Armchair Hockey Scout

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2022-23 edition Ask a direct question about this edition of the book — who, how many, how common, which group more — and it is answered with a table computed on this page from the edition’s index: the season line, height and age, the on-ice percentiles, the grades and the traits read out of every report. Ask for a view on named players — what a comparison comes down to, what makes a man — and you get the book’s reading of their own pages, and only those. The model turns your question into a query and phrases the result, or reads the pages it is handed; it never originates a figure, and an answer carrying a figure that is on neither the table nor the pages is withheld. It does not forecast, and it says so when a question is outside what the book holds.

Tables are computed on this page from the 2022-23 edition’s index; readings rest on the players’ own pages; the model never counts. Twenty questions an hour.

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Players

723 reports across 32 clubs, listed by surname. Back to the first page

Evidence

Page 3 of 13 · Colton to Elliott

20

Ross Colton

Evidence behind this report: Light. Thinner than most: part of the record is missing. The page is honest about what it has, but it is a smaller sample than the book's norm.

C · Tampa Bay Lightning

The 2nd-fewest giveaways of all 393 forwards, with twenty-two goals on a 12:48 shift.

37

J.T. Compher

Evidence behind this report: Light. Thinner than most: part of the record is missing. The page is honest about what it has, but it is a smaller sample than the book's norm.

LW · Colorado Avalanche

Eighteen goals at 17.6 per cent — the 93rd percentile — off the 15th percentile in shot volume.

1

Eric Comrie

Evidence behind this report: No record. No five-on-five record — Comrie did not play a measured season. Everything on the page is an older line and a judgment.

G · Buffalo Sabres

A .9200 in 19 games in Winnipeg, 28 NHL games in nine professional seasons, and a real chance at a starting job at twenty-seven.

44

Maxime Comtois

Evidence behind this report: Light. Thinner than most: part of the record is missing. The page is honest about what it has, but it is a smaller sample than the book's norm.

LW · Anaheim Ducks

Thirty-three points at twenty-two, sixteen at twenty-three, and a game built entirely out of hits taken and penalties traded.

81

Kyle Connor

Evidence behind this report: Light. Thinner than most: part of the record is missing. The page is honest about what it has, but it is a smaller sample than the book's norm.

LW · Winnipeg Jets

Forty-seven goals and four penalty minutes: the 2nd-fewest penalties taken per 60 of all 393 forwards.

18

Andrew Copp

Evidence behind this report: Light. Thinner than most: part of the record is missing. The page is honest about what it has, but it is a smaller sample than the book's norm.

C · Detroit Red Wings

2:17 a night short-handed at the 97th percentile among forwards, and the 21st-fewest penalties drawn of the 393 qualified.

21

Nick Cousins

Evidence behind this report: Light. Thinner than most: part of the record is missing. The page is honest about what it has, but it is a smaller sample than the book's norm.

C · Florida Panthers

The 13th-most penalties drawn of the 393 qualified forwards and the 5th-fewest sprints over 20 mph.

39

Logan Couture

Evidence behind this report: Light. Thinner than most: part of the record is missing. The page is honest about what it has, but it is a smaller sample than the book's norm.

C · San Jose Sharks

The 21st-most takeaways of 393 forwards and the 43rd-heaviest penalty-killing load, at 33.

3

Charlie Coyle

Evidence behind this report: Light. Thinner than most: part of the record is missing. The page is honest about what it has, but it is a smaller sample than the book's norm.

C · Boston Bruins

Forty-four points in all 82 games at 17:24, and the only one of Boston's six most-used forwards who finished the season a minus.

24

Dylan Cozens

Evidence behind this report: Light. Thinner than most: part of the record is missing. The page is honest about what it has, but it is a smaller sample than the book's norm.

C · Buffalo Sabres

Thirty-eight points at twenty-one with a 23.0 mph top speed at the 81st percentile — and an 8.1 per cent conversion at the 21st.

87

Sidney Crosby

Evidence behind this report: Light. Thinner than most: part of the record is missing. The page is honest about what it has, but it is a smaller sample than the book's norm.

C · Pittsburgh Penguins

Eighty-four points at 35 out of the 25th-softest chair of 652 skaters, and fourteen fewer goals against than the model asked.

67

Lawson Crouse

Evidence behind this report: Light. Thinner than most: part of the record is missing. The page is honest about what it has, but it is a smaller sample than the book's norm.

LW · Arizona Coyotes

A 6-4 winger with the 97th-percentile top speed in the league and 20 goals in a fourth attempt at a season.

77

Kirby Dach

Evidence behind this report: Light. Thinner than most: part of the record is missing. The page is honest about what it has, but it is a smaller sample than the book's norm.

C · Montreal Canadiens

Third overall in 2019, 152 games, 59 points — the 94th percentile for ground covered and the 8th for shot speed.

