After 15+ years of being an Avs fan, this is my first season of actually caring about the Draft. I mean, previously, it didn’t matter too much. The Avs would always maintain good teams and we would never have a top 5 Draft Pick…Ok, so, that didn’t happen. Duchene got me interested in his draft year. Therefore, due to the Avs’ draft position this year, I built an Excel Spreadsheet. I did so with the intention of finding out which players are the most consistent point getters within the 2011 Draft Class. I also wanted to compare such players. Thus, I created tables which focused on Assists per Game (APG), Goals per Game (GPG), and Points per Game (PPG). From there, I created some other tables as explained below.
All statistics are from HockeyDB.com. They were taken the same week that the NHL released their Central Scouting List. These numbers do not include the play-offs. In order to make this an easier read, I removed the irrelevant statistics.
The base table:
NHL Rank/Draft Position |
ISS Rank |
NAME |
|
POS |
SHOOTS |
HEIGHT |
WEIGHT |
TEAM |
1 |
1 |
Nugent-Hopkins |
Ryan |
F |
L |
6'0 |
170 |
Red Deer |
1 |
2 |
Larsson |
Adam |
RD |
R |
6'3 |
209 |
Skelleftea |
2 |
3 |
Landeskog |
Gabriel |
LW |
L |
6'0 |
205 |
Kitchener |
6 |
4 |
Couturier |
Sean |
C |
L |
6'4 |
195 |
Drummondville |
9 |
5 |
Murphy |
Ryan |
RD |
R |
5'10 |
168 |
Kitchener |
22 |
6 |
Biggs |
Tyler |
RW |
R |
6'2 |
210 |
USA U-18 |
8 |
7 |
Strome |
Ryan |
C |
R |
6' |
183 |
Niagara |
10 |
8 |
Siemens |
Duncan |
LD |
L |
6'3 |
197 |
Saskatoon |
4 |
9 |
Hamilton |
Dougie |
RD |
R |
6'4 |
190 |
Niagara |
21 |
10 |
Jensen |
Nicklas |
F |
L |
6'2 |
188 |
Oshawa |
19 |
11 |
Saad |
Brandon |
LW |
L |
6'1 |
208 |
Saginaw |
4 |
12 |
Armia |
Joel |
RW |
R |
6'3 |
191 |
Assat |
3 |
13 |
Huberdeau |
Jonathan |
C/L |
L |
6'1 |
168 |
Saint John |
29 |
14 |
Khokhlachev |
Alexandr |
F |
L |
5'10 |
188 |
Windsor |
|
15 |
Musil |
David |
LD |
L |
6'3 |
200 |
Vancouver |
|
16 |
Grimaldi |
Rocco |
C |
R |
5'6 |
163 |
USA U-18 |
|
17 |
Catencacci |
Daniel |
C |
L |
5'10 |
180 |
Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds |
|
18 |
Bell |
Myles |
RD |
R |
6' |
209 |
Regina |
5 |
19 |
Jaskin |
Dmitri |
RW |
L |
6'1 |
196 |
Slavia |
14 |
20 |
McNeill |
Mark |
C |
R |
6'1 |
204 |
Prince Albert |
17 |
21 |
Rattie |
Ty |
LW |
R |
5'11 |
170 |
Portland |
|
22 |
Jacobs |
Colin |
F |
R |
6'1 |
205 |
Seattle |
24 |
23 |
Mayfield |
Scott |
RD |
R |
6'3 |
197 |
Youngstown |
12 |
24 |
Rask |
Victor |
C |
L |
6'1 |
194 |
Leksands |
13 |
25 |
Oleksiak |
Jamie |
LD |
L |
6'7 |
244 |
Northeastern |
7 |
26 |
Bartschi |
Sven |
LW |
L |
5'10 |
175 |
Portland |
2 |
27 |
Zibanejad |
Mika |
C |
R |
6'1 |
191 |
Djurgarden |
28 |
28 |
Puempel |
Matthew |
LW |
L |
6' |
198 |
Peterborough |
|
29 |
