Habs: Another one-game Scouting Report for Colby Armstong

Colby Armstong is a 6'2", 195 lbs right-handed right-winger. He played last season for the Toronto Maple Leafs. He was signed by the Montreal Canadiens on July 1st to a one-year, $1,000,000 contract.

This one-game scouting report is from a February 18th, 2012 Toronto Maple Leafs' loss to the Vancouver Canucks. Armstong played just over 13 minutes in the game.


OVERALL GRADE

Armstong had a well below-average overall grade of 56. Forty-eight percent of his events took place in the offensive-zone, and he had an even traditional plus/minus with no shots on goal. 

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WINS	20	WINS
EVENTS	36	EVENTS
GRADE	56	GRADE
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EVEN-STRENGTH RISK/REWARD RATING AND RATIO

Armstong produced a below-average even-strength risk/reward rating of 0.30, and a ratio of 1.25 successful plays for every 1 unsuccessful play. His biggest struggles occurred in the offensive-zone, and he engaged in a relatively-passive 2.73 even-strength events per-minute of ice-time. 

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POS	20	POS
NEG	16	NEG
RATIO	1.25	RATIO
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POS/MIN	1.52	POS/MIN
NEG/MIN	1.21	NEG/MIN
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EVENTS/ MIN	2.73	EVENTS/ MIN
RISK/REWARD	0.30	RISK/REWARD
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OFFENSIVE-ZONE RISK/REWARD RATING AND RATIO

Armstrong had a disappointing offensive-zone risk/reward rating of -0.09, and an o-zone ratio of 0.86 successful plays for every 1 unsuccessful play. This means that Armstrong had more unsuccessful than successful plays in the offensive-zone. He won 2 of 4 o-zone puck-battles, recovered 2 loose-pucks, and completed 2 of 4 attempted passes. He failed to get his only attempted shot through to the net, and engaged in 1.30 offensive-zone events per-minute played. 

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OZ POS	7	OZ POS
OZ NEG	8	OZ NEG
RATIO	0.88	GAMES
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POS/MIN	0.61	POS/MIN
NEG/MIN	0.69	NEG/MIN
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EVENTS/ MIN	1.30	EVENTS/ MIN
RISK/REWARD	-0.09	RISK/REWARD
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DEFENSIVE-ZONE RISK/REWARD RATING AND RATIO

 Armstong earned a defensive-zone risk/reward rating of 0.14, and a d-zone ratio of 1.50 successful plays for every 1 unsuccessful play. He recovered 3 loose-pucks, and completed 2 of 3 passes. He blocked 1 shot, intercepted 1 pass, and engaged in 0.62 defensive-zone events per-minute of ice-time.

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DZ POS	8	DZ POS
DZ NEG	5	DZ NEG
GAMES	1.60	GAMES
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POS/MIN	0.38	POS/MIN
NEG/MIN	0.24	NEG/MIN
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EVENTS/ MIN	0.62	EVENTS/ MIN
RISK/REWARD	0.14	RISK/REWARD
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NEUTRAL-ZONE RISK/REWARD RATING AND RATIO

Armstong produced a neutral-zone risk/reward rating of 0.09, and a neutral-zone ratio of 1.67 successful plays for every 1 unsuccessful play. He completed 3 of 4 neutral-zone passes, and was successful with his only attempt to dump the puck deep into the offensive-zone. He engaged in 0.36 neutral-zone events per-minute of ice-time. 

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NZ POS	5	NZ POS
NZ NEG	3	NZ NEG
RATIO	1.67	RATIO
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POS/MIN	0.23	POS/MIN
NEG/MIN	0.14	NEG/MIN
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EV/ MIN	0.36	EV/ MIN
RISK/REWARD	0.09	RISK/REWARD
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