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Hockey Outsider
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I haven't subscribed, but my understanding is it evaluates players based on percentiles. So the best-of-the-best seasons (ie Ovechkin 2008, McDavid 2021 and 2023) would all be 100th percentile. I don't think it's designed to facilitate intra-year comparisons. (Someone correct me if I'm wrong on this?)
Johnny Engine
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This is correct, and would be true for more than just the "best of the best" seasons. Depending on what the games/minutes cutoff is, there'd be around 7 players in the 100th percentile every year - basically anyone who the model views as a deserving first team all star should grade out that way.
Professor What
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I've been making quizzes on Sporcle. I've got a hard one for you guys.
Leading NHL Defensemen Scorers by Season
I never would have come up with some of those names.
Leading NHL Defensemen Scorers by Season
I never would have come up with some of those names.
Hockey Outsider
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Good quiz! I got 91/115 (79%) overall. If I've added this up correctly, I got 74/80 (93%) going back to 1947, and 17/35 (49%) prior.
Some specifics (under the spoiler tag):
The biggest name that I missed? Scott Niedermayer
I missed a few big names from the early days - Harry Cameron led the NHL five times, while Georges Boucher and Ebbie Goodfellow led twice.
I got credit for Mark Howe, when I started typing in (Harry) Howell.
I couldn't quite remember Mike McMahon's name (I thought it was "McOwen")
I kept guessing Darnell Nurse for 2021, but I was generally correct in thinking it was a lousy defenseman who played a lot with McDavid.
I missed a few big names from the early days - Harry Cameron led the NHL five times, while Georges Boucher and Ebbie Goodfellow led twice.
I got credit for Mark Howe, when I started typing in (Harry) Howell.
I couldn't quite remember Mike McMahon's name (I thought it was "McOwen")
I kept guessing Darnell Nurse for 2021, but I was generally correct in thinking it was a lousy defenseman who played a lot with McDavid.
Johnny Engine
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I got 90 out of 115. The biggest name you missed is also one I missed, but it's because it's spelled incorrectly and I didn't try an alternate spelling...though it appears I'm right about it. There's also a very dumb miss from me who would have added 5 to my total...the challenge with these puzzles is you always get a bit of tunnel vision where if a good answer isn't at the top of your mind, you may not get it at all.
Professor What
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Thanks for pointing that out. It's corrected now. I felt like an idiot when I saw what I'd done.
