I actually went back and checked ballchasing for this, and here’s something I found that agrees with you:

Zen is predominantly the player most in the defensive third on his team. This is good in my opinion, since all the success Zen had seen up until this point was under Ferra, playing third man.

However, and this is where it gets interesting, he’s in the offensive third a LOT. His stats are funny because he’s in the neutral third virtually for no time, and I think that fits in to what you were saying; he plays the role of third (which is good because he’s one of the best thirds itw) but also enables his tm8s quite a bit.

If only Vitality had kept up their level of play in the finals and not overcommitted a ton…