Saturday, April 21, 2012

One-game Scouting Report for Jiri Hudler

From Game 3 of the 2012 opening round series against the Nashville Predators

At the time of this report, Jiri Hudler was positioned to become an unrestricted free-agent on July 1st. He made $2,875,000 during the 2011-12 season

Jiri Hudler is a 5'10, 186 lbs left-handed shooting right-winger. Hudler is not the quickest skater, but makes up for it with a solid hockey IQ. He's scored over 10 goals in each of his five full NHL seasons; potting a career-high 25 goals in the 2011-12 season. He added 25 assists to that goal total, while managing a plus-10 traditional plus/minus.

Over his NHL career, Hudler has averaged a goal every 4.7 games, and a point every 1.91 games. His career shooting percentage is an impressive 13.%, including a likely impossible to repeat, but none-the-less intriguing shooting percentage of 19.7 last season.


OVERALL GRADE

Hudler earned a below-average grade of 55. His grade was helped by his work in the neutral-zone, but hurt by his work in both the defensive-zone, and by his uninvolved play on the powerplay.


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WINS
23
WINS
EVENTS
42
EVENTS
GRADE
55
GRADE

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OVERALL RISK/REWARD RATING AND RATIO

Hudler had a low overall risk/reward rating of 0.24, and a a low ratio of 1.21 successful plays for every 1 unsuccessful play. He engaged in only 2.47 events per-minute of his 17 minutes of ice-time. 


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POS
23
POS
NEG
19
NEG
RATIO
1.21
RATIO
MIN/G
17
MIN/G

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MINUTES
17
MINUTES
POS/MIN
1.35
POS/MIN
NEG/MIN
1.12
NEG/MIN

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EVENTS/ MIN
2.47
EVENTS/ MIN
RISK/REWARD
0.24
RISK/REWARD

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EVEN-STRENGTH RISK/REWARD RATING AND RATIO

Hudler was more involved at even-strength, engagin in 2.84 events per-minute played. But, he still produced a significantly-low EVEN-STRENGTH risk/reward rating of  0.21. He had an even-strength ratio of 1.16 successful plays for every 1 unsuccessful play, and produced his best numbers in the neutral-zone.


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POS
22
POS
NEG
19
NEG
RATIO
1.16
RATIO

14.44
MIN/G

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MINUTES
14
MINUTES
POS/MIN
1.52
POS/MIN
NEG/MIN
1.32
NEG/MIN

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EVENTS/ MIN
2.84
EVENTS/ MIN
RISK/REWARD
0.21
RISK/REWARD

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OFFENSIVE-ZONE RISK/REWARD RATING AND RATIO

 Hudler had a low offensive-zone risk/reward rating of 0.14, and a disappointing offensive-zone ratio of 1.15 successful plays for every 1 unsuccessful play.  He engaged in 1.94 o-zone events per-minute of ice-time. He recovered 7 loose-pucks and completed 7 of 12 o-zone passes. He lost both his o-zone puck-battles, and was unable to get any of his 3 shot attempts through to the net.


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OZ POS
15
OZ POS
OZ NEG
13
OZ NEG
GAMES
1.15
GAMES
MIN/G
14.44
MIN/G

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MINUTES
14
MINUTES
POS/MIN
1.04
POS/MIN
NEG/MIN
0.90
NEG/MIN

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EVENTS/ MIN
1.94
EVENTS/ MIN
RISK/REWARD
0.14
RISK/REWARD

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DEFENSIVE-ZONE RISK/REWARD RATING AND RATIO

Hudler wasn't involved in the play while his team was in the defensive-zone. He would often fly the zone early, or stick to his d-zone coverage up-high. He engaged in only 0.28 d-zone events per-minute of ice-time, and had a brutal d-zone risk/reward rating of -0.14. Expressed differently, this means that Hudler made more unsuccessful plays than successful plays while in the defensive-zone.  He recovered 1 loose-puck, but failed with his only attempt to beat an opposing player 1on1 (deke) in the d-zone.


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DZ POS
1
DZ POS
DZ NEG
3
DZ NEG
GAMES
1
GAMES
MIN/G
14.44
MIN/G

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MINUTES
14
MINUTES
POS/MIN
0.07
POS/MIN
NEG/MIN
0.21
NEG/MIN

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EVENTS/ MIN
0.28
EVENTS/ MIN
RISK/REWARD
-0.14
RISK/REWARD

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NEUTRAL-ZONE RISK/REWARD RATING AND RATIO

Hudler's best rating and ratio was produced in the neutral-zone, as he earned a neutral-zone risk/reward rating of 0.21, and a neutral-zone ratio of 2 successful plays for every 1 unsuccessful play. He was more involved in the n-zone as well, producing 0.62 events neutral-zone events per-minute played. He recovered 1 loose-puck, and completed both of his attempted passes. He was also successful with both of his attempts to dump the puck deep into the offensive-zone, but mishandled 2 passes from teammates.


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NZ POS
6
NZ POS
NZ NEG
3
NZ NEG
GAMES
2.00
GAMES
MIN/G
14.44
MIN/G

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MINUTES
14
MINUTES
POS/MIN
0.42
POS/MIN
NEG/MIN
0.21
NEG/MIN

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EV/ MIN
0.62
EV/ MIN
RISK/REWARD
0.21
RISK/REWARD

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POWERPLAY RISK/REWARD RATING AND RATIO

Despite playing regularly on the powerplay, Hudler was not part of the powerplay setup. He spent much of the powerplay positioning himself in front of the net. This limited his events, and hurt his rating. He recovered 1 loose-puck, but failed with an attempted deke, and an attempted pass.


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POS
1
POS
NEG
2
NEG
RATIO
0.50
RATIO
MIN/G
2.56
MIN/G

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MINUTES
3
MINUTES
POS/MIN
0.39
POS/MIN
NEG/MIN
0.78
NEG/MIN

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EVENTS/ MIN
1.17
EVENTS/ MIN
RISK/REWARD
-0.39
RISK/REWARD

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Please keep in mind, this is a one-game scouting report. As such, it is only meant as a reflection of Hudler's play during this one game.

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