Regular season

Zeev Buium

Vancouver Canucks · D · #8

Depth DDepth Defenseman?26 points and 55 blocks in 76 games in a supporting role

HT: 6'0"
WT: 183 lb
Age: 20
Shoots: L
From: San Diego, USA
Draft: 2024 MIN · R1 #12

61Alpha?

Alpha sub-scores

what drives the rating · percentile vs position group

5757pctl

4646pctl

5555pctl

1212pctl

League profile

vs. defensemen with 20+ GP

0.3462pctl

0.0865pctl

0.2664pctl

1.037pctl

-331pctl

1388pctl

HockeyAlpha advanced

event-derived proxies · 1,312 games analyzed

2.2%21pctl

1.4037pctl

0.0624pctl

Def Suppression?

-0.222pctl

Defenseman toolkit

vs. defensemen with 20+ GP

0.724pctl

2.211pctl

Blocks / 100 shifts?

3.33pctl

1.118pctl

0.1612pctl

2:1888pctl

0:022pctl

On-ice impact

shift charts × our xG model · 45 GP tracked · 15h TOI

On-ice xG share (5v5)?

45.5%19pctl

On-ice goal share (5v5)?

35.9%7pctl

O-zone deployment?

61%90pctl

Usage profile

assignment difficulty · higher fill = tougher job

Competition faced?

17.3 min41pctl

Support received?

16.6 min73pctl

D-zone deployment?

39%10pctl

Micro-metrics

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

Cross-slot shots / GP?

0.1174pctl

Net-front presence / GP?

0.2922pctl

Second-chance touches / GP?

0.1925pctl

0.92×15pctl

Cross-slot suppressed?

0.19/gm65pctl

Pressure escape rate?

5.5%8pctl

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

The Blueprint

Structural Event Engine · percentile vs defensemen · center = median · 1310 EV min

General Offense

2.4315

3.0747

Shot Setups/60?

0.4115

Chance Setups/60?

0.3718

Primary Contributions/60?

2.8411

Rebounds Created/60?

0.0512

Playmaking Sequences

Point Shot Setups/60?

0.0031

Center-Lane Setups/60?

0.3236

High-Danger Setups/60?

0.2370

Deflection Setups/60?

0.0034

One-Timer Setups/60?

0.0018

Offense Types

Cycle Offense/60?

1.6954

Rush Offense/60?

3.7110

Shots off HD Setups/60?

0.3258

0.3268

0.0025

Deflections/60?

0.0544

Zone Entries

Entries Started/60?

0.0564

Entries Finished/60?

0.0513

Entries w/ Chance/60?

0.0530

DZ Retrievals / Exits

DZ Involvements/60?

2.7955

0.3230

2.4768

Retrieval Success %?

11%28

Exit Involvements/60?

0.0036

Exit Success %?

0%36

Forechecking

0.2326

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

$0.97M

cap hit

$2.35M

Alpha-market value

overpaidmarketsurplus

B

Good value (+$1.4M)

Top comparables?

nearest profiles at the same role · match = statistical fit

Player	Alpha	Archetype	Production	Cap hit	Market	Value	Match
Zeev Buium	61	Depth Defenseman	26 P · 76 GP	$0.97M	$2.35M	B+$1.4M	this player
Oliver Ekman-Larsson	65	Depth Defenseman	39 P · 78 GP	$8.25M	$3.35M	F−$4.9M	87%
Axel Sandin-Pellikka	64	Depth Defenseman	21 P · 68 GP	$0.92M	$3.09M	A+$2.2M	82%
Sam Rinzel	66	Depth Defenseman	14 P · 54 GP	$0.94M	$3.63M	A+$2.7M	82%
Dmitry Orlov	63	Depth Defenseman	37 P · 82 GP	$6.50M	$2.83M	F−$3.7M	81%

Chemistry

Top connection: Matt Boldy · 4 goals together

Finishes from

assisters on Zeev’s goals

Creates for

goals Zeev assisted on

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

Recent form · last 10 games

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

@ VGK

0P

0G 0A

@ VGK 03-30

0G 0A · 0 shots · 20:24 TOI

@ COL

1P

0G 1A

@ COL 04-01

0G 1A · 0 shots · 15:48 TOI

@ MIN

0P

0G 0A

@ MIN 04-02

0G 0A · 1 shots · 23:01 TOI

vs UTA

0P

0G 0A

vs UTA 04-04

0G 0A · 2 shots · 20:11 TOI

vs VGK

0P

0G 0A

vs VGK 04-07

0G 0A · 0 shots · 21:18 TOI

@ LAK

0P

0G 0A

@ LAK 04-09

0G 0A · 0 shots · 23:13 TOI

@ SJS

0P

0G 0A

@ SJS 04-11

0G 0A · 2 shots · 22:52 TOI

@ ANA

1P

0G 1A

@ ANA 04-12

0G 1A · 3 shots · 18:16 TOI

vs LAK

1P

1G 0A

vs LAK 04-14

1G 0A · 2 shots · 25:00 TOI

@ EDM

0P

0G 0A

@ EDM 04-16

0G 0A · 0 shots · 21:38 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)276 events shown

The office: the inner slot - 3 of 6 goals live there

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

Defensive floor: 53 blocks · 7 steals inside the d-zone

NHL career · regular season

Season	Team	GP	G	A	P	+/−
2025-26	Minnesota Wild	31	3	11	14	-9
2025-26	Vancouver Canucks	45	3	9	12	-24
Career	2 teams	76	6	20	26	-33