442

0.3055

0.7442

Retrieval Success %?

29%59

Exit Involvements/60?

0.0035

Exit Success %?

0%32

Forechecking

12.3685

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

$1.25M

cap hit

$1.16M

Alpha-market value

overpaidmarketsurplus

C

Fair market deal (−$0.1M)

Top comparables?

nearest profiles at the same role · match = statistical fit

Player	Alpha	Archetype	Production	Cap hit	Market	Value	Match
Adam Klapka	55	Wrecking Ball	18 P · 79 GP	$1.25M	$1.16M	C−$0.1M	this player
Jeff Malott	54	Wrecking Ball	9 P · 58 GP	$0.78M	$1.03M	C+$0.3M	87%
Adam Erne	56	Wrecking Ball	8 P · 45 GP	-	$1.30M	-	87%
Ondrej Palat	55	Depth Forward	15 P · 80 GP	$6.00M	$1.16M	F−$4.8M	83%
Taylor Raddysh	56	Depth Forward	19 P · 68 GP	$1.50M	$1.30M	C−$0.2M	83%

Chemistry

Top connection: Morgan Frost · 3 goals together

Finishes from

assisters on Adam’s goals

Creates for

goals Adam assisted on

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

Recent form · last 10 games

3 pts · 1 G · 2 A · 13 shots in last 10Steady(+0.2 P/GP vs prior 5)

vs ANA

0P

0G 0A

vs ANA 03-26

0G 0A · 1 shots · 9:59 TOI

vs VAN

1P

1G 0A

vs VAN 03-28

1G 0A · 3 shots · 8:51 TOI

@ COL

0P

0G 0A

@ COL 03-30

0G 0A · 2 shots · 11:50 TOI

@ VGK

0P

0G 0A

@ VGK 04-02

0G 0A · 1 shots · 8:22 TOI

@ ANA

0P

0G 0A

@ ANA 04-04

0G 0A · 0 shots · 10:19 TOI

@ DAL

2P

0G 2A

@ DAL 04-07

0G 2A · 2 shots · 9:12 TOI

@ COL

0P

0G 0A

@ COL 04-09

0G 0A · 1 shots · 9:25 TOI

vs UTA

0P

0G 0A

vs UTA 04-12

0G 0A · 0 shots · 12:13 TOI

vs COL

0P

0G 0A

vs COL 04-14

0G 0A · 2 shots · 12:41 TOI

vs LAK

0P

0G 0A

vs LAK 04-16

0G 0A · 1 shots · 11:21 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)183 events shown

The office: the crease doorstep - 2 of 6 goals live there

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

Defensive floor: 72 blocks · 5 steals inside the d-zone

NHL career · regular season

Season	Team	GP	G	A	P	+/−
2023-24	Calgary Flames	6	1	0	1	-1
2024-25	Calgary Flames	31	6	4	10	-3
2025-26	Calgary Flames	79	6	12	18	-12
Career	1 team	116	13	16	29	-16