Habs: Preseason Even-Strength Grades and Ratings for Forwards

These overall numbers are limited to even-stregth ice time. The sample for even-strength ice-time is our largest, so these numbers should give us our best comparables. Numbers in grey indicate players who have been sent to the Hamilton Bulldogs, or returned to their junior teams.



Overall Grades

Overall grades include the usual metrics, as well as offensive-output and traditional plus/minus.  Each positive or negative event has equal value. A point scored (goal or assist) has a value of 2. A positive plus/minus adds a positive event to the grade, a negative plus/minus rating removes a positive event from the overall grade.

#14 Tomas Plekanec, #13 Mike Cammalleri and recent-cut #63 Andreas Engqvist had the top even-strength grades during the preseason. Engqvist's 5on5 play was not the concern during the preseason, the issue was more with his penalty-killing and faceoff performance; he had the lowest short-handed risk/reward rating among players still with the Montreal.

#32 Travis Moen had the lowest grade among NHL players. Slightly lower than #46 Andrei Kostitsyn. #78 Olivier Archambault had the top grade among junior-age players, while the lowest grade of any player belonged to #43 Ian Shultz.

Of note: #11 Scott Gomez's grade improved 9 points compared to last year's regular season.

	11	13	14	21	32	34	36	37	38	43	45	46	48	49	51	52	56	59	60	63	67	72	73	78	80	90		TM TOT
WINS	145	206	211	182	45	27	41	106	10	23	116	116	93	78	110	82	78	109	138	124	114	132	134	59	44	45	WINS	4238
EVENTS	206	287	292	283	76	47	67	155	15	46	173	190	144	113	161	121	127	172	219	173	175	211	211	83	75	74	EVENTS	6032
GRADE	70	72	72	64	59	57	61	68	67	50	67	61	65	69	68	68	61	63	63	72	65	63	64	71	59	61	GRADE	70
	11	13	14	21	32	34	36	37	38	43	45	46	48	49	51	52	56	59	60	63	67	72	73	78	80	90		TM TOT

Overall Risk/Reward

A players risk/reward rating is a determination of the difference between the average number of "good plays" and "bad plays" a player makes. This rating does not take into account offensive output or traditional plus/minus. The number is broken down to represent the average difference ("good plays" minus "bad plays") for each minute of ice time. The higher the number, the more successful plays a player made. A player creates a high risk/reward rating by completing passes, winning puck-battles, winning races to loose pucks, successfully getting the puck deep into the opposition zone, etc. Any unsuccessful attempts at the previous examples results in a negative event or "bad play".

Scott Gomez had the best even-strength risk/reward rating of any player; slightly ahead of both #14 Tomas Plekanec and #13 Mike Cammalleri. The top risk/reward among junior-age players belonged to Michael Bournival. Bournival's rating was only surpassed by the aforementioned Gomez, Plekanec and Cammalleri. The lowest risk/reward among players still in Montreal belonged to #32 Travis Moen. The only other two roster players with risk/reward ratings under 1.00 are #72 Erik Cole, and #46 Andrei Kostitsyn.

The lowest risk/reward of any forward in camp was earned by #43 Ian Shultz. Shultz's r/r rating of 0.00 means that he produced the same amount of "bad plays" than "good plays" while on the ice at even-strength. The top rating among players sent to Hamilton belongs to #59 Brock Trotter; slightly ahead of #90 Philippe Lefebvre. 

	11	13	14	21	32	34	36	37	38	43	45	46	48	49	51	52	56	59	60	63	67	72	73	78	80	90		TM TOT
POS	145	206	211	182	45	27	41	106	10	23	116	116	93	78	110	82	78	109	138	124	114	132	134	59	44	45	POS	4238
NEG	61	81	81	101	31	20	26	49	5	23	57	74	51	35	51	39	49	63	81	49	61	79	77	24	31	29	NEG	1794
	11	13	14	21	32	34	36	37	38	43	45	46	48	49	51	52	56	59	60	63	67	72	73	78	80	90		TM TOT
MINUTES	46	70	73	73	26	19	22	36	4	15	45	54	35	25	41	35	45	39	59	59	47	57	53	22	29	18	MINUTES	1697.68
POS/MIN	3.12	2.94	2.89	2.51	1.70	1.45	1.84	2.98	2.64	1.49	2.55	2.13	2.65	3.11	2.67	2.33	1.75	2.83	2.34	2.10	2.45	2.30	2.55	2.72	1.51	2.46	POS/MIN	2.50
NEG/MIN	1.31	1.15	1.11	1.39	1.17	1.07	1.17	1.38	1.32	1.49	1.25	1.36	1.46	1.39	1.24	1.11	1.10	1.64	1.37	0.83	1.31	1.38	1.47	1.11	1.06	1.59	NEG/MIN	1.06
	11	13	14	21	32	34	36	37	38	43	45	46	48	49	51	52	56	59	60	63	67	72	73	78	80	90		TM TOT
EVENTS/ MIN	4.43	4.09	3.99	3.90	2.88	2.52	3.01	4.35	3.96	2.97	3.81	3.49	4.11	4.50	3.91	3.43	2.85	4.47	3.71	2.93	3.76	3.67	4.02	3.83	2.58	4.05	EVENTS/ MIN	3.55
RISK/REWARD	1.81	1.78	1.78	1.12	0.53	0.37	0.67	1.60	1.32	0.00	1.30	0.77	1.20	1.71	1.43	1.22	0.65	1.19	0.97	1.27	1.14	0.92	1.08	1.62	0.45	0.88	RISK/REWARD	1.44
	11	13	14	21	32	34	36	37	38	43	45	46	48	49	51	52	56	59	60	63	67	72	73	78	80	90		TM TOT