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- OrbitingDeath - 03-12-2017
Most Efficient Rookie of the Year Award.
When the rookie of the year award gets decided, mostly people don't look at their actual situation within the teams they are playing. They usually check the rookie scoring leaderboard and go from there. With that fact in mind, you would assume that the leader in points also had the best season. If we look at the rankings from this year, we see the following 10 players listed.
1. Emiya Shirou - Vancouver - 34 points
2. Noro Wozy - Detroit - 28 points
3. Eddie Andrezjeck - Kelowna - 28 points
4. Finn Larsson - Colorado - 23 points
5. Roddy Hawkins - Detroit - 23 points
6. Dani Forsberg - Prince George - 21 points
7. Vesa Perhonen - Montreal - 20 points
8. Xander Green - Prince George - 20 points
9. Vratislav Zbynek - Colorado - 20 points
10. Janis Doro - Kelowna - 19 points
When looking at this, Emiya Shirou should be able to rack up this award without competition. But as we all know, the Whalers are a team that did not make the playoffs this year. In fact, they were 22 points out of a playoff spot in their conference. In comparison, in the other conference the St. Louis Scarecrows were only 6 points behind the Detroit Falcons for the last playoff spot. So the Whalers didn't worry about their results and played their rookie on the top line, giving him every opportunity to put up these numbers. But if you take icetime in mind, will the top 10 of the rookies then hold on and stay in the lead? Let's have a look at the Most Efficient Rookie of the Year Award!
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At first we will take a look at St. Louis, who finished in last place in the Western Conference. On the bottom of their performance chart we see third line players Ryan Todd and Brett Kennedy, who both were good for 0.28 points per 20 minutes (which we will just describe as p/20 from here on). Brett Kennedy put up two more points than Ryan Todd, but the last one did it in less ice time (playing in 44 games), making them trail the team in rookie performance. Closeby we find Cameron Dubois (0.30 p/20), who scored 3 goals and 9 assists, but operating from the teams 2nd line defensive unit, he was bound to play more minutes, hurting his points in this competition.
As the defensive partner of Dubois, Harmanis Villy outscored his linemate, we find him just above with 0.32 p/20. Stefan Digrio is the next in line, while playing on the second line (or atleast ending there, for this article just the lines of the last game are taken in mind) he had 6 goals and 6 assists, giving him 0.34 p/20.
St. Louis had a lot of rookies this year, so it's no surprise they ended rather low on the rankings, but it atleast did gave the rookies a chance to develop. From this point on we see quite a jump in the performance as the next rookie in line with 0.46 p/20 is Alex Andreoff who scored 5 goals and had 7 assists on the fourth line. Linemate of Todd and Kennedy, Riley Jako is next in line with 2 goals and 4 assists for 0.47 p/20. Jako was a mid season signing so he only suited up for 20 games. Niklas Zetterberg ties with Jako as he put up 7 goals and 7 assists. But the best rookie for the Scarecrows (sorry Wagner, skaters only) is Matthew Auston who scored 7 goals and 5 assists in just 9.13 minutes average per game, giving him a grand total of 0.69 p/20.
Rankings after the first team:
1. Matthew Auston - St. Louis - 0.69 p/20
2. Niklas Zetterberg - St. Louis - 0.47 p/20
2. Riley Jako - St. Louis - 0.47 p/20
4. Alex Andreoff - St. Louis - 0.46 p/20
5. Stefan Digrio - St. Louis - 0.34 p/20
6. Hermanis Villy - St. Louis - 0.32 p/20
7. Cameron Dubois - St. Louis - 0.30 p/20
8. Brett Kennedy - St. Louis - 0.28 p/20
8. Ryan Todd - St. Louis - 0.28 p/20
As you can see in the rankings, it aren't always the top scoring rookies who perform the best. Hermanis Villy had the most points of the St. Louis rookies, but needed much more icetime for that, dropping him out of the top 5.