33

Evgenii Dadonov

Evidence behind this report: Light. Thinner than most: part of the record is missing. The page is honest about what it has, but it is a smaller sample than the book's norm.

LW · Montreal Canadiens

Forty-three points at 33 off the 12th-percentile shot speed, with the 3rd-fewest takeaways of 393 forwards.

26

Rasmus Dahlin

Evidence behind this report: Light. Thinner than most: part of the record is missing. The page is honest about what it has, but it is a smaller sample than the book's norm.

D · Buffalo Sabres

Fifty-three points and 24:01 a night at twenty-two, off a 97.7 mph shot from a median of 54 feet — and a minus-22 behind it.

24

Phillip Danault

Evidence behind this report: Light. Thinner than most: part of the record is missing. The page is honest about what it has, but it is a smaller sample than the book's norm.

C · Los Angeles Kings

Twenty-seven goals from a checking centre, off the shortest median shot distance on the club and the best possession share among its forwards.

15

Justin Danforth

Evidence behind this report: Light. Thinner than most: part of the record is missing. The page is honest about what it has, but it is a smaller sample than the book's norm.

RW · Columbus Blue Jackets

A twenty-nine-year-old undrafted rookie with the lowest giveaway rate of the 393 qualified forwards.

26

Laurent Dauphin

Evidence behind this report: Light. Thinner than most: part of the record is missing, only 457 five-on-five minutes. The page is honest about what it has, but it is a smaller sample than the book's norm.

C · Arizona Coyotes

Drafted by this franchise in 2013, back for a third spell at twenty-seven, with 16 points in 73 NHL games in between.

77

Tony DeAngelo

Evidence behind this report: Light. Thinner than most: part of the record is missing. The page is honest about what it has, but it is a smaller sample than the book's norm.

D · Philadelphia Flyers

Fifty-one points and a plus-30 out of the 2nd-highest offensive-zone time of 192 defencemen, on the club with the 2nd-best attempt share in hockey.

93

Alex DeBrincat

Evidence behind this report: Light. Thinner than most: part of the record is missing. The page is honest about what it has, but it is a smaller sample than the book's norm.

RW · Ottawa Senators

Forty-one goals from one of the seven shortest skaters in the book, at 5-8 and 180 pounds.

74

Jake DeBrusk

Evidence behind this report: Light. Thinner than most: part of the record is missing. The page is honest about what it has, but it is a smaller sample than the book's norm.

LW · Boston Bruins

Twenty-five goals in the season after he asked to be traded, on a 57.4 per cent chance share — the 95th percentile.

60

Collin Delia

Evidence behind this report: No record. No five-on-five record — Delia did not play a measured season. Everything on the page is an older line and a judgment.

G · Vancouver Canucks

Thirty-two NHL games and 1,031 shots across five calendar years, undrafted.

30

Aaron Dell

Evidence behind this report: No record. No five-on-five record — Dell did not play a measured season. Everything on the page is an older line and a judgment.

G · San Jose Sharks

A .8927 across twelve games, on a career that has ranged from .9306 to .8571.

2

Dylan DeMelo

Evidence behind this report: Light. Thinner than most: part of the record is missing. The page is honest about what it has, but it is a smaller sample than the book's norm.

D · Winnipeg Jets

One goal in seventy-six games, the 19th-slowest top speed of 192 defencemen, and the 34th-best chance share of 202.

35

Thatcher Demko

Evidence behind this report: No record. No five-on-five record — Demko did not play a measured season. Everything on the page is an older line and a judgment.

G · Vancouver Canucks

A .9146 that is 14th of fifty-three, in front of the best goaltending rating in the league.

44

Travis Dermott

Evidence behind this report: Light. Thinner than most: part of the record is missing. The page is honest about what it has, but it is a smaller sample than the book's norm.

D · Vancouver Canucks

The 92nd-percentile chance share on the 9th-percentile workload, with the 6th-percentile takeaway rate.

44

Nicolas Deslauriers

Evidence behind this report: Light. Thinner than most: part of the record is missing. The page is honest about what it has, but it is a smaller sample than the book's norm.

LW · Philadelphia Flyers

The fewest takeaways per 60 of all 393 forwards and the 3rd-most hits, at 11:22 a night.

1

Casey DeSmith

Evidence behind this report: No record. No five-on-five record — DeSmith did not play a measured season. Everything on the page is an older line and a judgment.

G · Pittsburgh Penguins

Undrafted, a career .9153 across 2,728 shots, and never more than thirty-six games in a season.

19

Connor Dewar

Evidence behind this report: Light. Thinner than most: part of the record is missing, only 332 five-on-five minutes. The page is honest about what it has, but it is a smaller sample than the book's norm.

C · Minnesota Wild

Thirty-five games at 9:54, a 5-10 third-round centre, and 55.1 per cent of the chances in the smallest role on the club.