Shore |
Nick |
RW |
R |
5'11 |
195 |
Denver |
20 |
30 |
Jurco |
Tomas |
RW |
L |
6'2 |
193 |
Saint John |
26 |
33 |
Prince |
Shane |
C |
L |
5'10 |
174 |
Ottawa |
15 |
33 |
Phillips |
Zack |
C |
R |
6'1 |
178 |
Saint John |
16 |
33 |
Scheiffele |
Mark |
C |
R |
6'1 |
182 |
Barrie |
18 |
33 |
Jenner |
Boone |
C |
L |
6'1 |
204 |
Oshawa |
27 |
33 |
Danault |
Phillip |
LW |
L |
6' |
170 |
Victoriaville |
11 |
33 |
Namestnikov |
Vladislav |
C |
L |
5'11 |
166 |
London |
30 |
33 |
Rakell |
Rickard |
RW |
R |
6' |
191 |
Plymouth |
12 |
33 |
Morrow |
Joseph |
D |
L |
6' |
197 |
Northeastern |
23 |
33 |
Miller |
Jonathan |
C |
L |
6'1 |
198 |
USA U-18 |
5 |
33 |
Beaulieu |
Nathan |
D |
L |
6'1 |
174 |
Saint John |
25 |
33 |
Murphy |
Connor |
D |
R |
6'2 |
185 |
USA U-18 |
3 |
33 |
Brodin |
Jonas |
D |
L |
6'1 |
169 |
Farjestad |
Assists per Game (APG):
NHL Rank/Draft Position |
ISS Rank |
APG Rank |
NAME |
|
POS |
GP |
A |
APG |
8 |
7 |
1 |
Strome |
Ryan |
C |
65 |
73 |
1.12 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
Nugent-Hopkins |
Ryan |
F |
69 |
75 |
1.09 |
26 |
33 |
3 |
Prince |
Shane |
C |
59 |
63 |
1.07 |
6 |
4 |
4 |
Couturier |
Sean |
C |
58 |
60 |
1.03 |
3 |
13 |
5 |
Huberdeau |
Jonathan |
C/L |
67 |
62 |
0.93 |
9 |
5 |
6 |
Murphy |
Ryan |
RD |
63 |
53 |
0.84 |
15 |
33 |
7 |
Phillips |
Zack |
C |
66 |
53 |
0.80 |
16 |
33 |
8 |
Scheiffele |
Mark |
C |
66 |
53 |
0.80 |
7 |
26 |
9 |
Bartschi |
Sven |
LW |
66 |
51 |
0.77 |
17 |
21 |
10 |
Rattie |
Ty |
LW |
67 |
51 |
0.76 |
14 |
20 |
11 |
McNeill |
Mark |
C |
70 |
49 |
0.70 |
27 |
33 |
12 |
Danault |
Phillip |
LW |
64 |
44 |
0.69 |
4 |
9 |
13 |
Hamilton |
Dougie |
RD |
67 |
46 |
0.69 |
|
17 |
14 |
Catencacci |
Daniel |
C |
67 |
45 |
0.67 |
12 |
33 |
15 |
Morrow |
Joseph |
D |
60 |
40 |
0.67 |
18 |
33 |
16 |
Jenner |
Boone |
C |
63 |
41 |
0.65 |
28 |
28 |
17 |
Puempel |
Matthew |
LW |
55 |
35 |
0.64 |
29 |
14 |
18 |
Khokhlachev |
Alexandr |
F |
67 |
42 |
0.63 |
2 |
3 |
19 |
Landeskog |
Gabriel |
LW |
53 |
30 |
0.57 |
|
16 |
20 |
Grimaldi |
Rocco |
C |
23 |
13 |
0.57 |
11 |
33 |
21 |
Namestnikov |
Vladislav |
C |
68 |
38 |
0.56 |
23 |
33 |
22 |
Miller |
Jonathan |
C |
48 |
26 |
0.54 |
10 |
8 |
23 |
Siemens |
Duncan |
LD |
72 |
38 |
0.53 |
5 |
33 |
24 |
Beaulieu |
Nathan |
D |
65 |
33 |
0.51 |
30 |
33 |
25 |
Rakell |
Rickard |
RW |
49 |
24 |
0.49 |
21 |
10 |
26 |
Jensen |
Nicklas |
F |
61 |
29 |
0.48 |
19 |
11 |
27 |
Saad |
Brandon |
LW |
59 |
28 |
0.47 |
|
18 |
28 |
Bell |
Myles |
RD |
66 |
31 |
0.47 |
20 |
30 |
29 |
Jurco |
Tomas |
RW |
60 |
25 |
0.42 |
|
29 |
30 |
Shore |
Nick |
RW |
33 |
11 |
0.33 |
|
22 |
31 |
Jacobs |
Colin |
F |
68 |
22 |
0.32 |
|
15 |
32 |
Musil |
David |
LD |
62 |
19 |
0.31 |
13 |
25 |
33 |
Oleksiak |
Jamie |
LD |
38 |
9 |
0.24 |
4 |
12 |
34 |
Armia |
