Thursday, July 30, 2009

Forwards and shot prevention

Pursuant to my earlier post, here's the Flames forwards from last year (minus Jokinen) and their shot against rates at ES:



I've included each guy's QUAL COMP from behindthenet, just to add a layer of context.

Im still trying to decide if this number is telling me anything useful or not. That said, the results seem to be sensible, given what I know and observed about Calgary last year and in light of the quality of opposition each player faced. Boyd and Bertuzzi at the bad end of the spectrum makes sense, as does Moss and Glencross leading the way. Nystrom's number also indicates that the "defensive specialist" label applied to him as a prospect might actually be accurate.

Again, numbers via timeonice.com (shots) and NHL.com (ice time).