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The next team we are having a look at are the defending champions the Kelowna Knights. We started with the Scarecrows so we would be able to fill out the top 10 rather quickly. The Knights had 5 prospects playing this year. Let's find out how they did and how it compares to the Scarecrows
With just 0.34 p/20 second line defenseman Ellie Werenski is the worst rookie of the Knights, but with this score he already leaves four Scarecrow prospects behind him in the rankings, which shows lot of promise for the Kelowna top four prospects. Next up is Janis Doro, who scored 9 goals and 10 assists for the Knights on the second line. This amount was good for 0.43 p/20. Linemate of Doro, Robert Haugen came close to that, but with 0.46 p/20 he scored slightly better. This leaves up with two more rookies to go, but to most people's surprise, Eddie Andrezjeck is not the best performing rookie of the Knights this season. He had a great season on the first defense pairing but with 0.50 p/20 it wasn't enough. With just almost 5 minutes per game on average throughout the season, Miguel Sanchez (who is not even on any line right now), was the best performing rookie of the Kelowna Knights this season with a score of 0.52 p/20.
This brings us to the following rankings after covering two teams:
1. Matthew Auston - St. Louis - 0.69 p/20
2. Miguel Sanchez - Kelowna - 0.52 p/20
3. Eddie Andrezjeck - Kelowna - 0.50 p/20
4. Niklas Zetterberg - St. Louis - 0.47 p/20
4. Riley Jako - St. Louis - 0.47 p/20
6. Alex Andreoff - St. Louis - 0.46 p/20
6. Robert Haugen - Kelowna - 0.46 p/20
8. Janis Doro - Kelowna - 0.43 p/20
9. Ellie Werenski - Kelowna - 0.34 p/20
9. Stefan Digrio - St. Louis - 0.34 p/20
All five Kelowna rookies managed to grab a spot into the top 10, removing Villy, Dubois, Kennedy and Todd of the Scarecrows out of the top 10. Matthew Auston seems to be holding on to his lead by a fair margin, so it will be nice to see if anyone can top his performance.
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Perhaps the five rookies of the Colorado Mammoths can make the same impact that the rookies of the Knights did. Players that for sure will not enter the top 10 are fourth line defenseman Hunter Hotchkiss with just 0.25 p/20 and 14th overall pick Rambo with 0.27 p/20. Both players are not known for their offensive awareness, so to nobodies surprise, they will not become the rookies of the year in this department. The first player who is on par with people that are currently in the top 10 is Asvard Lyszczarczyk. The third line center of the Mammoths scored 4 goals and 9 assists in his rookie year, which gives him 0.34 p/20, the same as Werenski and Digrio had, which would make him share the 9th overall spot in the rankings so far, so with two more rookies to go for the Mammoths, this position will not hold. Vratislav Zbynek is the second name we recognize from the top scoring rookies from this season. The winger had all the chances for a great rookie season when he was being accompanied by veterans Teddy Kesler and Zinaida Titova on the first line. His 20 points were good for 0.44 p/20. Best rookie on the Mammoths however is Finn Larsson, the second line center made his person known prior to the draft, but has calmed down since his arrival in Colorado. His on ice performance skyrockets him above all Knights prospects with 0.59 p/20, not enough to take over the first place of Auston.
So after covering three teams, we see the following rankings:
1. Matthew Auston - St. Louis - 0.69 p/20
2. Finn Larsson - Colorado - 0.59 p/20
3. Miguel Sanchez - Kelowna - 0.52 p/20
4. Eddie Andrezjeck - Kelowna - 0.50 p/20
5. Niklas Zetterberg - St. Louis - 0.47 p/20
5. Riley Jako - St. Louis - 0.47 p/20
7. Alex Andreoff - St. Louis - 0.46 p/20
7. Robert Haugen - Kelowna - 0.46 p/20
9. Vratislav Zbynek - Colorado - 0.44 p/20
10. Janis Doro - Kelowna - 0.43 p/20
Auston is still holding strong and even a good year by Finn Larsson will not get him out of his top spot. With Larsson and Zbynek in the rankings we see two players who made the top 10 of rookie scoring, but you see how much influence icetime has, as Larsson got his amount of points by less time than Zbynek. Both Kelowna as St. Louis still hold four spots each in the top 10.
