And the Kings' leader in points per 60 minutes of ice-time is...

by Quisp on Jan 25, 2010 11:19 PM PST in Nerdy Comment 11 comments

Los Angeles Kings' Scott Parse, left, and Wayne Simmonds celebrate Simmonds' goal against the Vancouver Canucks during second period NHL action in Vancouver, British Columbia, on Thursday Nov. 26, 2009. (AP Photo/THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck)

3 months ago: Los Angeles Kings' Scott Parse, left, and Wayne Simmonds celebrate Simmonds' goal against the Vancouver Canucks during second period NHL action in Vancouver, British Columbia, on Thursday Nov. 26, 2009. (AP Photo/THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck)

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Wayne Simmonds - 2.60
Scott Parse - 2.40 (leads team in GOALS/60, with 1.07)
Justin Williams - 2.30
Anze Kopitar - 2.18
Jarret Stoll - 2.09
Brad Richardson - 1.93
Alexander Frolov - 1.93
Ryan Smyth - 1.77
Dustin Brown - 1.76
Randy Jones - 1.67 (leads defensemen)
Michal Handzus - 1.48
Drew Doughty - 1.27
Oscar Moller - 1.04

Everyone else is below 1.00 PTS/60.

Full chart here: Behind the Net

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It’s hard to believe Randy Jones leads the defensemen, but then again, he doesn’t play almost 30 minutes every single game. Is he an effective player? Uhh… arguably.

by Connie Kim on Jan 26, 2010 7:56 AM PST reply actions 0 recs

I have a possibly strange affection for Randy Jones

The team is 14-8-1 with him in the line-up. He leads all Kings d in goals/60, asst1/60, asst2/60 and pts/60. His QUALCOMP numbers are better than Greene, Johnson, Drewiske and Harrold, which means he draws tougher assignments. But his QUALTEAM numbers are the lowest, which means he has to play with the lowest-rated teammates (i.e. he has the least help – Johnson’s QUALTEAM is the highest, so he has the luxury of playing with the best players).

His GA/60 is second worst (Johnson is the worst). But — I find this telling ~~- the difference between his ON-ice +~~/60 and his OFF-ice +-/60 is +0.11. In other words: the team’s plus/minus when Jones is sitting on the bench is 0.11 better than when he’s on the ice. That’s better — a tenth of a goal per game better — but it’s not a glaring difference. The team is 6/10 of a goal better when Drewiske is sitting on the bench. 1/100 of a goal better when Harrold is on the bench. A whopping 2 1/3 goals better when Johnson is on the bench.

On the other side of the coin, we’re better with Doughty (by about +1.33), Scuderi, SOD (both about +0.5) and Greene (about +0.34) on the ice.

Wait till this year.

by Quisp on Jan 26, 2010 9:56 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

there is no reason for the strike-through in the above comment

it’s gone rogue

Wait till this year.

by Quisp on Jan 26, 2010 9:57 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

it ~~happens~~

by NumberSeven on Jan 26, 2010 11:21 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

My feeling about Jones is...

… that he’s done pretty much he was acquired to do. He was a depth acquisition; he was never meant to be a top-4 defenseman. The Kings kind of had to throw him into the breach, and at least he had some impressive moments, like the shortie he scored against Carolina. Plus, the was a waiver acquisition, which means that DL gave up nothing for him.

I understand that there are people who aren’t at all impressed by him. But hey, Quisp runs the numbers so we don’t have to. And when you judge him relative to what the Kings envisioned when they picked him up, he’s done pretty well.

by DougX on Jan 26, 2010 1:49 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Scrubbing Bubbles!

Wait till this year.

by Quisp on Jan 26, 2010 2:27 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

All good points

For me, the best part about Randy Jones is that he was picked up off waivers. It’s almost like the situation with Kyle Quincey. I can’t conclude that yet, but all roads lead to this ending.

by Connie Kim on Jan 26, 2010 2:28 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs