A few weeks back I shared some work from Domenic Luszczyszyn. He developed a stat called "game score" that he used to rank the best games played by individuals from 2007-present. Here is that work:
Measuring single game productivity – an introduction to Game Score: https://t.co/9yhEx5GARy pic.twitter.com/PGROPGYt1r
— dom luszbxhsyxb (@omgitsdomi) July 13, 2016
He has since come up with his own projections based on game score. Here are the following projections for the top 20 centers, wingers, and defensemen.
Another sneak peek: top 20 centres, wingers and d-men according to projected game score pic.twitter.com/qOAKcPCiiN
— dom luszbxhsyxb (@omgitsdomi) August 17, 2016
Pittsburgh has four players on the list which include Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin, Kris Letang, and Patrick Hornqvist. Only San Jose, St. Louis, and Los Angeles have more players on these projections.
He also released the top three players from each team. To nobody's surprise Pittsburgh's three are Crosby, Malkin, and Letang.
A sneak peek at my projections for next season: the 3 best players on each team according to projected game score pic.twitter.com/Mr6FwiLAes
— dom luszbxhsyxb (@omgitsdomi) August 15, 2016
Work like this is fun to look at and see how each team shakes out. You can tell certain teams are in a rebuilding mode, others are incredibly mediocre, and then there are some real powerhouses.
If video games are your thing EA Sports has released some of the top 10 rankings for each position.
Here are the Top 10 defensemen in #NHL17! #NHL17Ratings
— #NHL17 (@EASPORTSNHL) August 19, 2016
More Ratings: https://t.co/cwxQQtojyd pic.twitter.com/6oDA6XWDdJ
The Top 10 goalies in #NHL17. #NHL17Ratings
— #NHL17 (@EASPORTSNHL) August 18, 2016
Article: https://t.co/QwRbIQz7zb pic.twitter.com/UkuYX8eaPL
Here are the Top 10 Left Wingers in #NHL17! pic.twitter.com/aRFECi3br1
— #NHL17 (@EASPORTSNHL) August 20, 2016
Take a deep breath. It is just a video game.
Thanks for reading!