07-14-2017, 08:50 PM
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Ready for grading. Word Count 3172. 1283 Written. 1887 in the linked spreadsheetSo the Renegades LR has been talking a lot about double shifts and TPE amount. I originally began this little project as way to figure out what the difference between a regular old player who plays a normal amount and the players who are double shifted and their ice time is nowhere near what would be expected in the real world. Eventually I decided that I was going to eliminate those players who had an ice time above their counterparts in the NHL. I took a look at the high end forwards and decided that because Patrice Bergeron is a literal god, I was going to use his ice time to determine the cut off. In 2017 he averaged 19:20, so right around 32%, so I made the cut off anyone who had >40% from their lines. I did not take into effect their actual time on ice, I just used the % from each of their lines that they were on. Now I was going to look at the remaining players to determine who amongst them performed the best. There have been a few attempts by others in the league, myself included to determine ways to figure out what actually makes one player better than the other. I did not have the time, nor the will to attempt to figure this out. I am almost certain now there is actually only 1 to 2 ways to make a good forward, defender, or goalie. So I simplified it a bit. I just applied each player's stats to the average of of the rest of the league in that position.
I still think there are some errors. If I were to do it again I know that I would want to look at shots blocked for forwards to see who is the best defensive forward. For now we just have offensive numbers.
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Now to begin taking a look at who the best of the regular players are, and to start us off let's look at the centers and those who were eliminated in this criteria. If I do this again, I will definately be adding faceoff percentages to this. The centers average the most points out of the forwards mostly as a result of their high assist average showing that most offenses are being run through them.
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<div align="center">(A player highlighted completely in dark blue means they were double shifted and >40%, if just their name is highlighted it means they had double shifts but did not exceed 40%)</div>
<div align="center">Randy Randleman: Line Ice Time 50%
25 G, 39 A, 64 P, 98 PIM, 244 Hits, and 251 Shots
Lord Pretty Flacko: Line Ice Time 55%
29 G, 38 A, 67 P, 63 PIM, 168 Hits, and 297 Shots
Luke Fleming: Line Ice Time 62%
28 G, 29 A, 57 P, 13 PIM, 89 Hits, and 213 Shots</div>
The shot statistic is the most notable difference between those >40% and the rest. Another thing to note was that once those players were eliminated, only 2 centers averaged over a point per game, both of them will make my list of the best centers in the SHL.
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<div align="center">Krysztof Kowalski, Edmonton Blizzard <a href='index.php?showuser=71' rel='nofollow' alt='profile link' class='user-tagged mgroup-8'>Banjo</a>
12 G, 19 A, 31 P, 15 PIM, 53 Hits, 142 Shots
As one of two centers who exceeded their peer averages (or were less than in PIM) in all categories it's obvious who the best all around centers were in S34. Granted Kowalski didn’t have the offensive output as some on this list, but he was still a great all around option, and at 752 TPE, and an inactive, if Banjo came back he could have a real powerhouse in the future.
Jason Visser, Winnipeg Jets <a href='index.php?showuser=2264' rel='nofollow' alt='profile link' class='user-tagged mgroup-10'>ToeDragon84</a>
17 G, 34 A, 51 P, 12 PIM, 75 Hits, 197 Shots
If I were to pick one center to point at and say “this is the best” it would be Visser. 197 shots is something you would see from someone with 50% ice time, and he did it while on the 2nd line in Winnipeg. 1.5 hits a game is pretty good for this soft ass league as well.
Jack Durden, Texas Renegades <a href='index.php?showuser=1730' rel='nofollow' alt='profile link' class='user-tagged mgroup-13'>Durden</a>
24 G, 30 A, 54 P, 14 PIM, 51 Hits, 160 Shots
Durden is an all around beast, and if you don't like it, fuck you, I don’t have to defend myself.
Notables
Jonathan Lundberg, Portland Admirals
Mainio Makinen, New England Wolfpack</div>
Now to move on to the wingers and to start we have the LW. Another thing to note is that I didn't list players by their natural position. I listed them based on the position they played the most in.
