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Borror0
On the subject of puck touches:
> I did ask around to a few NHL sources, and the data here is relatively close to what their data shows. Also, this data is somewhat meaningless without other forwards to compare it to, so I checked on that as well, and one source said that among NHL forwards, Slafkovský was roughly in the 45th percentile for how often he touches the puck, so just below average. Among Canadiens forwards, he was in the 55th percentile, so just above average. For an 18-year-old rookie, this really isn’t bad.
Slafkovsky didn’t get more positive touches per 70 over the season, but they improved in quality.
> Out of Slafkovský’s 167 touches over our nine-game sample, I determined 75.4 percent of them, or 126 of them, to be positive. But look at which game has the highest percentage of positive touches.
> In that final game of his season, even though Slafkovský had a relatively low number of puck touches, he had an excessively high number of positive touches — 14 out of 16, to be exact.
Lastly, Apron classified the touched by zone and it’s clear that the neutral zone remains an issue for Slafkovsky. There’s some evidence he has improved over his half-season, but it is clearly the biggest area for growth. Considering his hands, size, and skating, he has a lot of qualities to make him a good transition player.
Overall, it’s a great read. It’s the sort of analysis that’s all too rare and why I subscribe to The Athletic.
JayArseneau
Well i mean it would help if he play’s with his head up and your is giant size at his advantage tho 😂
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On the subject of puck touches:
> I did ask around to a few NHL sources, and the data here is relatively close to what their data shows. Also, this data is somewhat meaningless without other forwards to compare it to, so I checked on that as well, and one source said that among NHL forwards, Slafkovský was roughly in the 45th percentile for how often he touches the puck, so just below average. Among Canadiens forwards, he was in the 55th percentile, so just above average. For an 18-year-old rookie, this really isn’t bad.
Slafkovsky didn’t get more positive touches per 70 over the season, but they improved in quality.
> Out of Slafkovský’s 167 touches over our nine-game sample, I determined 75.4 percent of them, or 126 of them, to be positive. But look at which game has the highest percentage of positive touches.
> In that final game of his season, even though Slafkovský had a relatively low number of puck touches, he had an excessively high number of positive touches — 14 out of 16, to be exact.
Lastly, Apron classified the touched by zone and it’s clear that the neutral zone remains an issue for Slafkovsky. There’s some evidence he has improved over his half-season, but it is clearly the biggest area for growth. Considering his hands, size, and skating, he has a lot of qualities to make him a good transition player.
Overall, it’s a great read. It’s the sort of analysis that’s all too rare and why I subscribe to The Athletic.
Well i mean it would help if he play’s with his head up and your is giant size at his advantage tho 😂