Taylor Raddysh played a quiet depth role, but he stepped up when his coach asked him to, which was kind of often.
By the Numbers
7
Goals
20
Assists
80
Games played
12
Minutes per game
On-ice percentages
52%
Shot attempts
55%
Expected goals
46%
Actual goals
Isolated Impact by HockeyViz
About this visualization: This image by Micah Blake McCurdy of hockeyviz.com shows how the player has impacted play when on the ice. At the top of the image is the team’s offense (even strength at left, power play at right) and at bottom is the team’s defense (with penalty kill at bottom right). In each case, red/orange blobs mean teams shoot for more from that location on the ice, and blue/purple means less. In general, a good player should have red/orange blobs near the opponent’s net at top, and blue/purple blobs near their own team’s net at bottom. The distributions in middle show how the player compares to league average at individual finishing, setting up teammates to score, and taking and drawing penalties. The number at center is Synthetic Goals: a catch-all number for the player’s impact.
Player Card by All Three Zones
About this player card: This image from Corey Sznajder of All Three Zones shows how the player compares to league averages in different microstats in the defensive, neutral, and offensive zones. Blue bars mean the player has a higher rate in that statistic compared to league average, and orange means a lower rate. The numbers are Z-scores, also known as standard deviations, indicating how far the number is from league average, where more than two standard deviations means the player is on the extreme edge of the league.
Player Card by Evolving Hockey
About this player card: This card from Josh and Luke of Evolving Hockey compares the player to league averages based on their impact on on-ice statistics. GAR means “goals above replacement,” where “replacement” means an average player called up from the AHL. xGAR is the same figure but assuming league-average goaltending. The numbers at top are the player’s percentile ranks overall and then for offense and defense alone.
Player Overview by NHL Edge
About this visualization: The NHL’s advanced statistics program, Edge, tracks player and puck movement. At left are the player’s numbers in various statistics along with the average number for that same stat among players of the same position and the player’s percentile rank in it. At right is a radar chart for various statistics, where the bigger the shape the better the player performs in those measures.
Fan Happiness Survey
About this visualization: At three times during the season, RMNB conducted an open survey with readers, asking the following question for each player: “On a scale from 1 to 5, how HAPPY are you to have this player on the team?” The numbers above show the average score for the player in each survey period.
Peter’s Take
He’s fine. I don’t have anything interesting to say about Taylor Raddysh. Replacement-level depth forward who will now be replaced. Spencer Carbery liked him in a bigger role for a couple moments. Duhaime and Dowd often went to him for zone exits. He’s fine.
Raddysh on RMNB
- A one-year, $1 million deal.
- The new fourth line was intended to provide more offense. It did.
- From really early on, it was clear Carbery liked Raddysh.
- Like, even as an fill-in for Ovechkin.
- Like, even in April he was a top-liner.
- In my opinion, this is the most important Raddsyh story of the season:
Taylor Raddysh testifies in sexual assault trial of five former 2018 Hockey Canada teammates
Your Turn
I don’t need to know or care about this player anymore, which is good, because I had a strong reaction to reading about his testimony. I’m grateful that he’s a marginal player, and therefore I can get away with it without complication. Won’t judge those disagree. Feel free.
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