Joel |
RW |
48 |
11 |
0.23 |
1 |
2 |
35 |
Larsson |
Adam |
RD |
37 |
8 |
0.22 |
25 |
33 |
36 |
Murphy |
Connor |
D |
14 |
3 |
0.21 |
5 |
19 |
37 |
Jaskin |
Dmitri |
RW |
33 |
7 |
0.21 |
22 |
6 |
38 |
Biggs |
Tyler |
RW |
20 |
4 |
0.20 |
2 |
27 |
39 |
Zibanejad |
Mika |
C |
26 |
4 |
0.15 |
24 |
23 |
40 |
Mayfield |
Scott |
RD |
46 |
7 |
0.15 |
3 |
33 |
41 |
Brodin |
Jonas |
D |
42 |
4 |
0.10 |
12 |
24 |
42 |
Rask |
Victor |
C |
8 |
0 |
0.00 |
Based on average Goals per Game (GPG):
NHL Rank/Draft Position |
ISS Rank |
GPG Rank |
NAME |
|
POS |
GP |
G |
GPG |
2 |
3 |
1 |
Landeskog |
Gabriel |
LW |
53 |
36 |
0.68 |
3 |
13 |
2 |
Huberdeau |
Jonathan |
C/L |
67 |
43 |
0.64 |
6 |
4 |
3 |
Couturier |
Sean |
C |
58 |
36 |
0.62 |
28 |
28 |
4 |
Puempel |
Matthew |
LW |
55 |
34 |
0.62 |
|
16 |
5 |
Grimaldi |
Rocco |
C |
23 |
12 |
0.52 |
20 |
30 |
6 |
Jurco |
Tomas |
RW |
60 |
31 |
0.52 |
7 |
26 |
7 |
Bartschi |
Sven |
LW |
66 |
34 |
0.52 |
8 |
7 |
8 |
Strome |
Ryan |
C |
65 |
33 |
0.51 |
29 |
14 |
9 |
Khokhlachev |
Alexandr |
F |
67 |
34 |
0.51 |
21 |
10 |
10 |
Jensen |
Nicklas |
F |
61 |
29 |
0.48 |
19 |
11 |
11 |
Saad |
Brandon |
LW |
59 |
27 |
0.46 |
14 |
20 |
12 |
McNeill |
Mark |
C |
70 |
32 |
0.46 |
1 |
1 |
13 |
Nugent-Hopkins |
Ryan |
F |
69 |
31 |
0.45 |
11 |
33 |
14 |
Namestnikov |
Vladislav |
C |
68 |
30 |
0.44 |
26 |
33 |
15 |
Prince |
Shane |
C |
59 |
25 |
0.42 |
17 |
21 |
16 |
Rattie |
Ty |
LW |
67 |
28 |
0.42 |
9 |
5 |
17 |
Murphy |
Ryan |
RD |
63 |
26 |
0.41 |
18 |
33 |
18 |
Jenner |
Boone |
C |
63 |
25 |
0.40 |
|
17 |
19 |
Catencacci |
Daniel |
C |
67 |
26 |
0.39 |
30 |
33 |
20 |
Rakell |
Rickard |
RW |
49 |
19 |
0.39 |
4 |
12 |
21 |
Armia |
Joel |
RW |
48 |
18 |
0.38 |
27 |
33 |
22 |
Danault |
Phillip |
LW |
64 |
23 |
0.36 |
22 |
6 |
23 |
Biggs |
Tyler |
RW |
20 |
7 |
0.35 |
15 |
33 |
24 |
Phillips |
Zack |
C |
66 |
22 |
0.33 |
16 |
33 |
25 |
Scheiffele |
Mark |
C |
66 |
22 |
0.33 |
|
22 |
26 |
Jacobs |
Colin |
F |
68 |
22 |
0.32 |
23 |
33 |
27 |
Miller |
Jonathan |
C |
48 |
11 |
0.23 |
25 |
33 |
28 |
Murphy |
Connor |
D |
14 |
3 |
0.21 |
|
18 |
29 |
Bell |
Myles |
RD |
66 |
14 |
0.21 |
|
29 |
30 |
Shore |
Nick |
RW |
33 |
7 |
0.21 |
2 |
27 |
31 |
Zibanejad |
Mika |
C |
26 |
5 |
0.19 |
5 |
33 |
32 |
Beaulieu |
Nathan |
D |
65 |
12 |
0.18 |
4 |
9 |
33 |
Hamilton |
Dougie |
RD |
67 |
12 |
0.18 |
12 |
33 |
34 |
Morrow |
Joseph |
D |
60 |
9 |
0.15 |
24 |
23 |
35 |
Mayfield |
Scott |
RD |
46 |
6 |
0.13 |
13 |
25 |
36 |
Oleksiak |
Jamie |
LD |
38 |
4 |
0.11 |
|
15 |
37 |
Musil |
David |
LD |
62 |
6 |
0.10 |
5 |
19 |
38 |
Jaskin |
Dmitri |
RW |
33 |
3 |
0.09 |
10 |
8 |
39 |
Siemens |
Duncan |
LD |
72 |
5 |
0.07 |
1 |
2 |
40 |
Larsson |
Adam |
RD |
37 |
1 |
0.03 |
12 |
24 |
41 |
Rask |
Victor |
C |
8 |
0 |
0.00 |
3 |
33 |
42 |
Brodin |
