EHM The Blue Line

To track the development of my players I decided to make an excel file. I eventually expanded it to include current roster players and prospects. Anyway I decided to make 3 categories to help me determine how good a player is, offense, defense and overall. By breaking it down this way it tells me which role a player should be in and if they belong in the NHL/AHL or other minor league system. This is what I have as far as determining each category, but I was wondering which attributes I am missing.

Offensive Ablilty-Creativity, Flair, Deflections, Deking, Getting Open, Passing, Slapshot, Stickhandling, Wristshot
Defensive Ability-Checking, Hitting, Pokecheck, Positioning
Overall-Acceleration, Agility, Balance, Speed, Stamina, Strength, Aggression, Anticipation, Bravery, Creativity, Determination, Flair, Infulence, Teamwork, Work Rate, Checking, Defelections, Deking, Hitting, Getting Open, Passing, Pokecheck, Positioning, Slapshot, Stickhandling, Wristshot

This Is what I use to calculate how good a goalie is. I also know I am missing a couple of things. As far as the difference between goal tending ability and overall I consider Goal Tending Ability how good the goalie really is at just playing goal, Goal Tending Overall is including intangibles.

Goal Tending Ability-Blocker, Glove, Pokecheck, Positioning, Rebound Control, Recovery, Reflexes
Goal Tending Overall-Acceleration, Agility, Balance, Speed, Stamina, Strength, Aggression, Anticipation, Bravery, Creativity, Determination, Flair, Infulence, Teamwork, Workrate, Blocker, Glove, Passing, Pokecheck, Positioning, Rebound Control, Recovery, Reflexes, Stickhandling

In addition I have not started it yet but I was thinking of making two more categories. Physical ability and player development. Physical abilities will be basically how good of an athlete a player is without including hockey skills. I basically wanted a category like this because I know speed/agility/ect are important but they don't really fit into offense/defense. While player development is how likely a player is to develop to his full potential.

Physical Ability-Acceleration, Agility, Speed, Balance
Player Development-Determination, Workrate

Can anyone help me as far as telling me what I am missing from each category, or tell me which attributes I shouldn't have in a category. Some categories such as defensive, I know I am really missing a lot of stats, while offensive ability I think I am only missing one or two things.

Ps if you help out Im willing to share the excel file.

An interesting idea! I think that an exel file to track player development already exists somewhere. I honestly don't understand exactly what you are trying to achieve by splitting the attributes into 3 or 5 categories? You'd like to know if a player is better suited for a defensive OR offensive role due to his development in those key categories?

I really think that's an interesting approach, altough a bit time consuming if you have to update every player twice a year? However, I would really appreciate further explanation and possibly have a look at the exel sheet.

Here are my thoughts concerning the key attributes for either off/def:


Offensive Ablilty: Deflections, Deking, Getting Open, Passing, Slapshot, Stickhandling, Wristshot, Creativity,(Flair)

Defensive Ability: Checking, Hitting, Pokecheck, Positioning, Strength, Anticipation

Physical Ability Acceleration, Agility, Speed, Balance, (Strength)

Menatal, not changing: Aggression, Bravery, Determination, Flair, Work Rate

Menatal, changing: Anticipation, Creativity, Influence, Teamwork

I would suggest a column displaying how many points a certain player earned in the different categories to see where he could need development or on which training regimen he is progressing the most, i.e.:

Robyn Regehr, defensive D-man: 15 points overall from 1. July 2007 to 1.July 2008 - 4 points physical, 2 pts mental, 6 points defensive abb., 3 pts off.
then you could compare him to an offensive minded D-man and see the difference in their development, even though they had the same regimen throughout the season....

Nice idea, hopefully this input is of any use for you
Good luck developing!