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That might change when the Detroit Falcons rookies are being examined. One player who will not make any ranking this year, is Cap Whaleback. He did not score, he did not have an assist. So with 0.00 p/20 he is the first rookie on the list that did just as good as the goalies in the point department (and that might only be because goaltender assists are not tracked). First rookie that actually was on the scoresheet is a rookie who was good for 19 points. The prospect who still is regarded as the consensus #1 pick in the SHL Entry Draft, Jakub Trocheck didn't do that well with his amount of icetime. He ended with a measly 0.35 p/20. Things didn't go much better for Arthur Heikki who played on Detroits third line. With 8 goals and 5 assists he can look back at a good year, but didn't make that much out of his icetime either with 0.37 p/20. Inefficiency seems to be the key word when covering the Falcons prospects because the next first round selection, will not be making the top 10 either. Roddy Hawkins started red hot for the Falcons and ended with 23 points, but this ended up being just 0.40 p/20. Not good enough to throw Janis Doro out of the top 10. As we saw in the rankings, Noro Wozy had 28 points this year, making him the number two on the scoring list for rookies. He turns out to have done enough with his icetime to crack the top 10. His 28 points on the Detroit second line were good for a score of 0.60 p/20, making him the only Falcons prospect to enter the top 10 and once again highlighting how much of a steal he was
After covering half of the league, this is the current standing:
1. Matthew Auston - St. Louis - 0.69 p/20
2. Noro Wozy - Detroit - 0.60 p/20
3. Finn Larsson - Colorado - 0.59 p/20
4. Miguel Sanchez - Kelowna - 0.52 p/20
5. Eddie Andrezjeck - Kelowna - 0.50 p/20
6. Niklas Zetterberg - St. Louis - 0.47 p/20
6. Riley Jako - St. Louis - 0.47 p/20
8. Alex Andreoff - St. Louis - 0.46 p/20
8. Robert Haugen - Kelowna - 0.46 p/20
10. Vratislav Zbynek - Colorado - 0.44 p/20
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Together with the Vancouver Whalers, the Prince George Firebirds had the least amount of rookies to fit in. They drafted three players and added Declan Reilly in free agency. Reilly started the season on the second line, but went up playing third line later to make room for Nick Dupuis. Reilly ended with a score of 0.32 p/20 as he scored once and gathered up 14 assists. Dupuis did slightly better and despite not being known as a great shooter, he managed to light the lamp 8 times and assisting on a goal 10 times more. But due the high amount of icetime his score of 0.39 p/20 was not enough. Dani Forsberg did a lot better, he covered all lines during the season, but ended up the season on the teams first line. With 11 goals and 10 assists, his performance was great as he put up 0.62 points per 20 minutes. This leaves us with their last prospect, Xander Green. He was a stable factor all season long as he did not play anything besides third line center. The centers above him were cemented in the powerplay and penalty kill slots, so there was no room for him to move up. Despite this he did great and notched 9 goals and 11 assists during this time. Due to only playing 11.72 minutes on average this score was good enough for 0.68 p/20.
After covering the Eastern divisional leaders, the rankings look like this:
1. Matthew Auston - St. Louis - 0.69 p/20
2. Xander Green - Prince George - 0.68 p/20
3. Dani Forsberg - Prince George - 0.62 p/20
4. Noro Wozy - Detroit - 0.60 p/20
5. Finn Larsson - Colorado - 0.59 p/20
6. Miguel Sanchez - Kelowna - 0.52 p/20
7. Eddie Andrezjeck - Kelowna - 0.50 p/20
8. Niklas Zetterberg - St. Louis - 0.47 p/20
8. Riley Jako - St. Louis - 0.47 p/20
10. Alex Andreoff - St. Louis - 0.46 p/20
10. Robert Haugen - Kelowna - 0.46 p/20
We notice that both Green and Forsberg skyrocketted into the top 10, knocking out Vratislav Zbynek of Colorado out of the top 10, while Andreoff and Haugen barely hold on in the shared 10th spot. While Xander Green scored high, his performance is still not good enough to defeat Matthew Auston of St. Louis out of the top spot. Five teams have been covered but his position so far is unchallenged since the beginning. Maybe the Halifax Raiders prospects can change this?
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The Raiders do seem to have a unique situation in these rankings as they are the first team to have two rookies with 0.00 p/20. Adam McKapy was suited up for each of their 50 games, but ended up playing only 4 minutes out of these, without scoring a point. Chuck Goody Jr. was signed on a try out contract right before the playoffs, but with 15 minutes in 2 games, he didn't score any points, making him the third prospect in the list with a score of 0.00 p/20. Halifax their first selection of the SMJHL draft was only in the second round, and Hans Sorensen, who they picked up, was good for a total of 3 goals and 8 assists during this time, this gave him a total of just 0.25 p/20. Luca Meier, didn't do much better with 3 goals and 2 assists on the same line. But with having less time on the ice (he was signed midseason and played 24 games), this was good for 0.29 p/20. Signed around the same time as Meier was Jakub Dvorak. With 3 goals and 4 assists he did better on the all rookie line, but his score of 0.41 p/20 is not good enough to crack the top 10.