Jonas |
D |
42 |
0 |
0.00 |
Based on average Points per Game (PPG):
NHL Rank/Draft Position |
ISS Rank |
PPG Rank |
NAME |
|
POS |
GP |
PTS |
PPG |
6 |
4 |
1 |
Couturier |
Sean |
C |
58 |
96 |
1.66 |
8 |
7 |
2 |
Strome |
Ryan |
C |
65 |
106 |
1.63 |
3 |
13 |
3 |
Huberdeau |
Jonathan |
C/L |
67 |
105 |
1.57 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
Nugent-Hopkins |
Ryan |
F |
69 |
106 |
1.54 |
26 |
33 |
5 |
Prince |
Shane |
C |
59 |
88 |
1.49 |
7 |
26 |
6 |
Bartschi |
Sven |
LW |
66 |
85 |
1.29 |
28 |
28 |
7 |
Puempel |
Matthew |
LW |
55 |
69 |
1.25 |
9 |
5 |
8 |
Murphy |
Ryan |
RD |
63 |
79 |
1.25 |
2 |
3 |
9 |
Landeskog |
Gabriel |
LW |
53 |
66 |
1.25 |
17 |
21 |
10 |
Rattie |
Ty |
LW |
67 |
79 |
1.18 |
14 |
20 |
11 |
McNeill |
Mark |
C |
70 |
81 |
1.16 |
15 |
33 |
12 |
Phillips |
Zack |
C |
66 |
75 |
1.14 |
16 |
33 |
13 |
Scheiffele |
Mark |
C |
66 |
75 |
1.14 |
29 |
14 |
14 |
Khokhlachev |
Alexandr |
F |
67 |
76 |
1.13 |
|
16 |
15 |
Grimaldi |
Rocco |
C |
23 |
25 |
1.09 |
|
17 |
16 |
Catencacci |
Daniel |
C |
67 |
71 |
1.06 |
18 |
33 |
17 |
Jenner |
Boone |
C |
63 |
66 |
1.05 |
27 |
33 |
18 |
Danault |
Phillip |
LW |
64 |
67 |
1.05 |
11 |
33 |
19 |
Namestnikov |
Vladislav |
C |
68 |
68 |
1.00 |
21 |
10 |
20 |
Jensen |
Nicklas |
F |
61 |
58 |
0.95 |
20 |
30 |
21 |
Jurco |
Tomas |
RW |
60 |
56 |
0.93 |
19 |
11 |
22 |
Saad |
Brandon |
LW |
59 |
55 |
0.93 |
30 |
33 |
23 |
Rakell |
Rickard |
RW |
49 |
43 |
0.88 |
4 |
9 |
24 |
Hamilton |
Dougie |
RD |
67 |
58 |
0.87 |
12 |
33 |
25 |
Morrow |
Joseph |
D |
60 |
49 |
0.82 |
23 |
33 |
26 |
Miller |
Jonathan |
C |
48 |
37 |
0.77 |
5 |
33 |
27 |
Beaulieu |
Nathan |
D |
65 |
45 |
0.69 |
|
18 |
28 |
Bell |
Myles |
RD |
66 |
45 |
0.68 |
|
22 |
29 |
Jacobs |
Colin |
F |
68 |
44 |
0.65 |
4 |
12 |
30 |
Armia |
Joel |
RW |
48 |
29 |
0.60 |
10 |
8 |
31 |
Siemens |
Duncan |
LD |
72 |
43 |
0.60 |
22 |
6 |
32 |
Biggs |
Tyler |
RW |
20 |
11 |
0.55 |
|
29 |
33 |
Shore |
Nick |
RW |
33 |
18 |
0.55 |
25 |
33 |
34 |
Murphy |
Connor |
D |
14 |
6 |
0.43 |
|
15 |
35 |
Musil |
David |
LD |
62 |
25 |
0.40 |
2 |
27 |
36 |
Zibanejad |
Mika |
C |
26 |
9 |
0.35 |
13 |
25 |
37 |
Oleksiak |
Jamie |
LD |
38 |
13 |
0.34 |
5 |
19 |
38 |
Jaskin |
Dmitri |
RW |
33 |
10 |
0.30 |
24 |
23 |
39 |
Mayfield |
Scott |
RD |
46 |
13 |
0.28 |
1 |
2 |
40 |
Larsson |
Adam |
RD |
37 |
9 |
0.24 |
3 |
33 |
41 |
Brodin |
Jonas |
D |
42 |
4 |
0.10 |
12 |
24 |
42 |
Rask |
Victor |
C |
8 |
0 |
0.00 |
It is interesting how the players bounce around. For example, notice who leads in GPG. Also notice how Larsson never reaches the top of any of the tables. This highlights him as a stay at home d-man.
I took each of the above average rankings (APG, GPG, PPG) and averaged those rankings together. This gave me an Average Overall Ranking.
