Regular season

Emmitt Finnie

Detroit Red Wings · C · #58

Bottom-six playerDepth Forward?30 points in 82 games in a supporting role

HT: 6'1"
WT: 195 lb
Age: 21
Shoots: L
From: Lethbridge, CAN
Draft: 2023 DET · R7 #201

64Alpha?

Alpha sub-scores

what drives the rating · percentile vs position group

5050pctl

4545pctl

3838pctl

4848pctl

League profile

vs. forwards with 20+ GP

0.3740pctl

0.1641pctl

0.2142pctl

1.551pctl

-1022pctl

866pctl

HockeyAlpha advanced

event-derived proxies · 1,312 games analyzed

6.8%72pctl

1.4037pctl

0.1251pctl

Def Suppression?

0.3845pctl

Center toolkit

vs. centers with 20+ GP

44.0%19pctl

1.316pctl

0.3244pctl

1:2460pctl

0:4046pctl

On-ice impact

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

On-ice xG share (5v5)?

48.5%40pctl

On-ice goal share (5v5)?

40.7%17pctl

O-zone deployment?

47%37pctl

Usage profile

assignment difficulty · higher fill = tougher job

Competition faced?

17.8 min83pctl

Support received?

18.8 min10pctl

D-zone deployment?

53%63pctl

Micro-metrics

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

Cross-slot shots / GP?

0.0965pctl

Net-front presence / GP?

1.3778pctl

Second-chance touches / GP?

0.4575pctl

1.04×80pctl

Cross-slot suppressed?

0.18/gm68pctl

Pressure escape rate?

8.0%53pctl

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

The Blueprint

Structural Event Engine · percentile vs forwards · center = median · 1102 EV min

General Offense

5.4546

7.5747

Shot Setups/60?

0.6024

Chance Setups/60?

0.5429

Primary Contributions/60?

6.0439

Rebounds Created/60?

0.6069

Playmaking Sequences

Point Shot Setups/60?

0.0027

Center-Lane Setups/60?

0.4434

High-Danger Setups/60?

0.1623

Deflection Setups/60?

0.0036

One-Timer Setups/60?

0.0531

Offense Types

Cycle Offense/60?

1.0931

Rush Offense/60?

6.7534

Shots off HD Setups/60?

0.5433

1.0371

0.2266

Deflections/60?

1.7470

Zone Entries

Entries Started/60?

0.1661

Entries Finished/60?

0.7654

Entries w/ Chance/60?

0.3333

Entry → Chance %?

43%15

DZ Retrievals / Exits

DZ Involvements/60?

1.4772

0.3358

1.1473

Retrieval Success %?

22%42

Exit Involvements/60?

0.0034

Exit Success %?

0%30

Forechecking

5.0166

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

$0.82M

cap hit

$2.92M

Alpha-market value

overpaidmarketsurplus

A

Team-friendly deal (+$2.1M)

Top comparables?

nearest profiles at the same role · match = statistical fit

Player	Alpha	Archetype	Production	Cap hit	Market	Value	Match
Emmitt Finnie	64	Depth Forward	30 P · 82 GP	$0.82M	$2.92M	A+$2.1M	this player
Vladislav Namestnikov	61	Depth Forward	14 P · 60 GP	$3.00M	$2.24M	D−$0.8M	89%
Shane Wright	65	Depth Forward	27 P · 74 GP	$0.89M	$3.17M	A+$2.3M	89%
Pius Suter	67	Depth Forward	29 P · 64 GP	$4.13M	$3.68M	C−$0.4M	87%
Ryan Greene	63	Depth Forward	29 P · 81 GP	$0.95M	$2.68M	B+$1.7M	86%

Chemistry

Top connection: Lucas Raymond · 10 goals together

Finishes from

assisters on Emmitt’s goals

Creates for

goals Emmitt assisted on

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

Recent form · last 10 games

3 pts · 1 G · 2 A · 7 shots in last 10Steady(+0.2 P/GP vs prior 5)

vs PHI

0P

0G 0A

vs PHI 03-28

0G 0A · 1 shots · 13:11 TOI

@ PIT

0P

0G 0A

@ PIT 03-31

0G 0A · 0 shots · 13:12 TOI

@ PHI

0P

0G 0A

@ PHI 04-02

0G 0A · 0 shots · 17:34 TOI

@ NYR

1P

0G 1A

@ NYR 04-04

0G 1A · 1 shots · 18:28 TOI

vs MIN

0P

0G 0A

vs MIN 04-05

0G 0A · 0 shots · 16:08 TOI

vs CBJ

0P

0G 0A

vs CBJ 04-07

0G 0A · 1 shots · 16:32 TOI

vs PHI

0P

0G 0A

vs PHI 04-09

0G 0A · 0 shots · 14:59 TOI

vs NJD

2P

1G 1A

vs NJD 04-11

1G 1A · 3 shots · 16:50 TOI

@ TBL

0P

0G 0A

@ TBL 04-13

0G 0A · 1 shots · 16:56 TOI

@ FLA

0P

0G 0A

@ FLA 04-15

0G 0A · 0 shots · 15:45 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)248 events shown

The office: the inner slot - 6 of 13 goals live there

Playmaking gravity: 16 touches that produced a teammate shot within 3s

Defensive floor: 51 blocks · 8 steals inside the d-zone

NHL career · regular season

Season	Team	GP	G	A	P	+/−
2025-26	Detroit Red Wings	82	13	17	30	-10
Career	1 team	82	13	17	30	-10