Monday, June 6, 2011

NHL DRAFT: Connor Murphy, Robbie Russo, and Michael Paliotta one-game scouting report

Scouting report from World Under-18 final against Sweden

Connor Murphy (#5) is Central Scouting's 25th ranked North American skater. He is a 6'3", 185 lbs defenseman who shoots right. Murphy didn't demonstrate the best stick during the game scouted, as he lost 8 of 13 defensive-zone puck-battles. That said, he did demonstrate impressive vision completing 16 of 19 defensive-zone pass-attempts, and 8 of 9 offensive-zone pass attempts. His passing skills and offensive output (3 points) were enough to carry him to the top (78) grade among players in this report.


Robbie Russo (#8) is the CSB's 55th ranked North American skater. He's a 6'0", 189 lbs right-handed defenseman. Touted as a great puck mover and passer, Russo completed 20 of 22 defensive-zone passes, while beating opposition forecheckers 4 separate times 1on1. Russo ended the game with the second-best grade (77) among his draft-eligible teammates in this report.

Michael Paliotta (#4) is Central Scouting's 86th ranked North American skater. He's a 6'3", 198 lbs defenseman who shoots right. His minutes were limited in the game, as he played behind both Russo and Murphy. He completed 9 of 11 defensive-zone pass-attempts, but ended the game with a minus-1 plus/minus rating. He lost 3 of 5 offensive-zone puck-battles, and was unable to complete any of his 3 pass-attempts in the offensive-zone.

Overall Risk/Reward

Russo had the top overall risk/reward rating among the 3 defensemen scouted in this report. He played more minutes, had more events per-minute played and was a passing machine in all 3 zones.


4 5 8
POS 22 62 70 POS
NEG 13 18 21 NEG
GAMES 1 1 1 GAMES
MIN/G 16 22 23 MIN/G

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MINUTES 16 22 23 MINUTES
POS/MIN 1.38 2.82 3.04 POS/MIN
NEG/MIN 0.81 0.82 0.91 NEG/MIN

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EVENTS/ MIN 2.19 3.64 3.96 EVENTS/ MIN
RISK/REWARD 0.56 2.00 2.13 RISK/REWARD

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Offensive-zone Risk/Reward

Murphy had the top offensive-zone risk/reward rating of the 3 d-men, as he won all 3 offensive-zone puck-battles he engaged in, while completing 8 of 9 offensive-zone pass-attempts. Paliotta had one of the lowest offensive-zone risk/reward ratings recorded, as he had more negative events than positive events in the offensive-zone.


4 5 8
OZ POS 2 16 19 OZ POS
OZ NEG 6 3 10 OZ NEG
GAMES 1 1 1 GAMES
MIN/G 16 22 22 MIN/G

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MINUTES 16 22 22 MINUTES
POS/MIN 0.13 0.73 0.86 POS/MIN
NEG/MIN 0.38 0.14 0.45 NEG/MIN

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EVENTS/ MIN 0.50 0.86 1.32 EVENTS/ MIN
RISK/REWARD -0.25 0.59 0.41 RISK/REWARD

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Defensive-zone Risk/Reward

Russo had far-and-away the top defensive-zone risk/reward rating of the  players within this report. He won 7 of 12 defensive-zone puck-battles, while completing an incredible 20 of 22 defensive-zone pass-attempts. He also beat 4 opposing forwards 1on1 in the d-zone.


4 5 8
DZ POS 19 28 36 DZ POS
DZ NEG 6 12 7 DZ NEG
GAMES 1 1 1 GAMES
MIN/G 16 22 22 MIN/G

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MINUTES 16 22 22 MINUTES
POS/MIN 1.19 1.27 1.64 POS/MIN
NEG/MIN 0.38 0.55 0.32 NEG/MIN

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EVENTS/ MIN 1.56 1.82 1.95 EVENTS/ MIN
RISK/REWARD 0.81 0.73 1.32 RISK/REWARD

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Neutral-zone Risk/Reward

Russo also had the best neutral-zone risk reward. As in the other 3 zones, Russo's rating was buoyed by his passing and vision. He completed 5 of 7 neutral-zone pass-attempts.


4 5 8
NZ POS 3 7 11 NZ POS
NZ NEG 1 3 5 NZ NEG
GAMES 1 1 1 GAMES
MIN/G 16 22 22 MIN/G

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MINUTES 16 22 22 MINUTES
POS/MIN 0.19 0.32 0.50 POS/MIN
NEG/MIN 0.06 0.14 0.23 NEG/MIN

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EV/ MIN 0.25 0.45 0.73 EVENTS/ MIN
RISK/REWARD 0.13 0.18 0.27 RISK/REWARD

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Raw data from World Under-18 Championship final versus Sweden


4 5 8
OZPBW 2 3 5 OZPBW
OZPBL 3
5 OZPBL
OZPASS+
8 14 OZPASS+
OZPASS- 3 1 3 OZPASS-
OZDEAK+


OZDEAK+
OZDEAK-
1
OZDEAK-
SKI +
1 2 SKI +
SKI-


SKI-
DI+ 1 1 2 DI+
DI-

1 DI-
OZTA


OZTA

4 5 8
DZPBW 4 5 7 DZPBW
DZPBL 3 8 5 DZPBL
DZPASS+ 9 16 20 DZPASS+
DZPASS- 2 3 2 DZPASS-
DZDEAK+
1 4 DZDEAK+
DZDEAK-
1
DZDEAK-
PK DUMP+ 1

PK DUMP+
PK DUMP- 1

PK DUMP-
DZTA 1 2 1 DZTA
DZ-BL-SHOT 4 1 2 DZ-BL-SHOT
DZ-BL-PASS
3 2 DZ-BL-PASS

4 5 8
NZPBW
1 1 NZPBW
NZPBL 1 1 1 NZPBL
NZPASS+ 2 4 5 NZPASS+
NZPASS-
2 2 NZPASS-
NZDEAK+

1 NZDEAK+
NZDEAK-

1 NZDEAK-
NZTA


NZTA

4 5 8
DZFOW


DZFOW
DZFOL


DZFOL
DZPKFOW


DZPKFOW
DZPKFOL


DZPKFOL
OZPPFOW


OZPPFOW
OZPPFOL


OZPPFOL
OZFOW


OZFOW
OZFOL


OZFOL
NZFOW


NZFOW
NZFOL


NZFOL

4 5 8
PS THRU
5
PS THRU
SH/ MIS/BL
1 2 SH/ MIS/BL
POINTS X2
6 2 POINTS X2
+/- -1
1 +/-
SHOTS
5 1 SHOTS

4 5 8
WINS 22 62 70 WINS
BATTLES 35 80 91 BATTLES
GRADE 63 78 77 GRADE

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