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One-game Scouting Report for the Columbus Blue Jackets Blake Comeau

By Kicks @Chrisboucher73
Blake Comeau is a 6'1", 202 lbs winger with the Columbus Blue Jackets. The 27 year-old was drafted in the 2nd round, 47th overall during the 2004 NHL Entry Draft. Comeau is an unrestricted free agent at the end of the 2013-14 season, and is currently making $1,000,000.
Comeau has 2 goals and 2 assists in 24 games this season. He has a plus/minus rating of minus-5 on a team with an even-strength goal differential of minus-9. Through 385 career games, Comeau has 69 goals and 83 assists.
Comeau has a CorsiFor% of 50.2 this season. That said, it's important to note that his CorsiFor% during the game scouted was an impressive (and unsustainable) 71.4. His CorsiFor% is ninth-best on the Blue Jackets, despite a team-low 25.8% offensive-zone start percentage.  Number 14 helped produce 4 even-strength scoring chances-for, while being directly responsible for no scoring chances-against.
This one-game scouting report is from a 3-2 shootout loss to the Montreal Canadiens on November 15th, 2013.
OVERALL GRADE
Comeau produced an above-average grade of 69. He did not see any powerplay or penalty-killing ice-time during the game.
*The average grade among wingers is 65

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WINS60WINS

EVENTS87EVENTS

GRADE69GRADE

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EVEN-STRENGTH RISK/REWARD RATING AND RATIO
Comeau produced a substantially above-average even-strength risk/reward rating of 2.44, and an impressive ratio of 2.22 successful plays for every 1 unsuccessful play.
Comeau had strong numbers in all three zones. That said, his best work was done in the offensive-zone where he recovered an incredible 16 loose-pucks.
*The average even-strength risk/reward rating among wingers is 1.34
 

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POS60POS

NEG27NEG

RATIO2.22RATIO

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EVENTS/ MIN6.43EVENTS/ MIN

RISK/REWARD2.44RISK/REWARD

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OFFENSIVE-ZONE RISK/REWARD RATING AND RATIO
Comeau produced an above-average offensive-zone risk/reward rating of 1.03, and a ratio of 1.64 successful plays for every 1 unsuccessful play.
Comeau won 4 of 5 offensive-zone puck-battles; two by way of body-checks, and 2 others with stick-checks. As mentioned earlier he recovered an incredible 16 loose-pucks in the offensive-zone. He also recovered 1 loose-puck from a rebound, and was successful with 2 of his 6 attempted passes to the slot. He completed only 6 of his 14 perimeter pass-attempts, and was successful with 2 of his 3 wall dekes, as well as his only attempt to beat an opposing player 1on1 (deke) in open-ice. He also intercepted 2 opposition passes in the offensive-zone.
*The average offensive-zone risk/reward rating among wingers is 0.64.

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OZ POS36OZ POS

OZ NEG22OZ NEG

RATIO1.64RATIO

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EVENTS/ MIN4.29EVENTS/ MIN

RISK/REWARD1.03RISK/REWARD

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DEFENSIVE-ZONE RISK/REWARD RATING AND RATIO
Comeau produced a well above-average defensive-zone risk/reward rating of 0.74, and an impressive ratio of 3.5 successful plays for every 1 unsuccessful play.
He won his only defensive-zone puck-battle by way of a body-check, and recovered 6 defensive-zone loose-pucks. He was successful with his only attempted passes in the d-zone, while also successfully dumping the puck out of the defensive-zone with 4 of his 6 attempts.
*The average defensive-zone risk/reward among wingers is 0.31

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DZ POS14DZ POS

DZ NEG4DZ NEG

RATIO3.50RATIO

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EVENTS/ MIN1.33EVENTS/ MIN

RISK/REWARD0.74RISK/REWARD

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NEUTRAL-ZONE RISK/REWARD RATING AND RATIO
Comeau was money in the neutral-zone. He produced a neutral-zone risk/reward rating of 0.67, as well as a neutral-zone ratio of 10 successful plays for every 1 unsuccessful play.
He won his only neutral-zone puck-battle by way of a stick-check, and recovered 1 loose-puck. He was successful with each of his 4 neutral-zone pass-attempts, and was able to successfully dump the puck deep into the offensive-zone 3 times.
*The average neutral-zone risk/reward rating among wingers is 0.27

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NZ POS10NZ POS

NZ NEG1NZ NEG

RATIO10.00RATIO

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EV/ MIN0.81EV/ MIN

RISK/REWARD0.67RISK/REWARD

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PUCK-POSSESSION AND DEFENSIVE SUCCESS-RATES BY ZONE
Only Comeau's offensive-zone puck-possession success-rate was below-average for players of his position. All other possession and defensive success-rates were above-average.

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O-ZONE OTOUCH%43.33O-ZONE OTOUCH%

N-ZONE OTOUCH%100.00N-ZONE OTOUCH%

D-ZONE OTOUCH%66.67D-ZONE OTOUCH%

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O-ZONE DTOUCH%85.71O-ZONE DTOUCH%

N-ZONE DTOUCH%100.00N-ZONE DTOUCH%

D-ZONE DTOUCH%66.67D-ZONE DTOUCH%

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It's important to note that this is a one-game scouting reports. As such it is meant only to reflect Blake Comeau's play during this one game. Comparative analysis has shown that it takes 150 even-strength minutes to compile enough data to create representative data-generated scouting reports.
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