HABS: One-game Scouting Report for Francis Bouillon

By Kicks @Chrisboucher73
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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WINS34WINS

EVENTS47EVENTS

GRADE72GRADE


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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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POS33POS

NEG14NEG

RATIO2.36RATIO


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POS/MIN2.38POS/MIN

NEG/MIN1.01NEG/MIN


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EVENTS/ MIN3.40EVENTS/ MIN

RISK/REWARD1.37RISK/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 POS4OZ POS

OZ NEG5OZ NEG

RATIO0.80RATIO.


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POS/MIN0.29POS/MIN

NEG/MIN0.36NEG/MIN


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EVENTS/ MIN0.65EVENTS/ MIN

RISK/REWARD-0.07RISK/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 POS20DZ POS

DZ NEG9DZ NEG

RATIO2.22RATIO


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POS/MIN1.45POS/MIN

NEG/MIN0.65NEG/MIN


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EVENTS/ MIN2.10EVENTS/ MIN

RISK/REWARD0.79RISK/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 POS9NZ POS

NZ NEG0NZ NEG

RATION/ARATIO


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POS/MIN0.65POS/MIN

NEG/MIN0.00NEG/MIN


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EV/ MIN0.65EV/ MIN

RISK/REWARD0.65RISK/REWARD


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