HABS: One-game Scouting Report for Francis Bouillon

Francis Bouillon is a 5'8", 200 lbs left-handed defenseman who played for the Nashville Predators last season.The 36-year-old scored 4 goals and added 7 assists through 66 games during the 2011-12 season. He had a minus-4 traditional plus/minus and 33 minutes in penalties.

OVERALL GRADE

Bouillon produced an above-average overall grade of 72. His best work was done in the defensive-zone, where 62% of his events took place. He had a traditional plus/minus of plus-1, and showed confidence skating the puck out of the defensive-zone. In fact, he was more successful skating the puck up ice than he was passing the puck up ice.

the average overall grade for defensemen is 69

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WINS	34	WINS
EVENTS	47	EVENTS
GRADE	72	GRADE
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EVEN-STRENGTH RISK/REWARD RATING AND RATIO

Bouillon had an even-strength risk/reward rating of 1.37, and an ES ratio of 2.36 successful plays for every 1 unsuccessful play. He engaged in 3.4 events per-minute of ice-time, and did not play on the powerplay or kill any penalties. 

*the average ES risk/reward rating for defensemen is 1.36
*the average ES ratio for defensemen is 2.25

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POS	33	POS
NEG	14	NEG
RATIO	2.36	RATIO
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POS/MIN	2.38	POS/MIN
NEG/MIN	1.01	NEG/MIN
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EVENTS/ MIN	3.40	EVENTS/ MIN
RISK/REWARD	1.37	RISK/REWARD
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OFFENSIVE-ZONE RISK/REWARD RATING AND RATIO

Bouillon had a below-average offensive-zone risk/reward rating of -0.07, and an o-zone ratio of 0.80 successful plays for every 1 unsuccessful play. This means that Bouillon failed more often than he succeeded when engaging in offensive-zone events. He recovered 4 loose-pucks, but failed with both his offensive-zone pass-attempts. He also failed with his only attempted deke, and was unable to get his only shot attempt through to the net. He engaged in 0.65 offensive-zone events per-minute of ice-time.

*the average offensive-zone risk/reward rating for defensemen is 0.16
*the average offensive-zone ratio for defensemen is 1.69

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OZ POS	4	OZ POS
OZ NEG	5	OZ NEG
RATIO	0.80	RATIO.
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POS/MIN	0.29	POS/MIN
NEG/MIN	0.36	NEG/MIN
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EVENTS/ MIN	0.65	EVENTS/ MIN
RISK/REWARD	-0.07	RISK/REWARD
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DEFENSIVE-ZONE RISK/REWARD RATING  AND RATIO

Bouillon earned a defensive-zone risk/reward rating of 0.79, and a d-zone ratio of 2.22 successful plays for every 1 unsuccessful play. He won 2 of 3 puck battles, and recovered 8 loose-pucks. He completed only 3 of 8 d-zone pass-attempts, but was successful with all 4 of his attempts to beat opposing players 1on1 (deke). He blocked 1 shot, intercepted 1 pass, and engaged in  2.10 defensive-zone events per-minute played.

*the average defensive-zone risk/reward rating for defensemen is 0.93
*the average defensive-zone ratio for defensemen is 2.25

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DZ POS	20	DZ POS
DZ NEG	9	DZ NEG
RATIO	2.22	RATIO
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POS/MIN	1.45	POS/MIN
NEG/MIN	0.65	NEG/MIN
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EVENTS/ MIN	2.10	EVENTS/ MIN
RISK/REWARD	0.79	RISK/REWARD
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NEUTRAL-ZONE RISK/REWARD RATING AND RATIO

Bouillon was perfect in the neutral-zone. He did a great job both managing and passing the puck in the n-zone, and produced a neutral-zone risk/reward rating of 0.65. He recovered 1 loose-puck, completed 4 passes, and was successful with each of his 3 attempts to dump the puck deep into the offensive-zone. He engaged in 0.65 neutral-zone events per-minute played.

*the average neutral-zone risk/reward rating for defensemen is 0.30
*the average neutral-zone ratio for defensemen is 2.13

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NZ POS	9	NZ POS
NZ NEG	0	NZ NEG
RATIO	N/A	RATIO
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POS/MIN	0.65	POS/MIN
NEG/MIN	0.00	NEG/MIN
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EV/ MIN	0.65	EV/ MIN
RISK/REWARD	0.65	RISK/REWARD
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