Let’s ignore for a second that our team is the strongest it has been since 1994. The New York Rangers prospect squad is seconds away from going a perfect 4-0 in the Traverse City Prospect Tournament, en route to a dominating championship performance.
You may recall this post here where I list the prospects and put the ones I am most interested in, in a nice bold font. To refresh your memory, here was the list…
Anisimov
Barnes
Bourret
Dubinsky
Dupont
Hillier
Korpikoski
Owens
Pyatt
Busto
Potter
Staal
Sauer
Sanguinetti
Lafleur
So, how did the team do? Here are the official stats:
|
Player
|
Games
|
Goals
|
Assists
|
Points
|
Plus/Minus
|
|
Dubinsky
|
4
|
3
|
4
|
7
|
+3
|
|
Bourret
|
4
|
3
|
4
|
7
|
+5
|
|
Owens
|
4
|
3
|
0
|
3
|
+1
|
|
Anisimov
|
3
|
2
|
1
|
3
|
+2
|
|
Sauer
|
4
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
+5
|
|
Skokan
|
3
|
0
|
3
|
3
|
0
|
|
Staal
|
4
|
2
|
0
|
2
|
+6
|
|
Korpikoski
|
4
|
2
|
0
|
2
|
-1
|
|
Sanguinetti
|
4
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
+1
|
|
Kveton
|
4
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
+3
|
|
Dupont
|
4
|
0
|
2
|
2
|
-1
|
|
Hillier
|
4
|
0
|
2
|
2
|
+1
|
|
Zaborsky
|
4
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
|
Barthel
|
4
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
-2
|
|
Lee
|
3
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
-2
|
|
Potter
|
4
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
+1
|
|
Pyatt
|
4
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
+1
|
|
Busto
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
-3
|
|
Barnes
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
-1
|
|
Bohunicky
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
+1
|
|
Player
|
Games
|
Wins
|
Losses
|
GAA
|
SV%
|
Goals Allowed
|
|
Lafleur
|
2
|
2
|
0
|
2.00
|
.892
|
4
|
|
Wiikman
|
2
|
2
|
0
|
3.00
|
.850
|
6
|
As you can see, the key players not only delivered in spades, but flat out dominated. With the exception of some shaky goaltending (The save percentages are putrid, though there is no way to know what that means since its possible they faced a high percentage of quality scoring chances, or that they just sucked) the Rangers squad dominated offensively and defensively.
Next, how about Shots on goal?
|
Opponent
|
Rangers Shots
|
Opposition Shots
|
Difference
|
|
Tampa Bay
|
31
|
25
|
+6
|
|
Atlanta
|
30
|
19
|
+11
|
|
Detroit
|
24
|
15
|
+9
|
|
Columbus
|
32
|
18
|
+14
|
|
Total:
|
117
|
77
|
+40
|
Now that is the telltale sign of excellent coaching. When you not only get a lot of shots on goal, but when you are giving up very few yourself. Excellent numbers there folks, excellent for sure, and don’t take your eyes off of that +6 for Marc Staal for a second, I am sure that is a huge reason the shots allowed are so low for the other teams.
The final stat I want to look at are the quality of penalties taken. How many were majors, how many were aggression penalties (roughing, boarding, charging, etc), and how many were “lazy” penalties (too many men on the ice, hooking, holding, interference, tripping, etc)
|
Opponent
|
Rangers Major Penalties
|
Rangers Aggression Penalties
|
Rangers Lazy Penalties
|
Opposition Major Penalties
|
Opposition Aggression Penalties
|
Opposition Lazy Penalties
|
|
Tampa Bay
|
0
|
0
|
6
|
0
|
0
|
7
|
|
Atlanta
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
2
|
3
|
2
|
|
Detroit
|
0
|
3
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
7
|
|
Columbus
|
1
|
3
|
1
|
1
|
3
|
5
|
|
Total:
|
2
|
8
|
13
|
3
|
6
|
21
|
There is another great stat guys, the Rangers took far fewer “lazy” penalties, than the opposition. That is a very important, and telltale stat that these kids know how to play, and are listening to their coach. Give credit to Ken Gernander, he has these kids playing well, playing as a team, and playing within the Rangers system.
Update:
Ted from the blueshirt bulletin comments section here, had some more interesting stats…
Pumped up for training camp yet?
Northeast preview tomorrow.
-Inferno