Habs: Early Numbers for Rene Bourque

Rene Bourque was picked up in a trade involving Mike Cammalleri on January 13th, 2012. Bourque is a strong offensive winger, with a solid shot. The 6'2" left-handed winger has scored over 20 goals in each of the last 3 seasons, and is currently on pace to equal his career-high of 27 goals. Among his Montreal Canadiens teammates, only Erik Cole and Max Pacioretty have scored more goals this season than Bourque, who has averaged a goal every 4 games over his NHL career.
Please keep in mind that the amount of data to-date on Bourque is extremely limited. That said, a look at his numbers thus far remains an interesting exercise.
Bourque has the fourteenth-best overall grade (64) among the 18 forwards who have played with Montreal this season. by comparison, Cammalleri had produced a grade of 67 with Montreal this season. Bourque's best numbers are produced in the offensive-zone.
Bourque actually has the lowest overall risk/reward rating (0.73) among Habs forwards this season. Bourque's special-team numbers haven't helped, as he has a negative risk/reward rating on both the powerplay and penalty-kill. By comparison, Cammalleri had produced an overall risk/reward of 1.21 this season. He has an overall ratio of 1.59 successful plays for every 1 mistake or lost puck-battle, while Cammalleri left Montreal with an overall ratio of 1.86.
As mentioned, Bourque's special team numbers have hurt his overall rating. At even-strength he has the sixteenth-best risk/reward rating among 18 forwards. His rating is higher than only Andrei Kostitsyn and Michael Blunden. He has an even-strength ratio of 1.65; slightly lower than Cammalleri's 1.81.
OFFENSIVE-ZONE
Bourque's offensive-zone risk/reward rating (0.35) is tenth-best among forwards, while his o-zone ratio (1.44) is only slightly lower than Cammalleri's 1.62. Both Bourques' o-zone ratio and o-zone risk/reward are higher than the team average. He's won 48% of his offensive-zone puck-battles, and has completed only 49% of his o-zone pass-attempts. In comparison, Cammalleri had a better passing-percentage, while Bourque has a better success-rate during puck-battles. Bourque has been able to get 52% of his attempted shots through to the net, while Cammalleri's number in this event was 56%.
DEFENSIVE-ZONE
Bourque has the tenth-best defensive-zone risk/reward rating (0.31), while his d-zone ratio is an acceptable 2.00 successful plays for every 1 mistake or lost puck-battle. Both his ratio and rating in the defensive-zone are substantially better than Cammalleri. Bourque has won 52% of his defensive-zone puck-battles, and has completed an impressive 93% of his d-zone passes. An interesting statistic shows that Bourque averages 1 blocked shot for every 22 minutes of ice-time, while Cammalleri averaged a disappointing 1 blocked shot for every 63 minutes of ice-time.
NEUTRAL-ZONE
Bourque has struggled in the neutral-zone thus far. He has both the lowest neutral-zone risk/reward (0.16) and the lowest neutral-zone ratio on the Habs this season. He's won only 33% of his neutral-zone puck-battles, and has completed 73% of his neutral-zone pass-attempts. That said, he has been successful with 92% of his attempts to dump the puck deep into the offensive-zone; well above the team average of 81%.
Bourque has a 66% success-rate when engaging in events that require him to remove or obtain puck-possession from the oppostion. Events in this category include puck-battles, blocked passes, etc. He has a 59% success-rate for plays that require him to maintain puck-possession. Events in this category include passes, dekes, etc.  Cammalleri had better numbers in both categories.
EARLY RESULTS
Bourque's defensive-zone passing is carrying his ratings, while his work winning puck-battles in the neutral-zone is hurting his rating. He's shown an ability to recover loose-pucks in the offensive-zone, as only Pacioretty averages more loose-puck recoveries in the offensive-zone per-minute played. His work along the boards in the defensive-zone has also been impressive. His 93% d-zone passing success-rate has gone a long way in moving the puck out of the d-zone quickly and efficiently.