Another One-game Scouting Report for Torrey Mitchell

This one-game scouting report is from game 1 of the 2012 opening round series between the San Jose Sharks and the St. Louis Blues. At the time of the report, Torrey Mitchell was an upcoming unrestricted free-agent (2012-13 season). Mitchell is a 5'11" right-handed shooting forward with the ability to play all 3 forward positions. He is a north/south player with solid speed. His cap-hit during the 2011-12 season is $1.366,667.

Mitchell has scored 10 goals in only 1 of his 4 NHL seasons, but was on pace for 10 goals during 2 of his 4 NHL seasons. He has a career shooting percentage of  7.4%, and averages 1.38 shots per-game.


OVERALL GRADE

Mitchell's overall grade of 68 was just slightly above average. His best work was done in the offensive and defensive-zone, as he recovered a total of 17 loose-pucks in the offensive and defensive-zones.

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WINS	50	WINS
EVENTS	73	EVENTS
GRADE	68	GRADE
PLAYER	17

OVERALL RISK/REWARD RATING AND RATIO

Mitchell engaged in 3.57 events per-minute played, and earned an overall risk/reward rating of 1.22. His rating was above-average for a forward.  He also earned an overall ratio of 2.04 successful plays for every 1 unsuccessful play. 

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POS	47	POS
NEG	23	NEG
RATIO	2.04	RATIO
MIN/G	19.6	MIN/G
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MINUTES	20	MINUTES
POS/MIN	2.40	POS/MIN
NEG/MIN	1.17	NEG/MIN
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EVENTS/ MIN	3.57	EVENTS/ MIN
RISK/REWARD	1.22	RISK/REWARD
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OFFENSIVE-ZONE RISK/REWARD RATING AND RATIO

 Mitchell earned a solid offensive-zone risk/reward rating of 0.45, and an o-zone ratio of 1.72 successful plays for every 1 unsuccessful play. A large portion of his overall events occurred in the offensive-zone. He won 1 of his 2 o-zone puck-battles, recovered 9 loose-pucks, and was successful with 3 of his 6 pass-attempts. He was also able to get 3 of his 4 shot attempts through to the net.

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OZ POS	19	OZ POS
OZ NEG	11	OZ NEG
ratio	1.72	ratio
MIN/G	17.69	MIN/G
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MINUTES	18	MINUTES
POS/MIN	1.07	POS/MIN
NEG/MIN	0.62	NEG/MIN
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EVENTS/ MIN	1.70	EVENTS/ MIN
RISK/REWARD	0.45	RISK/REWARD
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DEFENSIVE-ZONE RISK/REWARD RATING AND RATIO

Mitchell earned a defensive-zone risk/reward rating of 0.68, and an impressive d-zone ratio of 2.33 successful plays for every 1 unsuccessful play. For a winger, Mitchell was involved in a high amount of defensive-zone events. This was due in large part to his ability to recover loose-pucks, as he recovered 8 loose-pucks in the defensive-zone. He won 2 of 3 d-zone puck-battles and completed 5 of 6 pass-attempts. He was also successful with 3 of his 6 attempts to dump the puck out of the defensive-zone.

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DZ POS	21	DZ POS
DZ NEG	9	DZ NEG
RATIO	2.33	RATIO
MIN/G	17.69	MIN/G
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MINUTES	18	MINUTES
POS/MIN	1.19	POS/MIN
NEG/MIN	0.51	NEG/MIN
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EVENTS/ MIN	1.70	EVENTS/ MIN
RISK/REWARD	0.68	RISK/REWARD
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NEUTRAL-ZONE RISK/REWARD RATING AND RATIO

 Mitchell  earned a neutral-zone risk/reward rating of 0.11, and an n-zone ratio of 1.40 successful plays for every 1 unsuccessful play. He recovered 3 loose-pucks and was successful with 3 of his 4 pass-attempts. Surprisingly, he was only successful with 1 of his 4 attempts to dump the puck deep into the offensive-zone.

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NZ POS	7	NZ POS
NZ NEG	5	NZ NEG
ratio	1.40	ratio
MIN/G	17.69	MIN/G
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MINUTES	18	MINUTES
POS/MIN	0.40	POS/MIN
NEG/MIN	0.28	NEG/MIN
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EV/ MIN	0.68	EV/ MIN
RISK/REWARD	0.11	RISK/REWARD
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