Tuesday, June 7, 2011

NHL DRAFT: Tyler Biggs, Jonathan Miller, Rocco Grimaldi, and Reid Boucher one-game scouting report

 One-game scouting report from Under-18 final versus Sweden

Tyler Biggs (#22) is Central Scouting's 22nd ranked skater in North America. He is a 6'2", 210 lbs right-winger who fell in the rankings as the year progressed. Once touted as a top-10 pick, Biggs produced the top grade of the players covered in the profile. Despite winning only 5 of 14 offensive-zone puck-battles, Biggs still managed an above-average mark (70). He displayed solid puck-carrying ability, as he successfully skated the puck into the offensive-zone on 7 occasions, while beating opposing players 1on1 through the neutral-zone 3 times.

Jonathan Miller (#11) is the CSB's 23rd ranked skater in North America. Like Biggs, the 6'1", 198 lbs centre fell in the rankings as the season progressed. A left-handed shooter, Miller had the second-best grade (69) of the players profiled. His work in the o-zone carried his grade, as he picked up 2 points, while completing 13 of 18 offensive-zone pass-attempts.

Rocco Grimaldi (#23) is Central Scouting's 32nd ranked skater in North America. Grimaldi is a 5'6", 163 lbs right-handed centreman, who always wants the puck. He tied Boucher with a grade of 65. Grimaldi's grade was carried by his ability to strip players of the puck along with his puck-carrying ability. He tallied 8 total takeaways, while successfully carrying the puck into the offensive-zone 9 times. Grimaldi's work in the defensive-zone hurt his grade substantially. He completed only 3 of 9 defensive-zone pass-attempts, while winning only 4 of 11 defensive-zone puck-battles.

Reid Boucher (#14) is Central Scouting's 113th ranked skater in North America. He is a a 5'10", 192 lbs centre, who also plays the wing. Boucher lacks top-end speed, so a move to the wing could bolster his career. Simply put, the left-handed shooter can put the puck in the net. That said, he needs to improve his stick, as he won only 9 of 25 total puck-battles.


Overall Risk/Reward

Miller managed the best overall risk/reward rating thanks to his offensive-output. But, Grimaldi had the most events per minute of ice-time, and the most positive-events per-minute of ice-time.


11 14 22 23
POS 58 46 44 78 POS
NEG 21 24 19 38 NEG
GAMES 1 1 1 1 GAMES
MIN/G 16 16 15 20 MIN/G

11 14 22 23
MINUTES 17 16 15 19 MINUTES
POS/MIN 3.41 2.88 2.93 4.11 POS/MIN
NEG/MIN 1.24 1.50 1.27 2.00 NEG/MIN

11 14 22 23
EVENTS/ MIN 4.65 4.38 4.20 6.11 EVENTS/ MIN
RISK/REWARD 2.18 1.38 1.67 2.11 RISK/REWARD

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Offensive-zone Risk/Reward

Miller also managed the best offensive-zone risk/reward rating. He won 9 of 16 offensive-zone puck-battles, while successfully completing 13 of 18 offensive-zone pass-attempts. Miller posting the top rating is a great explanation of how risk/reward works. Although Grimaldi had more offensive-zone positive-events (reward), Miller's ability to limit mistakes (risk) allowed him to post the better calculated rating. 


11 14 22 23
OZ POS 27 19 22 35 OZ POS
OZ NEG 14 16 13 20 OZ NEG
GAMES 1 1 1 1 GAMES
MIN/G 16 16 15 20 MIN/G

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MINUTES 16 16 15 20 MINUTES
POS/MIN 1.69 1.19 1.47 1.75 POS/MIN
NEG/MIN 0.88 1.00 0.87 1.00 NEG/MIN

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EVENTS/ MIN 2.56 2.19 2.33 2.75 EVENTS/ MIN
RISK/REWARD 0.81 0.19 0.60 0.75 RISK/REWARD

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Defensive-zone Risk/Reward

Boucher equalled Miller in this category, as both players posted a 0.38 defensive-zone risk/reward rating. both players managed the solid number by completing d-zone passes along the half-wall, while sacrificing their bodies to block shots. Grimaldi nearly fell into the negative here, but his positive and negative-events evened themselves out. 


