Appleyard
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I was bored today... so got thinking... what has been the 'average' cup finalist line-up over the last few years. I.E. what calibre of player do they have at each position.
Ofc this is a difficult question, but I figured that by averaging their most regular guys at each positions PPG to 82 games, then getting a median and mean of all the players on each cup finalist over the last few years could make an approximation.
I must note here that I was not looking for just how many PPG they got that year... if a player had an injury for example and missed significant time before coming back in playoffs and had a noticeable down year between two better years I would use the years either sides average, as I was looking at the 'calibre' of players. Also guys who were traded at deadline I used overall stats from the year.
Also I did not put all the players in the actual positions/lines they played, but instead the individual who got most PPG. (so if one team had a LW who was top scorer and another who had RW would simply list each as the '#1W' for that team, same with LD & RD, would just list as '#1D', obviously a bit easier for centres.)
The teams I used were from the 2011 cup final to the 2016 cup final (years when regular season scoring has not been tooooo different)... so 12 total teams.
Here are the results (median P/82 of the players):
69.5pts -- 76.5pts -- 59pts
50.5pts -- 57pts -- 44.5pts
38.5pts -- 31pts -- 29.5pts
21.5pts -- 19pts -- 15pts
46.5pts -- 32.5pts
28pts -- 21.5pts
16.5pts -- 11.5pts
.923 sv%
.922 sv%
What surprised me was the median points for the top 4 Dmen... thought it would be higher.
The mean results as well for comparison:
74.92pts -- 75.25pts -- 58.83pts
50.75pts -- 56pts -- 44.58pts
38.08pts -- 32.92pts -- 30pts
20.75pts -- 20pts -- 15.50pts
48.58pts -- 35.08pts
27.42pts -- 22.25pts
16.92pts -- 12.33pts
.923 sv%
.925 sv%
Surprising that the mean backup sv% is higher... but it is really driven by ~3 guys, Jones, Talbot & Darling being all above .930... only 1 starter was, Thomas.
Hope you all find this interesting. I mean... it does not account for defensive ability really, but still shows something!
Ofc this is a difficult question, but I figured that by averaging their most regular guys at each positions PPG to 82 games, then getting a median and mean of all the players on each cup finalist over the last few years could make an approximation.
I must note here that I was not looking for just how many PPG they got that year... if a player had an injury for example and missed significant time before coming back in playoffs and had a noticeable down year between two better years I would use the years either sides average, as I was looking at the 'calibre' of players. Also guys who were traded at deadline I used overall stats from the year.
Also I did not put all the players in the actual positions/lines they played, but instead the individual who got most PPG. (so if one team had a LW who was top scorer and another who had RW would simply list each as the '#1W' for that team, same with LD & RD, would just list as '#1D', obviously a bit easier for centres.)
The teams I used were from the 2011 cup final to the 2016 cup final (years when regular season scoring has not been tooooo different)... so 12 total teams.
Here are the results (median P/82 of the players):
69.5pts -- 76.5pts -- 59pts
50.5pts -- 57pts -- 44.5pts
38.5pts -- 31pts -- 29.5pts
21.5pts -- 19pts -- 15pts
46.5pts -- 32.5pts
28pts -- 21.5pts
16.5pts -- 11.5pts
.923 sv%
.922 sv%
What surprised me was the median points for the top 4 Dmen... thought it would be higher.
The mean results as well for comparison:
74.92pts -- 75.25pts -- 58.83pts
50.75pts -- 56pts -- 44.58pts
38.08pts -- 32.92pts -- 30pts
20.75pts -- 20pts -- 15.50pts
48.58pts -- 35.08pts
27.42pts -- 22.25pts
16.92pts -- 12.33pts
.923 sv%
.925 sv%
Surprising that the mean backup sv% is higher... but it is really driven by ~3 guys, Jones, Talbot & Darling being all above .930... only 1 starter was, Thomas.
Hope you all find this interesting. I mean... it does not account for defensive ability really, but still shows something!