With just two teams to go, the standings remain unchanged as no Halifax prospect enters the top 10:
1. Matthew Auston - St. Louis - 0.69 p/20
2. Xander Green - Prince George - 0.68 p/20
3. Dani Forsberg - Prince George - 0.62 p/20
4. Noro Wozy - Detroit - 0.60 p/20
5. Finn Larsson - Colorado - 0.59 p/20
6. Miguel Sanchez - Kelowna - 0.52 p/20
7. Eddie Andrezjeck - Kelowna - 0.50 p/20
8. Niklas Zetterberg - St. Louis - 0.47 p/20
8. Riley Jako - St. Louis - 0.47 p/20
10. Alex Andreoff - St. Louis - 0.46 p/20
10. Robert Haugen - Kelowna - 0.46 p/20
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With two more teams to go we reach the moment most have been waiting for, the team of the rookie point leader Emira Shirou. Vancouver just had four prospects playing this year, so it is nice to see if they can make an impact in the rankings. Terrence Bravo however is one of the prospects who won't influence the rankings, averaging almost 17 minutes per game, the forward only scored 2 goals and gave 5 assists, giving him a ranking of 0.17 . The same goes for Four Four who also logged a large heap of minutes, he ended up with just 0.36 p/20. The first prospect that might make an impact in the rankings is center Tyler Toews, Toews signed during the regular season as a free agent with the Vancouver Whalers. In his 33 games with the franchise as second line center he was good for 7 goals and 9 assists. Due to the lower amount of games, this ended up being 0.54 p/20. Then we get to the moment supreme, rookie point scoring leader Emiya Shirou. The rookie lead his team in scoring, mostly due to his contribution on the powerplay. His 34 points are good for a rating of 0.71 p/20.
With just one team remaining we see a big shift in the rankings as two Whalers prospect jump straight into the top 10.
1. Emiya Shirou - Vancouver - 0.71 p/20
2.Matthew Auston - St. Louis - 0.69 p/20
3. Xander Green - Prince George - 0.68 p/20
4. Dani Forsberg - Prince George - 0.62 p/20
5. Noro Wozy - Detroit - 0.60 p/20
6. Finn Larsson - Colorado - 0.59 p/20
7. Tyler Toews - Vancouver - 0.54 p/20
8. Miguel Sanchez - Kelowna - 0.52 p/20
9. Eddie Andrezjeck - Kelowna - 0.50 p/20
10. Niklas Zetterberg - St. Louis - 0.47 p/20
10. Riley Jako - St. Louis - 0.47 p/20
Alex Andreoff and Robert Haugen are dropped out of the top 10, and the shared 10th position is now held by two St. Louis prospects, with just one more team to go they have to hope for horribly performing Montreal rookies to stay in the top 10. The biggest change however is indeed that Emiya Shirou is showing his performance is not a fluke, and that his performance on the ice, is the best amongst rookies so far. With just the Montreal Militia to go, it will be exciting to see if anything changes for the current top 10.
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One player will atleast not make it, Justin Hiemstra is out of the picture with 0.28 p/20. His 3 goals and 3 assists, just didn't cut it. Marcos Maciel was one of the late season signings for the Militia. And during this period he scored a goal and assisted on one aswell. Due to only playing in 7 games this was good for a 0.52 p/20 score. The person the Militia would have expected on top when they drafted him in the first round is Vesa Perhonen, who had an identical scoring season as Xander Green had. But Perhonen had more opportunities for this and with 14.23 minutes per game, his 20 points make sure he ends up with a score of 0.56 p/20. When the Impact signed Maciel, they had also signed Yuri Bakos-Markov, the sniper ended up with the highest shooting percentage on the team and was good for 3 goals. Due to this, he also jumps into the top 10 with a score of 0.64 p/20. This brings us to the last player of this analysis, Elias Lindstrom. The Montreal winger came into the league with a 25 game suspension from the head office and only played half a season for the Militia.During this time he was good for 15 points, so over a full season he could have challenged Shirou for the scoring title. He did this however with less time on the ice as the Vancouver winger, giving him a score of 0.77 p/20.
