Rate the Jackets

[Legionnaire11]

Looking for some help on my annual rating project. Shouldn't take more than 15 mins if you watched most of the Blue Jackets games last season. So the areas that we're rating are on a five point scale and go as follows:

• Player Role: This is really what type of player they are, and specifically where they would slot into the average NHL team, not necessarily Columbus. So they could be Elite Superstar, All-Star, 1st liner, 2nd liner, 3rd liner, 4th liner/Scratch, Minor leaguer, High-end prospect, Low-end prospect.
  
• Skating: Straight ahead speed should be the primary consideration. Rate on the provided scale where 1 is the lowest, 5 is the highest and 3 is average.
• Defense: Overall defensive skill but primarily gap control and using their stick and body to neutralize an attacker. Rate on the 1-5 scale.

The Scale:
5 - Well above average
4 - Above average
3 - Average
2 - Below Average
1 - Well below average
(In reality some player could be a 0 or 6, for example McDavid would rate as a 6 in skating, this would be an extremely rare case and most teams won't have a 0 or 6 in any area)

I need only 2-3 submissions, and the help is extremely appreciated!

For reference, here are the players that I'm looking for:

Stefan Matteau

Pierre-Luc Dubois

Kevin Stenlund

Boone Jenner

Devin Shore

Calvin Thurkauf

Ryan MacInnis

Alexander Wennberg

Alexandre Texier

Emil Bemstrom

Riley Nash

Liam Foudy

Gustav Nyquist

Nathan Gerbe

Nick Foligno

Marko Dano

Eric Robinson

Jakob Lilja

Josh Anderson

Kole Sherwood

Oliver Bjorkstrand

Cam Atkinson

David Savard

Vladislav Gavrikov

Zach Werenski

Seth Jones

Ryan Murray

Scott Harrington

Andrew Peeke

Gabriel Carlsson

Dean Kukan

Markus Nutivaara

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[Legionnaire11]

Lots of views but no interest, so let me take this a different direction. I'll post what I have on my end (admittedly shaky stuff), and maybe y'all can look it over and suggest changes?

Player - Role - Skating - Defense
Stefan Matteau - Minor league - 3 - 3
Pierre-Luc Dubois - 2nd liner - 4 - 2
Kevin Stenlund - 4th liner - 3 - 3
Boone Jenner - 2nd liner - 4 - 4
Devin Shore - 4th liner - 4 - 4
Calvin Thurkauf - Minor league - 2 - 2
Ryan MacInnis - Minor league - 2 - 2
Alexander Wennberg - 3rd liner - 5 - 4
Alexandre Texier - 4th liner - 4 - 2
Emil Bemstrom - 4th liner - 3 - 1
Riley Nash - 4th liner - 3 - 4
Liam Foudy - Top prospect - 5 - 3
Gustav Nyquist - 1st liner - 5 - 3
Nathan Gerbe - 4th liner - 3 -3
Nick Foligno - 2nd liner - 4 -4
Marko Dano - Minor league - 2 - 1
Eric Robinson - 4th liner - 2 - 2
Jakob Lilja - 4th liner - 2 - 1
Josh Anderson - 3rd liner - 4 - 4
Kole Sherwood - Minor league - 2 - 2
Oliver Bjorkstrand - 2nd liner - 2 - 2
Cam Atkinson - 2nd liner - 5 - 2
David Savard - 2nd pair - 4 - 5
Vladislav Gavrikov - 2nd pair - 3 - 4
Zach Werenski - 1st pair - 5 - 3
Seth Jones - Elite - 6 - 5
Ryan Murray - 2nd pair - 4 - 5
Scott Harrington - 3rd pair - 2 - 2
Andrew Peeke - Low prospect - 3 - 3
Gabriel Carlsson - Low prospect - 4 - 2
Dean Kukan - 3rd pair - 3 - 2
Markus Nutivaara - 3rd pair - 4 - 2

 

[Double-Shift Lasse]

It’s too hard. Team just ended a weird season on a downer. No one has the patience right now for the exercise, which has value just... not now. I was gonna make a snide comment about a Members Only I had in college... even that proved too exhausting.

It’s a valid exercise. It just requires some patience and distance that we don’t have right now.

 

[KJ Dangler]

Lots of views but no interest, so let me take this a different direction. I'll post what I have on my end (admittedly shaky stuff), and maybe y'all can look it over and suggest changes?

Player - Role - Skating - Defense
Stefan Matteau - Minor league - 3 - 3
Pierre-Luc Dubois - 2nd liner - 4 - 2
Kevin Stenlund - 4th liner - 3 - 3
Boone Jenner - 2nd liner - 4 - 4
Devin Shore - 4th liner - 4 - 4
Calvin Thurkauf - Minor league - 2 - 2
Ryan MacInnis - Minor league - 2 - 2
Alexander Wennberg - 3rd liner - 5 - 4
Alexandre Texier - 4th liner - 4 - 2
Emil Bemstrom - 4th liner - 3 - 1
Riley Nash - 4th liner - 3 - 4
Liam Foudy - Top prospect - 5 - 3
Gustav Nyquist - 1st liner - 5 - 3
Nathan Gerbe - 4th liner - 3 -3
Nick Foligno - 2nd liner - 4 -4
Marko Dano - Minor league - 2 - 1
Eric Robinson - 4th liner - 2 - 2
Jakob Lilja - 4th liner - 2 - 1
Josh Anderson - 3rd liner - 4 - 4
Kole Sherwood - Minor league - 2 - 2
Oliver Bjorkstrand - 2nd liner - 2 - 2
Cam Atkinson - 2nd liner - 5 - 2
David Savard - 2nd pair - 4 - 5
Vladislav Gavrikov - 2nd pair - 3 - 4
Zach Werenski - 1st pair - 5 - 3
Seth Jones - Elite - 6 - 5
Ryan Murray - 2nd pair - 4 - 5
Scott Harrington - 3rd pair - 2 - 2
Andrew Peeke - Low prospect - 3 - 3
Gabriel Carlsson - Low prospect - 4 - 2
Dean Kukan - 3rd pair - 3 - 2
Markus Nutivaara - 3rd pair - 4 - 2

You have Nyquist as a first liner , and Pld as a 2nd liner ?

 

[Socks]

It’s too hard. Team just ended a weird season on a downer. No one has the patience right now for the exercise, which has value just... not now. I was gonna make a snide comment about a Members Only I had in college... even that proved too exhausting.

It’s a valid exercise. It just requires some patience and distance that we don’t have right now.

Yeah there’s not a ton of activity on the board right now in general. I think we’re burnt out right now. Give us a few weeks and we’ll be back.

 

[Legionnaire11]

You have Nyquist as a first liner , and Pld as a 2nd liner ?

That's why I ask for help from the fans who know. I mostly go by average ice time per game to slot players into a role if I don't get any useful input. Nyquist I agree should be a 2nd liner, but he skated more than 18 minutes last season, and did so during the previous season while with Detroit (but not San Jose). 18 minutes is generally the threshold of where you would expect a 1st liner to be. PLD is literally just a few seconds below that, but also has never gone above 18 in a season. Realistically looking strictly at stats, both players are probably high-end 2nd liners.

So again, if anyone wants to contribute 15-20 minutes to look over these and give meaningful feedback, it would be extremely useful to me.