Revised Format for Prospect Split Stats

Here is version 2 of the prospect split stats I'll be posting later in this blog.

I'm planning to do all of the Blues' prospects this way, so any feedback from my readers will be appreciated.


DiSalvatore, Jon
RW/R, 6-01, 200, 03-30-81, Bangor, ME
SJO 2/104 (2000) -- STL FA 06-30-04
Peoria (AHL)
.................. GP G. A. Pts +/- PIM PP SH FG GW GT IG
================== == == == === === === == == == == == ==
Sep Totals ....... .0 .0 .0 ..0 ..0 ..0 .0 .0 .0 .0 .0 .0
Oct Totals ....... 10 .1 .6 ..7 - 2 .12 .0 .0 .0 .0 .0 .1
Nov Totals ....... .8 .2 .3 ..5 ..1 ..6 .0 .1 .0 .0 .0 .2
Dec Totals ....... 14 .6 12 .18 - 2 ..4 .4 .0 .2 .0 .0 .0
Jan Totals ....... .7 .3 .5 ..8 ..1 ..2 .1 .0 .1 .2 .0 .0

YtD Totals (Sep).. .0 .0 .0 ..0 ..0 ..0 .0 .0 .0 .0 .0 .0
YtD Totals (Oct).. 10 .1 .6 ..7 - 2 .12 .0 .0 .0 .0 .0 .1
YtD Totals (Nov).. 18 .3 .9 .12 - 1 .18 .0 .1 .0 .0 .0 .3
YtD Totals (Dec).. 32 .9 21 .30 - 3 .22 .4 .1 .2 .0 .0 .3
YtD Totals (Jan).. 39 12 26 .38 - 2 .24 .5 .1 .3 .2 .0 .3

Key:

"RW/R" means that DiSalvatore is a right wing, and that he shoots from the right side.

"6-01, 200" is his height and weight. "03-30-81" is his birthday, in the North American style (meaning March 30, 1981. European conventions would show his birthdate as 30-03-81; it's easy to figure out if the player's date of birth is the 13th of the month or after, but a player born on August 10, 1980 would have his birthday shown in Europe as 10-08-80, and in the US as 08-10-80).

"Bangor, ME" is DiSalvatore's birthplace -- Bangor, Maine.

"SJO 2/104 (2000)" means that DiSalvatore was the second pick, 104th overall, of San Jose in the 2000 NHL Entry Draft. "STL FA 06-30-04" means, obviously, that DiSalvatore was signed by the Blues as a free agent on June 30, 2004.

GP: Games Played
G: Goals
A: Assists
Pts: Points
+/-: Plus/Minus
PIM: Penalties In Minutes
PP: Power Play Goals
SH: Shorthanded Goals
FG: First Goals
GW: Game-Winning Goals
GT: Game-Tying Goals
IG: Insurance Goals (the first goal scored by the winning team after the game-winning goals has been scored)

First Test Entry -- Prospect Split Stats by month

Here's my first test entry on the player splits that I've been working on all season.

These are Carl Söderberg's splits with his Swedish second-division team. If I like the way this looks, I'll start posting more of these so that you can get some idea of how the prospects have progressed from month to month.

Team IF Malmö Redhawks
Player Statistics
Name........... Ps GP G. A. Pts PIM PP SH GW GT +/-
=============== == == == == === === == == == == ===
Söderberg, Carl CE .9 .6 .7 .13 ..4 .3 .0 .0 .0 + 7 ... Oct
Söderberg, Carl CE 16 .8 13 .21 .35 .3 .0 .1 .0 +12 ... Nov
Söderberg, Carl CE 20 10 15 .25 .35 .3 .0 .2 .0 +15 ... Dec
Söderberg, Carl CE 31 12 19 .31 .39 .3 .0 .4 .0 +19 ... Jan

Thoughts on European draft picks...

As I posted at the STLToday Blues board, the provisions of the new CBA allow a team to retain the rights to drafted Europeans for only two years after their draft year, unlike in the past where teams retained the rights to drafted Europeans indefinitely.

In my mind, this represents an unfair advantage to the big-market, big-revenue clubs -- the Detroits, Torontos, Rangers, etc. A mid-market team like the Blues can draft a top-notch European player, and if they can't pay that player NHL money right off the bat, and/or "guarantee" that player an NHL roster spot, the player is free to hold out for two years and then sign as a free agent with another team who can afford to give them a one-way contract, paying them NHL money while having them play for their AHL affiliate.

For that reason, I think I can safely say that you won't see teams like the Blues drafting as many Europeans in the future without guarantees from the player that they'll be coming right away over to try their hand in North America. It just doesn't make sense to spend a high pick on a player only to have him hold out for two years and go elsewhere with no compensation whatsoever coming back your way.

This will probably keep the Blues away from drafting a Nicklas Backstrom with their first-round pick, and that's a shame, because Backstrom is the kind of "complete" player that this team needs to spend their high picks on.

There are a few Europeans that I'd like to see the Blues go after, however... and I'll discuss them in more detail in the next post to this blog.