This is Declan Chisholm‘s season review. It’s the review of Declan Chisholm’s season. Maybe there’s a lot to talk about here. Very well could be. You never know.
By the Numbers
1
Goals
6
Assists
26
Games played
14
Minutes per game
On-ice percentages
48%
Shot attempts
46%
Expected goals
55%
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 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.
Gratuitous Generative Art by NHL Edge
Peter’s Take
I am contractually obligated to write a review for Declan Chisholm. Really unfortunate his is the second last name alphabetically. Kind of takes the air out of this whole series. Let’s just get through this one.
Declan Chisholm played five games in each of the first three months of the season. That’s weird, right? He played six in January, which ruined the whole flow.
Chisholm only ever entered the lineup in case of injury, and sometimes – bafflingly – lost that spot to Dylan McIlrath. Chisholm will never blow the doors off a barn, but he’s a cromulent replacement-level defender. There are worse fellas to have in a pinch. For example, Dylan McIlrath.
The Chis’ as he’s called – probably not, I just made that up – has one more year on a modest $1.6M deal. If you see him dress, it means someone is banged up. But it also means the team has someone who generally knows what he’s doing.
Here ends this part of the review. Tomorrow is Chychrun.
The Chis’ on RMNB
- He was ‘kind of in shock’ meeting Alex Ovechkin for the first time: “I grew up watching him.”
- In October he suffered a scary skate cut to the leg at practice.
- The Mathieu Olivier almost killed him.
- Replacing Dylan McIlrath. Good.
- Getting replaced by Dylan McIlrath. Not so good.
- Explaining the chili fiasco.
Your Turn
The Chis’: Will it catch on?
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