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Maximilian Wachter: Line Ice Time 45%
15 G, 35 A, 50 P, 40 PIMS, 200 Hits, 170 Shots
Luke Atmey: Line Ice Time 60%
26 G, 30 A, 56 P, 18 PIMS, 44 Hits, 240 Shots
Corey Bearss: Line Ice Time 62% (highest percentage of LW)
9 G, 25 A, 34 P, 24 PIMS, 127 Hits, 161 Shots
The Best On the Left
Ryan King, Los Angeles Panthers <a href='index.php?showuser=1787' rel='nofollow' alt='profile link' class='user-tagged mgroup-10'>TML99</a>
14 G, 14 A, 28 P, 14 PIMS, 60 Hits, 186 Shots
King is the only winger to exceed his peer averages. His numbers aren't MVP caliber but he is a player that any GM would kill to have. A great 2nd line contributor for the Panthers, I wouldn't be surprised if next season he is one of the notable eliminations due to getting time on two lines.
Nicholas Pedersen, Calgary Dragons <a href='index.php?showuser=1191' rel='nofollow' alt='profile link' class='user-tagged mgroup-3'>mstuk41</a>
22G, 28 A, 50 P, 4 PIMS, 8 Hits, 143 Shots
Great offensive productivity, but way to soft for my liking. I'm not wasting time here.
Zach Evans, Winnipeg Jets <a href='index.php?showuser=2327' rel='nofollow' alt='profile link' class='user-tagged mgroup-69'>ztevans</a>
22 G, 26 A, 48 P, 23 PIMS, 113 Hits, 185 Shots
This is the top LW in my book for a couple of reasons. First, he is the most complete winger on the list, granted he took a few more PIM than the others, but for his hit total it was still pretty good. Second, Россия-Матушка.That's all.
Notables
Dieter Dominique, New England Wolfpack
Tony Flow, West Kendall Platoon
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Now to the most physical group of the forwards, the RW. Also the group to have the only player to play 51 games in the regular season, I’m looking at you <a href='index.php?showuser=1627' rel='nofollow' alt='profile link' class='user-tagged mgroup-3'>probablydrunk</a>
<div align="center">Notable Eliminations
VLAD McZehrl: Line Ice Time 45%
Theo Kane: Line Ice Time 50%
Ace Redding: Line Ice Time 50%
The Best of the Rest
Ales Smirnov, New England Wolfpack <a href='index.php?showuser=1484' rel='nofollow' alt='profile link' class='user-tagged mgroup-59'>Ohtaay</a>
26 G, 34 A, 60 P, 0 PIMS, 5 Hits, 185 Shots
Another offensive powerhouse who couldn't do a pullup to save his mother. With more points than most of those eliminated from the list, I don’t know what kind of steroids this guy is taking, but it isn't HGH.
Esa Anrikkanen, Calgary Dragons, <a href='index.php?showuser=1045' rel='nofollow' alt='profile link' class='user-tagged mgroup-13'>Steelhead77</a>
28 G, 26 A, 54 P, 0 PIMS, 13 Hits, 205 Shots
Jesus, do these people know that checking is a stat they can actually put points into?
Vasily Horvat, Texas Renegades, <a href='index.php?showuser=2269' rel='nofollow' alt='profile link' class='user-tagged mgroup-3'>Slowpoke</a>
4 G, 2 A, 6 P, 18 PIMS, 86 Hits, 39 Shots
It’s my list, I'll do what I want. It’s the only time you will ever see me on a top anything list, don't take this from me, and yes, I tagged myself.
Notables
Jason Reynolds, Los Angeles Panthers
Geoffrey Allen and Adam Falk, Texas Renegades
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I also did the defencemen but I am not talking about them, and I didn't attempt to list goalies because this was about ice time at first. If you don’t like it, oh well, if you have questions, keep them to yourself. And in closing, I present the best player ever:
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. Extra 10 points right there, haha)
stud on the wing this season. Didn't have my hits, but 26 goals in 19 mpg is no joke.