Average Ranking:
NHL Rank/Draft Position |
ISS Rank |
Average Rank |
NAME |
|
POS |
GP |
G |
A |
PTS |
6 |
4 |
2.7 |
Couturier |
Sean |
C |
58 |
36 |
60 |
96 |
3 |
13 |
3.3 |
Huberdeau |
Jonathan |
C/L |
67 |
43 |
62 |
105 |
8 |
7 |
3.7 |
Strome |
Ryan |
C |
65 |
33 |
73 |
106 |
1 |
1 |
6.3 |
Nugent-Hopkins |
Ryan |
F |
69 |
31 |
75 |
106 |
7 |
26 |
7.3 |
Bartschi |
Sven |
LW |
66 |
34 |
51 |
85 |
26 |
33 |
7.7 |
Prince |
Shane |
C |
59 |
25 |
63 |
88 |
28 |
28 |
9.3 |
Puempel |
Matthew |
LW |
55 |
34 |
35 |
69 |
2 |
3 |
9.7 |
Landeskog |
Gabriel |
LW |
53 |
36 |
30 |
66 |
9 |
5 |
10.3 |
Murphy |
Ryan |
RD |
63 |
26 |
53 |
79 |
14 |
20 |
11.3 |
McNeill |
Mark |
C |
70 |
32 |
49 |
81 |
17 |
21 |
12.0 |
Rattie |
Ty |
LW |
67 |
28 |
51 |
79 |
|
16 |
13.3 |
Grimaldi |
Rocco |
C |
23 |
12 |
13 |
25 |
29 |
14 |
13.7 |
Khokhlachev |
Alexandr |
F |
67 |
34 |
42 |
76 |
15 |
33 |
14.3 |
Phillips |
Zack |
C |
66 |
22 |
53 |
75 |
16 |
33 |
15.3 |
Scheiffele |
Mark |
C |
66 |
22 |
53 |
75 |
|
17 |
16.3 |
Catencacci |
Daniel |
C |
67 |
26 |
45 |
71 |
18 |
33 |
17.0 |
Jenner |
Boone |
C |
63 |
25 |
41 |
66 |
27 |
33 |
17.3 |
Danault |
Phillip |
LW |
64 |
23 |
44 |
67 |
11 |
33 |
18.0 |
Namestnikov |
Vladislav |
C |
68 |
30 |
38 |
68 |
21 |
10 |
18.7 |
Jensen |
Nicklas |
F |
61 |
29 |
29 |
58 |
20 |
30 |
18.7 |
Jurco |
Tomas |
RW |
60 |
31 |
25 |
56 |
19 |
11 |
20.0 |
Saad |
Brandon |
LW |
59 |
27 |
28 |
55 |
30 |
33 |
22.7 |
Rakell |
Rickard |
RW |
49 |
19 |
24 |
43 |
4 |
9 |
23.3 |
Hamilton |
Dougie |
RD |
67 |
12 |
46 |
58 |
12 |
33 |
24.7 |
Morrow |
Joseph |
D |
60 |
9 |
40 |
49 |
23 |
33 |
25.0 |
Miller |
Jonathan |
C |
48 |
11 |
26 |
37 |
5 |
33 |
27.7 |
Beaulieu |
Nathan |
D |
65 |
12 |
33 |
45 |
|
18 |
28.3 |
Bell |
Myles |
RD |
66 |
14 |
31 |
45 |
4 |
12 |
28.3 |
Armia |
Joel |
RW |
48 |
18 |
11 |
29 |
|
22 |
28.7 |
Jacobs |
Colin |
F |
68 |
22 |
22 |
44 |
10 |
8 |
31.0 |
Siemens |
Duncan |
LD |
72 |
5 |
38 |
43 |
22 |
6 |
31.0 |
Biggs |
Tyler |
RW |
20 |
7 |
4 |
11 |
|
29 |
31.0 |
Shore |
Nick |
RW |
33 |
7 |
11 |
18 |
25 |
33 |
32.7 |
Murphy |
Connor |
D |
14 |
3 |
3 |
6 |
|
15 |
34.7 |
Musil |
David |
LD |
62 |
6 |
19 |
25 |
2 |
27 |
35.3 |
Zibanejad |
Mika |
C |
26 |
5 |
4 |
9 |
13 |
25 |
35.3 |
Oleksiak |
Jamie |
LD |
38 |
4 |
9 |
13 |
5 |
19 |
37.7 |
Jaskin |
Dmitri |
RW |
33 |
3 |
7 |
10 |
24 |
23 |
38.0 |
Mayfield |
Scott |
RD |
46 |
6 |
7 |
13 |
1 |
2 |
38.3 |
Larsson |
Adam |
RD |
37 |
1 |
8 |
9 |
3 |
33 |
41.3 |
Brodin |
Jonas |
D |
42 |
0 |
4 |
4 |
12 |
24 |
41.7 |
Rask |
Victor |
C |
8 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Please, take note of the top 4.
