Olivier Archambault was the Montreal Canadiens fourth round pick in the 2011 NHL Entry draft. The 5'11", 172 lbs left-handed winger scored 17 goals and added 22 assists in 45 QMJHL games in 2011-12. The Drummondville Voltigeurs veteran also posted a traditional plus/minus rating of minus-17. A former number-1 pick in the QMJHL draft, Archambault's development has been slowed by nagging injuries throughout his junior career.
Archambault has great skill and impressive speed. He has all the physical tools to be a solid NHL player. The development of his defensive-game will likely make or break Archambault's career.
OVERALL GRADE
Archambault produced an above-average overall grade of 70. He had a solid powerplay risk/reward rating of 2.33. He registered 2 assists, and had 3 shots on net. He did not engage in any short-handed events, and an incredible 76% of his even-strength events took place in the offensive-zone.
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WINS89WINS
EVENTS127EVENTS
GRADE70GRADE
PLAYER9PLAYER
EVEN-STRENGTH RISK/REWARD RATING AND RATIO
Archambault earned a solid even-strength risk/reward rating of 1.32, and an ES ratio of 1.67 successful plays for every 1 unsuccessful play. He engaged in an incredible 5.28 even-strength events per-minute played; the highest event total I've seen for a forward playing over 20 minutes in a game. Archambault seemed to constantly have the puck on his stick in the offensive-zone.
*the average ES risk/reward among forwards is 1.10
*the average ES ratio among forwards is 1.87
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POS65POS
NEG39NEG
RATIO1.67RATIO
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POS/MIN3.30POS/MIN
NEG/MIN1.98NEG/MIN
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EVENTS/ MIN5.28EVENTS/ MIN
RISK/REWARD1.32RISK/REWARD
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OFFENSIVE-ZONE RISK/REWARD RATING AND RATIO
Archambault produced one of the highest offensive-zone risk/reward ratings I've ever tracked (1.07). He also earned a solid offensive-zone ratio of 1.72. He recovered 15 loose-pucks, and completed an impressive 16 of 19 o-zone pass-attempts. He was successful with 12 of his incredible 21 attempts to beat opposing players 1on1 (deke). He was able to get only 1 of his 3 ES shot-attempts through to the net, and engaged in a mind-blowing 4.01 offensive-zone events per-minute played.
*the average offensive-zone risk/reward among forwards is 0.39
*the average offensive-zone ratio among forwards is 1.62
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OZ POS50OZ POS
OZ NEG29OZ NEG
RATIO1.72RATIO
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POS/MIN2.54POS/MIN
NEG/MIN1.47NEG/MIN
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EVENTS/ MIN4.01EVENTS/ MIN
RISK/REWARD1.07RISK/REWARD
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DEFENSIVE-ZONE RISK/REWARD RATING AND RATIO
Archambault had a defensive-zone rating of -0.05, and a d-zone ratio of 0.83 successful plays for every 1 unsuccessful play. Expressed simply, this means that Archambault produced more unsuccessful than successful plays in the defensive-zone. He was successful with 1 of his 2 attempts to remove puck-possession from the opposition, and recovered 1 loose-puck. He completed both of his d-zone pass-attempts, and engaged in only 0.56 defensive-zone events per-minute played.
*the average defensive-zone risk/reward among forwards is 0.38
*the average defensive-zone ratio among forwards is 1.95
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DZ POS5DZ POS
DZ NEG6DZ NEG
RATIO0.83RATIO
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POS/MIN0.25POS/MIN
NEG/MIN0.30NEG/MIN
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EVENTS/ MIN0.56EVENTS/ MIN
RISK/REWARD-0.05RISK/REWARD
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NEUTRAL-ZONE RISK/REWARD RATING AND RATIO
Archambault earned a neutral-zone rating of 0.67 and a neutral-zone ratio of 2.5 successful plays for every 1 unsuccessful play. He recovered 2 loose-pucks, competed 3 of 4 pass-attempts, and was successful with 3 of his 4 attempts to dump the puck deep into the offensive-zone. He recovered 2 loose-pucks, and engaged in 1.56 neutral-zone events per-minute played.
*the average neutral-zone risk/reward among forwards is 0.30
*the average neutral-zone ratio among forwards is 2.14
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NZ POS10NZ POS
NZ NEG4NZ NEG
RATIO2.50RATIO
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POS/MIN1.11POS/MIN
NEG/MIN0.44NEG/MIN
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EV/ MIN1.56EV/ MIN
RISK/REWARD0.67RISK/REWARD
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