11 14 22 23
DZ POS 9 8 4 13 DZ POS
DZ NEG 3 2 1 13 DZ NEG
GAMES 1 1 1 1 GAMES
MIN/G 16 16 15 20 MIN/G

11 14 22 23
MINUTES 16 16 15 20 MINUTES
POS/MIN 0.56 0.50 0.27 0.65 POS/MIN
NEG/MIN 0.19 0.13 0.07 0.65 NEG/MIN

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EVENTS/ MIN 0.75 0.63 0.33 1.30 EVENTS/ MIN
RISK/REWARD 0.38 0.38 0.20 0.00 RISK/REWARD

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Neutral-zone Risk/Reward

Grimaldi's puck-hunger, speed and puck-carrying ability propelled him to the top neutral-zone risk/reward rating among the players covered in this report. He successfully carried the puck into the offensive-zone 9 times, while also competing 3 neutral-zone passes.


11 14 22 23
NZ POS 13 11 16 22 NZ POS
NZ NEG 6 7 4 4 NZ NEG
GAMES 1 1 1 1 GAMES
MIN/G 16 16 15 20 MIN/G

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MINUTES 16 16 15 20 MINUTES
POS/MIN 0.81 0.69 1.07 1.10 POS/MIN
NEG/MIN 0.38 0.44 0.27 0.20 NEG/MIN

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EV/ MIN 1.19 1.13 1.33 1.30 EVENTS/ MIN
RISK/REWARD 0.44 0.25 0.80 0.90 RISK/REWARD

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Raw Data from Under-18 Championship game against Sweden


11 14 22 23
OZPBW 9 8 5 11 OZPBW
OZPBL 7 10 9 5 OZPBL
OZPASS+ 13 5 9 8 OZPASS+
OZPASS- 5 1 3 6 OZPASS-
OZDEAK+ 3 1 2 9 OZDEAK+
OZDEAK- 1 1 1 4 OZDEAK-
SKI + 5 3 7 9 SKI +
SKI- 2
1 1 SKI-
DI+ 3 2 3 5 DI+
DI-



DI-
OZTA
1 3 1 OZTA

11 14 22 23
DZPBW 3 1 2 4 DZPBW
DZPBL 2 2 1 7 DZPBL
DZPASS+ 4 4
3 DZPASS+
DZPASS- 1

6 DZPASS-
DZDEAK+ 1


DZDEAK+
DZDEAK-



DZDEAK-
PK DUMP+

2
PK DUMP+
PK DUMP-



PK DUMP-
DZTA
1
6 DZTA
DZ-BL-SHOT 1 2

DZ-BL-SHOT
DZ-BL-PASS



DZ-BL-PASS

11 14 22 23
NZPBW 1
1 1 NZPBW
NZPBL 3 4 3 3 NZPBL
NZPASS+ 3 5 2 3 NZPASS+
NZPASS- 1 3

NZPASS-
NZDEAK+ 1
2 3 NZDEAK+
NZDEAK-



NZDEAK-
NZTA
1 1 1 NZTA

11 14 22 23
DZFOW


1 DZFOW
DZFOL 1

3 DZFOL
DZPKFOW


1 DZPKFOW
DZPKFOL



DZPKFOL
OZPPFOW


2 OZPPFOW
OZPPFOL 1


OZPPFOL
OZFOW

1 1 OZFOW
OZFOL 2 1
2 OZFOL
NZFOW 1

2 NZFOW
NZFOL 1

2 NZFOL

11 14 22 23
PS THRU 2 4 3 6 PS THRU
SH/ MIS/BL 1 4
5 SH/ MIS/BL
POINTS X2 4 2
2 POINTS X2
+/- 2 1
1 +/-
SHOTS 3 5 5 7 SHOTS

11 14 22 23
WINS 59 46 45 85 WINS
BATTLES 85 71 64 130 BATTLES
GRADE 69 65 70 65 GRADE

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