This allowed me to compare physical traits and intangibles between players with similar Points per Game output. For my research, I then watched video on comparable players. That definitely gave me some favorites.
These results caused me to get curious. I went back to PPG. I added the Prospects that the Avalanche already have in the system to that list. Their stats are from the same sources taken during the same time frame. This will show comparables as well as show potential growth.
Average Points per Game with Prospects (Bold):
NHL Rank/Draft Position |
ISS Rank |
NAME |
|
POS |
GP |
PTS |
PPG |
17 |
* |
Hishon |
Joey |
C |
50 |
87 |
1.74 |
6 |
4 |
Couturier |
Sean |
C |
58 |
96 |
1.66 |
8 |
7 |
Strome |
Ryan |
C |
65 |
106 |
1.63 |
3 |
13 |
Huberdeau |
Jonathan |
C/L |
67 |
105 |
1.57 |
1 |
1 |
Nugent-Hopkins |
Ryan |
F |
69 |
106 |
1.54 |
26 |
33 |
Prince |
Shane |
C |
59 |
88 |
1.49 |
7 |
26 |
Bartschi |
Sven |
LW |
66 |
85 |
1.29 |
28 |
28 |
Puempel |
Matthew |
LW |
55 |
69 |
1.25 |
9 |
5 |
Murphy |
Ryan |
RD |
63 |
79 |
1.25 |
2 |
3 |
Landeskog |
Gabriel |
LW |
53 |
66 |
1.25 |
17 |
21 |
Rattie |
Ty |
LW |
67 |
79 |
1.18 |
14 |
20 |
McNeill |
Mark |
C |
70 |
81 |
1.16 |
49 |
* |
Elliott |
Stefan |
RD |
71 |
81 |
1.14 |
15 |
33 |
Phillips |
Zack |
C |
66 |
75 |
1.14 |
16 |
33 |
Scheiffele |
Mark |
C |
66 |
75 |
1.14 |
29 |
14 |
Khokhlachev |
Alexandr |
F |
67 |
76 |
1.13 |
|
16 |
Grimaldi |
Rocco |
C |
23 |
25 |
1.09 |
64 |
* |
Barrie |
Tyson |
RD |
54 |
58 |
1.07 |
|
17 |
Catencacci |
Daniel |
C |
67 |
71 |
1.06 |
18 |
33 |
Jenner |
Boone |
C |
63 |
66 |
1.05 |
27 |
33 |
Danault |
Phillip |
LW |
64 |
67 |
1.05 |
11 |
33 |
Namestnikov |
Vladislav |
C |
68 |
68 |
1.00 |
21 |
10 |
Jensen |
Nicklas |
F |
61 |
58 |
0.95 |
20 |
30 |
Jurco |
Tomas |
RW |
60 |
56 |
0.93 |
19 |
11 |
Saad |
Brandon |
LW |
59 |
55 |
0.93 |
105 |
* |
Malone |
Brad |
F |
43 |
40 |
0.93 |
160 |
* |
Walter |
Ben |
C |
71 |
63 |
0.89 |
30 |
33 |
Rakell |
Rickard |
RW |
49 |
43 |
0.88 |
199 |
* |
Mauldin |
Greg |
LW |
38 |
33 |
0.87 |
4 |
9 |
Hamilton |
Dougie |
RD |
67 |
58 |
0.87 |
12 |
33 |
Morrow |
Joseph |
D |
60 |
49 |
0.82 |
23 |
33 |
Miller |
Jonathan |
C |
48 |
37 |
0.77 |
206 |
* |
Van Der Gulik |
David |
RW |
45 |
34 |
0.76 |
5 |
33 |
Beaulieu |
Nathan |
D |
65 |
45 |
0.69 |
135 |
* |
Carey |
Paul |
C |
38 |
26 |
0.68 |
|
18 |
Bell |
Myles |
RD |
66 |
45 |
0.68 |
72 |
* |
Parshin |
Dennis |
LW |
48 |
32 |
0.67 |
137 |
* |
Rutkowski |
Troy |
D |
72 |
47 |
0.65 |
|
22 |
Jacobs |
Colin |
F |
68 |
44 |
0.65 |
4 |
12 |
Armia |
Joel |
RW |
48 |
29 |
0.60 |
10 |
8 |
Siemens |
Duncan |
LD |
72 |
43 |
0.60 |
167 |
* |
Chouinard |
Joel |
LD |
29 |
16 |
0.55 |
22 |
6 |
Biggs |
Tyler |
RW |
20 |
11 |
0.55 |
|
29 |
Shore |
Nick |
RW |
33 |
18 |
0.55 |
95 |
* |
Silas |
Stephen |
LD |
68 |
36 |
0.53 |
25 |
33 |
Murphy |
Connor |
D |
14 |
6 |
0.43 |
|
15 |
Musil |
David |
LD |
62 |
25 |
0.40 |
197 |
* |
Moffatt |
Luke |
F |
34 |
13 |
0.38 |
50 |
* |
Gaunce |
Cameron |
D |
61 |
22 |
0.36 |
2 |
27 |
Zibanejad |
Mika |
C |
26 |
9 |
0.35 |
13 |
25 |
Oleksiak |
Jamie |
LD |
38 |
13 |
0.34 |
5 |
19 |
Jaskin |
Dmitri |
RW |
33 |
10 |
0.30 |
24 |
23 |
Mayfield |
Scott |
RD |
46 |
13 |
0.28 |
1 |
2 |
Larsson |
Adam |
RD |
37 |
9 |
0.24 |
184 |
* |
Young |
Gus |
D |
5 |
1 |
0.20 |
|
|
Bordeleau |
Patrick |
LW |
72 |
12 |
0.17 |
3 |
33 |
Brodin |
Jonas |
D |
42 |
4 |
0.10 |
12 |
24 |
Rask |
Victor |
C |
8 |
0 |
0.00 |
Hishon’s position surprised me as I had not looked at him at all prior to creating this spreadsheet.