16

Jason Dickinson

Evidence behind this report: Light. Thinner than most: part of the record is missing. The page is honest about what it has, but it is a smaller sample than the book's norm.

C · Chicago Blackhawks

Three point one nine blocks per 60 at the 95th percentile among forwards, and eleven points in 62 games.

5

Brenden Dillon

Evidence behind this report: Light. Thinner than most: part of the record is missing. The page is honest about what it has, but it is a smaller sample than the book's norm.

D · Winnipeg Jets

Eleven fewer goals against on his ice than the model asked, and the 18th-most hits of 202 defencemen.

53

Noah Dobson

Evidence behind this report: Light. Thinner than most: part of the record is missing. The page is honest about what it has, but it is a smaller sample than the book's norm.

D · New York Islanders

Fifty-one points at twenty-two — 17th among the 343 defencemen in the league — and the 3rd-best penalty differential of 202.

11

Max Domi

Evidence behind this report: Light. Thinner than most: part of the record is missing. The page is honest about what it has, but it is a smaller sample than the book's norm.

C · Chicago Blackhawks

Thirty-nine points at 13:02 a night, with the 6th-lowest block rate of the 393 qualified forwards.

8

Ryan Donato

Evidence behind this report: Light. Thinner than most: part of the record is missing. The page is honest about what it has, but it is a smaller sample than the book's norm.

C · Seattle Kraken

The 88th-percentile takeaway rate and sixteen goals from a 21-foot median, at 13:48 a night.

8

Drew Doughty

Evidence behind this report: Light. Thinner than most: part of the record is missing. The page is honest about what it has, but it is a smaller sample than the book's norm.

D · Los Angeles Kings

Thirty-nine games at 25:44, and three separate forwards took about ten points more of the chances with him than without him.

26

Nic Dowd

Evidence behind this report: Light. Thinner than most: part of the record is missing. The page is honest about what it has, but it is a smaller sample than the book's norm.

C · Washington Capitals

The 7th-hardest chair of 652 skaters, and the 11th-most blocks of 393 forwards.

29

Leon Draisaitl

Evidence behind this report: Light. Thinner than most: part of the record is missing. The page is honest about what it has, but it is a smaller sample than the book's norm.

C · Edmonton Oilers

Fifty-five goals at 19.8 per cent, and the 17th-lowest ground covered of the 365 forwards the tracking follows.

92

Jonathan Drouin

Evidence behind this report: Light. Thinner than most: part of the record is missing, only 476 five-on-five minutes. The page is honest about what it has, but it is a smaller sample than the book's norm.

LW · Montreal Canadiens

Third overall in 2013, a career minus-68, and the worst chance share of any Montreal skater who played twenty games.

9

Jamie Drysdale

Evidence behind this report: Light. Thinner than most: part of the record is missing. The page is honest about what it has, but it is a smaller sample than the book's norm.

D · Anaheim Ducks

Sixth overall, 19 years old for all 81 games of it, the 96th percentile in top speed — and the partner he did it beside has been sold to Boston.

DD

Dillon Dube

Evidence behind this report: Light. Thinner than most: part of the record is missing. The page is honest about what it has, but it is a smaller sample than the book's norm.

C · Calgary Flames

Eighteen goals at 12:50 a night, with bursts over 20 mph at the 95th percentile and miles skated at the 95th.

80

Pierre-Luc Dubois

Evidence behind this report: Light. Thinner than most: part of the record is missing. The page is honest about what it has, but it is a smaller sample than the book's norm.

C · Winnipeg Jets

The 7th-most penalties drawn per 60 of 393 forwards and the 18th-fewest takeaways.

95

Matt Duchene

Evidence behind this report: Light. Thinner than most: part of the record is missing. The page is honest about what it has, but it is a smaller sample than the book's norm.

C · Nashville Predators

Forty-three goals at 31 in a thirteenth season — thirteen more than he had ever scored, on the 19th-highest shooting percentage of 393 forwards.

11

Anthony Duclair

Evidence behind this report: Light. Thinner than most: part of the record is missing. The page is honest about what it has, but it is a smaller sample than the book's norm.

LW · Florida Panthers

Thirty-one goals at 18.6 per cent, the 23rd-highest conversion rate of the 393 qualified forwards, and the 3rd-fastest top speed on the club.

22

Brandon Duhaime

Evidence behind this report: Light. Thinner than most: part of the record is missing. The page is honest about what it has, but it is a smaller sample than the book's norm.

RW · Minnesota Wild

The 8th-most hits, the 3rd-most penalties taken, and the 5th-worst penalty ledger of the 393 qualified forwards.

24

Mathew Dumba

Evidence behind this report: Light. Thinner than most: part of the record is missing. The page is honest about what it has, but it is a smaller sample than the book's norm.

