I'm Will.
Welcome to Scouching. My name is Will and I have an addiction to the greatest sport on Earth and an even greater addiction to its future. For years I was the kid memorizing every statistic for every player I could find in my collection of NHL yearbooks. My unhealthy obsession have since led to my love of the deeper metrics that have surfaced over the course of the last ten years or so, and just like everyone else and their extended families, I decided to start Scouching in 2016.
The goal of Scouching has always been to integrate a genuine love of the sport, thousands of games worth of raw data and video-based talent evaluation to provide a unique voice in the growing room of hockey minds, all while trying to have a little fun along the way.
I have always tracked and observed the evolution of this wonderful game through the NHL draft and it only felt natural to try to bridge the gap between the proverbial "eye-test" and the proverbial "analytics" to create something unique for all of you. No matter how many screaming matches we may get into together, Scouching will always be a place of attempted objectivity, transparency and if nothing else, fun.
What's this list of players? I call it Team Scouching. I grew up in Toronto, so I select NHL Draft Prospects that I would've picked in the Toronto Maple Leafs actual draft slots and track their progress relative to the rest of the league. It's my way of putting my money where my mouth is. Players in red have played NHL games. Only the New Jersey Devils have drafted more players who have played NHL games since the 2015 draft.
The goal of Scouching has always been to integrate a genuine love of the sport, thousands of games worth of raw data and video-based talent evaluation to provide a unique voice in the growing room of hockey minds, all while trying to have a little fun along the way.
I have always tracked and observed the evolution of this wonderful game through the NHL draft and it only felt natural to try to bridge the gap between the proverbial "eye-test" and the proverbial "analytics" to create something unique for all of you. No matter how many screaming matches we may get into together, Scouching will always be a place of attempted objectivity, transparency and if nothing else, fun.
What's this list of players? I call it Team Scouching. I grew up in Toronto, so I select NHL Draft Prospects that I would've picked in the Toronto Maple Leafs actual draft slots and track their progress relative to the rest of the league. It's my way of putting my money where my mouth is. Players in red have played NHL games. Only the New Jersey Devils have drafted more players who have played NHL games since the 2015 draft.
"Hey Will, pleased to meet you! What are all these metrics you're talking about?"
Glossary of Terms:
Percentiles
- SAT% - Shot attempt% (Corsi)
- HDSAT% - High danger shot attempt%
- HMDSAT% - High+medium danger shot attempt%
- iHDSAT% - Percentage of individual shot attempts that are high danger
- iHMDSAT% - Percentage of individual shot attempts that are high+medium danger
- DiSAT% - Percentage of ALL team shot attempts that are high+medium danger
- OCZT% - Percentage of offensive transitions (defensive exits and offensive entries) done with control and direct involvement by player
- DCZT% - Percentage of defensive transitions (offensive exits and defensive entries) done with control and direct involvement by player
- OZT% - Percentage of all transitions that are offensive
- COZT% - Percentage of all transitions that are offensive and done with control
- DZEx% - Percentage of defensive zone exits done with control
- OZEn% - Percentage of offensive zone entries done with control
- OZEx% - Percentage of offensive zone exits relinquished with control
- DZEn% - Percentage of defensive zone entries relinquished with control
- Pass% - Completed pass percentage
- D.Pass% - Percentage of pass attempts to or through dangerous areas
- D.PassC% - Percentage of dangerous pass attempts that are completed
- PassThreat% - Percentage of offensive threat coming from dangerous passes
Per 60
- SAT - Shot attempts for
- SATA - Shot attempts against
- HDSAT - High danger shot attempts for
- HDSATA - High danger shot attempts against
- MDSAT - Medium danger shot attempts for
- MDSATA - Medium danger shot attempts against
- iHDSAT - Individual high danger shot attempts
- iMDSAT - Individual medium danger shot attempts
- iLDSAT - Individual low danger shot attempts
- Pass - Passes completed
- PassAtt - Passes attempted
- D.Pass - Passes attempted to or through dangerous areas
- D.PassC - Completed dangerous pass attempts
- OffThreat - Sum of individual high and medium danger shot attempts and dangerous pass attempts
- ShA - Shot assists
- SATCr - Shot attempts created (ShA + individual shot attempts)
- SATCr% - Percentage of team's shot attempts where player was the shooter or created the shot attempt
- CB - Cycle Breaks (Cycle is defined as opposing team completing two or more passes in the player's defensive zone)
- OZEntryC - Controlled offensive zone entries
- DZExitC - Controlled defensive zone exits
- OZEntryUnc - Uncontrolled offensive zone entries
- DZExitUnc - Uncontrolled defensive zone exits
- DZEntryUnc - Uncontrolled defensive zone entries
- OZExitC - Controlled offensive zone exits
- DZEntryC - Controlled defensive zone entries
- OZT - All offensive transitions where player is involved
- DZT - All defensive transitions where player is involved
- ZT - All transitions where player is involved