With the addition of the Montreal prospects, the final standings for the Rookie of the Year race look as followed:
1. Elias Lindstrom - Montreal - 0.77 p/20
2. Emiya Shirou - Vancouver - 0.71 p/20
3.Matthew Auston - St. Louis - 0.69 p/20
4. Xander Green - Prince George - 0.68 p/20
5. Yuri Bakos-Markov - Montreal - 0.64 p/20
6. Dani Forsberg - Prince George - 0.62 p/20
7. Noro Wozy - Detroit - 0.60 p/20
8. Finn Larsson - Colorado - 0.59 p/20
9. Vesa Perhonen - Montreal - 0.56 p/20
10. Tyler Toews - Vancouver - 0.54 p/20
With the addition of the Montreal prospects, Miguel Sanchez, Eddie Andrezjeck of Kelowna and Niklas Zetterberg and Riley Jako of St. Louis are out of the top 10. With a lot of controversy surrounding the person, Elias Lindstrom picks up the most efficient rookie of the year award.
When looking at the team rankings, we see that Montreal is the place to be if you are a rookie in the SMJHL, three out of their players entered the top 10 for the season. While some played more then the others (50, 25 and 7 games respectivaly), they still performed well. Vancouver Whalers is one of the number two's on the list as Shirou holds the number two spot, while Xander Green and Dani Forsberg get the Firebirds the other number two position. St. Louis, Detroit, and Colorado both have one prospect each, meaning that no player of Halifax or Kelowna had a good enough rookie season to make the list.
Out of the top 10 rookie scoring, the following players remain:
Emiya Shirou, Noro Wozy, Finn Larsson, Dani Forsberg, Vesa Perhonen and Xander Green. So still 6 out of the 10 players. Congrats everyone on a great rookie season, and perhaps we will meet again as rookies once me make our SHL debuts.
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- TheWoZy - 03-12-2017
Shirou is OP
- crutch - 03-12-2017
Matthew Auston the greatest most generational player of all time
and don't u forget it
- WannabeFinn - 03-12-2017
Wozy >>>>
- kit - 03-12-2017
Quote:Originally posted by CRUTCHFIELD@Mar 12 2017, 10:33 AMof course hes a legend, i recruited him
Matthew Auston the greatest most generational player of all time
and don't u forget it
- crutch - 03-12-2017
Quote:Originally posted by kit@Mar 12 2017, 09:41 AM
of course hes a legend, i recruited him
????????
u don't even know who u recruited kit
- Copenhagen - 03-12-2017
<a href='index.php?showuser=1014' rel='nofollow' alt='profile link' class='user-tagged mgroup-3'>Marley</a> is the GOAT!
- kit - 03-12-2017
Quote:Originally posted by CRUTCHFIELD@Mar 12 2017, 10:44 AMnvm it was auston mcdavid sorry im high
????????
u don't even know who u recruited kit
- Ghost - 03-12-2017
Shirou :-x :-x :-x
- Grapehead - 03-12-2017
Quote:Originally posted by Copenhagen@Mar 12 2017, 12:55 PM
- WannabeFinn - 03-12-2017
pretty easy for Marley to lead the rookie crop in points per 20 when he didn't start his rookie season til he was like 220 TPE ;
- OrbitingDeath - 03-12-2017
Quote:Originally posted by WannabeFinn@Mar 12 2017, 08:22 PM
pretty easy for Marley to lead the rookie crop in points per 20 when he didn't start his rookie season til he was like 220 TPE ;
It helps ofcourse but it doesn't have to be the reason. Halfway through the season I was the only rookie who was in p/20 top 10 of the entire league. Last half my production stopped, while I had definitely more TPE then at the beginning.
<a href='index.php?showuser=1014' rel='nofollow' alt='profile link' class='user-tagged mgroup-3'>Marley</a> for 1st overall!
- Grapehead - 03-12-2017
Quote:Originally posted by WannabeFinn@Mar 12 2017, 03:22 PMYou should know better than to think More TPE = better player. Remember Anderson?
pretty easy for Marley to lead the rookie crop in points per 20 when he didn't start his rookie season til he was like 220 TPE ;
- Vik - 03-13-2017
What about adding in defensive play tho roddy Hawkins was op in blocked shots and I can't remember for sure but he was pretty good in hits too I think
- OrbitingDeath - 03-13-2017
Quote:Originally posted by Jakub@Mar 13 2017, 07:24 AM
What about adding in defensive play tho roddy Hawkins was op in blocked shots and I can't remember for sure but he was pretty good in hits too I think
Go for it, there is no formula in factoring it, I just made an article about the p/20 stat
