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Loading…A 76.9 overall puts Hayton 36th among 195 rated centers, comfortably in the league's top quarter at the position.
The standout tool is defensive impact (90), backed by play driving (87); finishing (4) is the part of his game that grades lowest.
His rating fell from 89 in 2024-25 to 71.4 in 2025-26, one of the bigger drops in his 7-season card history.
At $4.78M through 2026-27 before unrestricted free agency, the model rates the deal Underpaid: his expected value is $7.5M, so the Utah Mammoth save roughly $2.73M a season against his production.
His cap hit is the 9th-largest on the Utah Mammoth NHL roster and uses 4.6% of the $104M ceiling; the club currently has $3.95M in cap space.
| Component | Rating (0-100) |
|---|---|
| Offense | 67 |
| Defense | 90 |
| Play driving | 87 |
| Finishing | 4 |
| Power play | 71 |
| Penalty kill | 59 |
| Season | Team | GP | Overall | WAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | UTA | 67 | 71.4 | 0.5 |
| 2024-25 | UTA | 82 | 89 | 0.8 |
| 2023-24 | ARI | 33 | 56.2 | 0 |
| 2022-23 | ARI | 82 | 77.5 | 0.6 |
| 2021-22 | ARI | 60 | 59.8 | 0.1 |
| 2020-21 | ARI | 14 | 45.4 | -0.1 |
| 2019-20 | ARI | 20 | 24.6 | -0.4 |
Other UTA centers by rating: Logan Cooley (84.1), Nick Schmaltz (82.6), Vincent Trocheck (70.2), Jack McBain (33.1). See the full Utah Mammoth cap sheet.
How we rate players: each skater's overall is a percentile (0-100) built from offense, defense, play driving, finishing, power-play and penalty-kill impact against players at the same position; goalies are rated on goals saved above expected. Contract value compares the cap hit with the salary the model expects for that level of production, age and position. Figures are updated as new games and signings arrive.