These results caused me to take it to the next step. Below is the same table with familiar NHL Players included. The NHLer statistics that I used are from their AHL (etc) season just prior to their rookie season in the NHL.
The numbers that I am using can now be compared with the current Draft class to see what their numbers could potentially be. I was trying to chart how they would fit into the NHL if their numbers remained the same throughout their career prior to reaching the NHL. I was also trying to see if, for example, RNH’s numbers were actually comparable to certain all-stars. I understand that there are a lot of if’s here but it is fun to see nonetheless.
Here is the PPG chart including Draft Candidates, Avalanche Prospects and familiar NHL Players:
NHL Rank/Draft Position |
ISS Rank |
NAME |
|
POS |
GP |
PTS |
PPG |
1 |
*** |
Super Mario |
|
C |
70 |
282 |
4.03 |
0 |
*** |
Great One |
|
C |
64 |
182 |
2.84 |
1 |
** |
Crosby |
|
C |
62 |
168 |
2.71 |
15 |
*** |
Super Joe |
|
C |
64 |
160 |
2.50 |
11 |
** |
Jarome Iginla |
|
C |
63 |
136 |
2.16 |
17 |
* |
Hishon |
Joey |
C |
50 |
87 |
1.74 |
6 |
4 |
Couturier |
Sean |
C |
58 |
96 |
1.66 |
8 |
7 |
Strome |
Ryan |
C |
65 |
106 |
1.63 |
3 |
13 |
Huberdeau |
Jonathan |
C/L |
67 |
105 |
1.57 |
1 |
1 |
Nugent-Hopkins |
Ryan |
F |
69 |
106 |
1.54 |
26 |
33 |
Prince |
Shane |
C |
59 |
88 |
1.49 |
3 |
** |
Duchene |
Matt |
C |
57 |
79 |
1.39 |
44 |
** |
Stastny |
Paul |
C |
39 |
53 |
1.36 |
24 |
** |
Richards |
Mike |
C |
43 |
58 |
1.35 |
7 |
26 |
Bartschi |
Sven |
LW |
66 |
85 |
1.29 |
28 |
28 |
Puempel |
Matthew |
LW |
55 |
69 |
1.25 |
9 |
5 |
Murphy |
Ryan |
RD |
63 |
79 |
1.25 |
2 |
3 |
Landeskog |
Gabriel |
LW |
53 |
66 |
1.25 |
17 |
21 |
Rattie |
Ty |
LW |
67 |
79 |
1.18 |
22 |
*** |
Foote |
|
D |
59 |
69 |
1.17 |
14 |
20 |
McNeill |
Mark |
C |
70 |
81 |
1.16 |
49 |
* |
Elliott |
Stefan |
RD |
71 |
81 |
1.14 |
15 |
33 |
Phillips |
Zack |
C |
66 |
75 |
1.14 |
16 |
33 |
Scheiffele |
Mark |
C |
66 |
75 |
1.14 |
29 |
14 |
Khokhlachev |
Alexandr |
F |
67 |
76 |
1.13 |
6 |
*** |
Foppa |
|
C |
39 |
44 |
1.13 |
|
16 |
Grimaldi |
Rocco |
C |
23 |
25 |
1.09 |
64 |
* |
Barrie |
Tyson |
RD |
54 |
58 |
1.07 |
|
17 |
Catencacci |
Daniel |
C |
67 |
71 |
1.06 |
18 |
33 |
Jenner |
Boone |
C |
63 |
66 |
1.05 |
27 |
33 |
Danault |
Phillip |
LW |
64 |
67 |
1.05 |
11 |
33 |
Namestnikov |
Vladislav |
C |
68 |
68 |
1.00 |
129 |
*** |
Kamensky |
Valeri |
LW |
46 |
46 |
1.00 |
33 |
** |
O'Reilly |
Radar |
C |
68 |
66 |
0.97 |
21 |
