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• Comparing Obstruction-penaltes-taken to Won-and-lost Puck-battles

  This post will focus on the relationship between the a player's ability to win puck-battles, and the number of obstruction penalties they take per-60 minutes... Read more

  Posted on 11 August 2013 SPORTS

• Offensive-zone Play Broken Down into Points, Passes and Shots Per-minute Played

  Easy to understand bubblegraphsThis post will focus on how successful each Montreal Canadiens player was at creating offense in the offensive-zone. Read more

  Posted on 06 August 2013 SPORTS

• Successful Offensive and Defensive Touch Percentages for Habs Wingers

  This post will focus on visually representing each Montreal Canadiens wingers' offensive and defensive play during the 2013 NHL season. Read more

  Posted on 05 August 2013 SPORTS

• Successful Offensive and Defensive Touch Percentages for Habs Centres

  This post will focus on visually representing each Montreal Canadiens centreman's offensive and defensive play during the 2013 NHL season. Read more

  Posted on 04 August 2013 SPORTS

• Successful Offensive and Defensive Touch Percentages for Habs Defensemen

  This post will focus on visually representing each Montreal Canadiens defenseman's offensive and defensive play during the 2013 NHL season. Read more

  Posted on 04 August 2013 SPORTS

• HABS: Successful Offensive and Defensive Touches

  This post will focus on the number of successful puck-possession plays each Montreal Canadiens player contributed during the 2013 regular season. Every... Read more

  Posted on 31 July 2013 SPORTS

• Split-season Comparative-analysis on Habs Risk/reward Ratings

  The first graph included here represents a comparative analysis between each Montreal Canadiens player's risk/reward rating through the first 24 games of the... Read more

  Posted on 30 July 2013 SPORTS

• Comparative Analysis of Shots on Net, Completed O-zone Passes and Point...

  In the continuing quest to demonstrate links between what's being tracked here at Boucher Scouting and real-world performance stats, I've shifted the focus to... Read more

  Posted on 30 July 2013 SPORTS

• Impact of Zone-starts on Defensive-zone Event Totals

  Quantifying the lack of d-zone involvement among most wingers.Wingers contribute substantially less in the defensive-zone than other position-players. Read more

  Posted on 24 July 2013 SPORTS

• Combining Offensive-zone Success-rates with Event Totals

  Who's successful offensively?Who's successful defensively?Who's involved offensively?Who's involved defensively? The overriding goal for any team is... Read more

  Posted on 22 July 2013 SPORTS

• Impact of Quality of Competition on Even-strength Risk/reward Rating

  No one system can place all-encompassing value on a player's performance. But, by combining multiple systems, and including all possible tangible aspects of an... Read more

  Posted on 20 July 2013 SPORTS

• The Makings of an Improved Powerplay

  Recovering loose-pucks and getting shots through to the net; two cornerstones of an improved PPA large part of the Montreal Canadiens improved record in 2013 ca... Read more

  Posted on 18 July 2013 SPORTS

• Comparing Even-strength Risk/reward Rating with Fenwick For% and Corsi For%

  Comparing players' even-strength risk/reward ratings against their Fenwick for%, and Corsi for% helps demonstrate the limitations of each metric, and forces us... Read more

  Posted on 16 July 2013 SPORTS

• Using Fenwick, Defensive-zone Risk/reward and Scoring Chances-against to Help...

  Quantifying a player's defensive play is substantially more difficult than quantifying their offensive contributions. Quality of competition and zone-starts hav... Read more

  Posted on 15 July 2013 SPORTS

• Relating Offensive-zone Risk/reward to Points Per-minute Played

  Strong relationship among forwards, less obvious among defensemen In the continual search for new ways of determining a player's value to there team, I've... Read more

  Posted on 14 July 2013 SPORTS

• Another 1-game Scouting Report for Habs-newcomer Daniel Briere

  Daniel Briere is listed as a 5'10", 170 lbs centre. He was signed as an unrestricted free-agent by the Montreal Canadiens after being bought-out by the... Read more

  Posted on 13 July 2013 SPORTS

• One-game Scouting Report for Habs Newcomer Daniel Briere

  Daniel Briere is listed as a 5'10", 170 lbs centre. He was signed as an unrestricted free-agent by the Montreal Canadiens after being bought-out by the... Read more

  Posted on 07 July 2013 SPORTS

• One-game Scouting Report for Newly-acquired Habs Prospect Christian Thomas

  Christian Thomas is a 5' 9", 170 lbs right winger. He was acquired via trade by the Montreal Canadiens in return for Danny Kristo on July 2nd, 2013. Read more

  Posted on 06 July 2013 SPORTS

• Habs Best Even-strength Playmakers

  Galchenyuk and Eller tops among forwardsThe graph included here represents each Montreal Canadiens player's ability to create offense by way of an offensive-zon... Read more

  Posted on 04 July 2013 SPORTS

• Galchenyuk Tops in Quality Among Habs Forwards (offensive-zone)

  Attempting to quantify the quality of offensive-zone pass and shot-attempts These graphs are an attempt to display a player's ability to create goals by way of... Read more

  Posted on 03 July 2013 SPORTS