INTRODUCTION
I’m trying to create International rosters with geographical rearrangements to make the rosters more competitive. If the player was not born in the country that he represents at the international level, I chose the province/state where the player grew up (ex: Batherson, Kaliyev, Couturier, Chychrun, etc.). If the player was born in the country that he represents, I went with the birth place regardless of where they grew up (ex: Hughes brothers, Tkachuk brothers, Tage Thompson, etc.)
US NORTHERN MIDWEST: Iowa (IA), Michigan (MI), Minnesota (MN), Nebraska (NE), North Dakota (ND), South Dakota (SD), Wisconsin (WI)
US SOUTH + SOUTHERN MIDWEST : Alabama (AL), Arkansas (AR), Florida (FL), Georgia (GA), Illinois (IL), Indiana (IN), Kansas (KS), Kentucky (KY), Louisiana (LA), Mississippi (MS), Missouri (MO), North Carolina (NC), Ohio (OH), Oklahoma (OK), South Carolina (SC), Tennessee (TN), Texas (TX), Virginia (VA), West Virginia (WV)
US NORTHEAST: Connecticut (CT), Delaware (DE), District of Columbia (DC), Maine (ME), Massachusetts (MA), New Hampshire (NH), New Jersey (NJ), New York (NY), Pennsylvania (PA), Rhode Island (RI), Vermont (VT)
US WEST: Alaska (AK), Arizona (AZ), California (CA), Colorado (CO), Hawaii (HI) Idaho (ID), Montana (MT), Nevada (NV), New Mexico (NM), Oregon (OR), Utah (UT), Washington (WA), Wyoming (WY)
WESTERN CANADA: Alberta (AB), British Columbia (BC), Manitoba (MB), Northwest Territories (NT), Saskatchewan (SK), Yukon (YT)
ONTARIO
EASTERN CANADA: New Brunswick (NB), Newfoundland and Labrador (NL), Nova Scotia (NS), Prince Edward Island (PE), Québec (QC)
ALPINE COUNTRIES: Austria, France, Germany, Slovenia, Switzerland
ELIGIBILITY
To be eligible, the player must have played at least half their team’s games in either season (2022-23 or 2023-24). If the player didn’t play half their team’s games in one season, they are assumed to have had the same season in the other.
METHODOLOGY
In order to minimize biases as much as possible, I employed a methodology based on advanced statistics, among other things. Only the statistics from this season and the last season matter, with a greater weighting for the current season. It's imperfect, but I thoroughly enjoyed creating the whole thing. If your favorite player from your favorite team isn’t too low or not included at all, go yell at clouds.
TEAM EASTERN CANADA
FORWARDS RANKINGS
MacKinnon, Nathan
Crosby, Sidney
Marchand, Brad
Couturier, Sean
Marchessault, Jonathan
Sprong, Daniel
Batherson, Drake
Danault, Phillip
Perron, David
Lafrenière, Alexis
Dubois, Pierre-Luc
Mercer, Dawson
Killorn, Alex
Joseph, Mathieu
Huberdeau, Jonathan
Newhook, Alex
Gourde, Yanni
Roy, Nicolas
Mantha, Anthony
Duclair, Anthony
Beauvillier, Anthony
Carrier, William
Veleno, Joseph
Greer, A.J.
Barron, Morgan
Gaudreau, Frederick
Drouin, Jonathan
Blais, Samuel
Gauthier, Julien
Deslauriers, Nicolas
DEFENSEMEN RANKINGS
Dobson, Noah
Letang, Kris
Graves, Ryan
Matheson, Michael
Spence, Jordan
Chabot, Thomas
Barron, Justin
Carrier, Alexandre
Girard, Samuel
Scandella, Marco
Savard, David
Lauzon, Jeremy
Joseph, Pierre-Olivier
Desharnais, Vincent
Benoît, Simon
Vlasic, Marc-Édouard
GOALTENDERS RANKINGS
Montembeault, Samuel
Allen, Jake
Fleury, Marc-André
Levi, Devon
I like this idea and having these rosters filled out. But are they supposed to be in order? I like them for the most part besides in my opinion Sprong is way too high, and also Chabot would be ahead of Spence, Matheson and Graves.
I like this idea and having these rosters filled out. But are they supposed to be in order? I like them for the most part besides in my opinion Sprong is way too high, and also Chabot would be ahead of Spence, Matheson and Graves.
I mentioned in the description that I didn't want to be the sole judge of who makes the roster and who doesn't, so I based it purely on stats. It may or may not be representative of actual talent.
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