10 |
Jensen |
Nicklas |
F |
61 |
58 |
0.95 |
87 |
** |
Hejduk |
Milan |
RW |
48 |
45 |
0.94 |
20 |
30 |
Jurco |
Tomas |
RW |
60 |
56 |
0.93 |
19 |
11 |
Saad |
Brandon |
LW |
59 |
55 |
0.93 |
105 |
* |
Malone |
Brad |
F |
43 |
40 |
0.93 |
160 |
* |
Walter |
Ben |
C |
71 |
63 |
0.89 |
30 |
33 |
Rakell |
Rickard |
RW |
49 |
43 |
0.88 |
199 |
* |
Mauldin |
Greg |
LW |
38 |
33 |
0.87 |
4 |
9 |
Hamilton |
Dougie |
RD |
67 |
58 |
0.87 |
12 |
33 |
Morrow |
Joseph |
D |
60 |
49 |
0.82 |
23 |
33 |
Miller |
Jonathan |
C |
48 |
37 |
0.77 |
206 |
* |
Van Der Gulik |
David |
RW |
45 |
34 |
0.76 |
1 |
** |
Ovechkin |
|
LW |
37 |
27 |
0.73 |
5 |
33 |
Beaulieu |
Nathan |
D |
65 |
45 |
0.69 |
135 |
* |
Carey |
Paul |
C |
38 |
26 |
0.68 |
|
18 |
Bell |
Myles |
RD |
66 |
45 |
0.68 |
72 |
* |
Parshin |
Dennis |
LW |
48 |
32 |
0.67 |
137 |
* |
Rutkowski |
Troy |
D |
72 |
47 |
0.65 |
|
22 |
Jacobs |
Colin |
F |
68 |
44 |
0.65 |
4 |
12 |
Armia |
Joel |
RW |
48 |
29 |
0.60 |
10 |
8 |
Siemens |
Duncan |
LD |
72 |
43 |
0.60 |
1 |
** |
Johnson |
Erik |
D |
41 |
24 |
0.59 |
167 |
* |
Chouinard |
Joel |
LD |
29 |
16 |
0.55 |
22 |
6 |
Biggs |
Tyler |
RW |
20 |
11 |
0.55 |
|
29 |
Shore |
Nick |
RW |
33 |
18 |
0.55 |
95 |
* |
Silas |
Stephen |
LD |
68 |
36 |
0.53 |
25 |
33 |
Murphy |
Connor |
D |
14 |
6 |
0.43 |
|
15 |
Musil |
David |
LD |
62 |
25 |
0.40 |
197 |
* |
Moffatt |
Luke |
F |
34 |
13 |
0.38 |
50 |
* |
Gaunce |
Cameron |
D |
61 |
22 |
0.36 |
2 |
27 |
Zibanejad |
Mika |
C |
26 |
9 |
0.35 |
13 |
25 |
Oleksiak |
Jamie |
LD |
38 |
13 |
0.34 |
0 |
** |
Wilson |
Ryan |
D |
60 |
20 |
0.33 |
79 |
** |
OBY |
|
D |
18 |
6 |
0.33 |
5 |
19 |
Jaskin |
Dmitri |
RW |
33 |
10 |
0.30 |
132 |
** |
Quincey |
|
D |
66 |
20 |
0.30 |
24 |
23 |
Mayfield |
Scott |
RD |
46 |
13 |
0.28 |
170 |
** |
Holos |
|
D |
51 |
14 |
0.27 |
1 |
2 |
Larsson |
Adam |
RD |
37 |
9 |
0.24 |
184 |
* |
Young |
Gus |
D |
5 |
1 |
0.20 |
|
|
Bordeleau |
Patrick |
LW |
72 |
12 |
0.17 |
3 |
33 |
Brodin |
Jonas |
D |
42 |
4 |
0.10 |
146 |
** |
Koci |
David |
D |
21 |
2 |
0.10 |
12 |
24 |
Rask |
Victor |
C |
8 |
0 |
0.00 |
I had the most fun with this last chart. It puts a lot of speculation into perspective. Comparables of note:
Mike Richards and Landeskog
Gaunce/Holos and Larsson
Hishon and the 2011 Draft Class
Stastny/Duchene and the Top 10
Foppa/Hejduk/Kamensky/O'Reilly and Khoklachev/ Namestnikov/Catencacci
Johnson/Chouinard and Siemens
Koci and “The Bordello”
I can’t wait for the draft to see how all of this finally pans out!