D · Minnesota Wild

The least ground covered of all 192 qualified defencemen, the 12th-hardest shot, and 47.5 per cent of the chances away from Jonas Brodin.

2

Brian Dumoulin

Evidence behind this report: Light. Thinner than most: part of the record is missing. The page is honest about what it has, but it is a smaller sample than the book's norm.

D · Pittsburgh Penguins

The 10th-percentile top speed of 202 defencemen on the 75th-percentile penalty-killing load, and a career plus-97.

29

Vince Dunn

Evidence behind this report: Light. Thinner than most: part of the record is missing. The page is honest about what it has, but it is a smaller sample than the book's norm.

D · Seattle Kraken

Thirty-five points and the 82nd-percentile power-play workload, and the man he played 1,038 attempts beside took 51 per cent apart from him.

5

Sean Durzi

Evidence behind this report: Light. Thinner than most: part of the record is missing. The page is honest about what it has, but it is a smaller sample than the book's norm.

D · Los Angeles Kings

Twenty-seven points as a rookie with the 3rd-largest power-play share of 202 defencemen, and 1,095 attempts stapled to Tobias Bjornfot.

22

Christian Dvorak

Evidence behind this report: Light. Thinner than most: part of the record is missing. The page is honest about what it has, but it is a smaller sample than the book's norm.

C · Montreal Canadiens

The 17th-most blocks per 60 of 393 forwards, the second-hardest zone starts on the club, and 43.4 per cent of the expected goals.

7

Jordan Eberle

Evidence behind this report: Light. Thinner than most: part of the record is missing. The page is honest about what it has, but it is a smaller sample than the book's norm.

RW · Seattle Kraken

Twenty-one goals and the 18th-fewest penalties drawn of 393 forwards, at 32 on a club that finished 30th.

2

Alexander Edler

Evidence behind this report: Light. Thinner than most: part of the record is missing. The page is honest about what it has, but it is a smaller sample than the book's norm.

D · Los Angeles Kings

Thirty-six years old, the 10th-best even-strength scoring rate of 202 defencemen, and not one power-play point.

6

Joel Edmundson

Evidence behind this report: Light. Thinner than most: part of the record is missing, only 399 five-on-five minutes. The page is honest about what it has, but it is a smaller sample than the book's norm.

D · Montreal Canadiens

Twenty-four games at 19:35, the hardest zone starts of any Montreal defenceman, and a career plus-52 against a 40.8 per cent chance share.

27

Nikolaj Ehlers

Evidence behind this report: Light. Thinner than most: part of the record is missing. The page is honest about what it has, but it is a smaller sample than the book's norm.

LW · Winnipeg Jets

The 5th-most shots per 60 of 393 forwards, from the 28th-longest median distance, at 168 pounds.

9

Jack Eichel

Evidence behind this report: Light. Thinner than most: part of the record is missing. The page is honest about what it has, but it is a smaller sample than the book's norm.

C · Vegas Golden Knights

Thirty-four games back from an artificial disc replacement, and the sprint count of a healthy first-line centre.

14

Joel Eriksson Ek

Evidence behind this report: Light. Thinner than most: part of the record is missing. The page is honest about what it has, but it is a smaller sample than the book's norm.

C · Minnesota Wild

The 3rd-fewest giveaways of 393 forwards, 2:09 a night on the kill, and 57.6 per cent of the expected goals with him on the ice.

5

Aaron Ekblad

Evidence behind this report: Light. Thinner than most: part of the record is missing. The page is honest about what it has, but it is a smaller sample than the book's norm.

D · Florida Panthers

The 2nd-highest chance share and the 5th-most even-strength points of the 202 qualified defencemen — and the 15th-fewest blocks.

14

Mattias Ekholm

Evidence behind this report: Light. Thinner than most: part of the record is missing. The page is honest about what it has, but it is a smaller sample than the book's norm.

D · Nashville Predators

The most short-handed ice time per game of the 202 qualified defencemen, at 6-5 and 225 pounds.

95

Oliver Ekman-Larsson

Evidence behind this report: Light. Thinner than most: part of the record is missing. The page is honest about what it has, but it is a smaller sample than the book's norm.

D · Vancouver Canucks

The 11th-fewest blocks of 202 defencemen, and five goals from 168 shots at 22:19 a night.

20

Lars Eller

Evidence behind this report: Light. Thinner than most: part of the record is missing. The page is honest about what it has, but it is a smaller sample than the book's norm.

C · Washington Capitals

The 11th-hardest shot of 365 forwards, and thirteen goals from the third line.

1

Brian Elliott

Evidence behind this report: No record. No five-on-five record — Elliott did not play a measured season. Everything on the page is an older line and a judgment.

G · Tampa Bay Lightning

Fifteen seasons and 13,562 shots, and five straight declining years before nineteen games at .9121.