Blitz 08 - Team Rankings

[kingraph]

I did this for season 06 and season 07, so why not put it together for season 08!

Here are my rankings, presented for entertainment and discussion purposes only! Remember, this is just a straight numerical assessment based on my ratings...to each his own.

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I sorted the list by overall team and I included a few different ratings so you can get a sense of what the team strengths are - forwards, defense, goalie, etc. The first section is the team ratings, the other section is how those ratings rank.


Ratings

Team	Team Owner	Lg	Ovr	Start5	5+G	3Fwd	2Def	4Fwd	3Def	G
NYR	BoKnowsNHL94	A	82 	86 	84 	93 	72 	91 	70 	67 
DAL	kingraph	A	80 	83 	82 	87 	75 	86 	73 	68 
LA	dcicon	        B	80 	80 	82 	83 	75 	82 	72 	92 
CGY	Chaos	        B	79 	82 	81 	78 	89 	78 	84 	74 
PIT	Vocally Caged	A	79 	82 	81 	88 	69 	87 	67 	70 
FLA	xdeathsbloodx	A	79 	80 	80 	81 	77 	81 	74 	81 
HFD	Carse	        A	78 	81 	80 	84 	75 	82 	73 	70 
PHI	orangeblack92	B	78 	78 	80 	80 	74 	79 	72 	94 
STL	Iceguy94	B	78 	81 	79 	85 	71 	84 	70 	67 
TOR	jer_33	        B	78 	80 	79 	85 	68 	84 	67 	74 
EDM	minpind	        B	77 	78 	79 	81 	72 	80 	71 	85 
BUF	IcestormNHL94	A	77 	78 	78 	81 	72 	80 	71 	79 
WPG	eggink	        A	77 	78 	79 	83 	68 	82 	66 	81 
MTL	Freydey32	A	77 	80 	78 	81 	78 	80 	77 	59 
SJ	Wittgenstein	B	77 	80 	78 	82 	76 	81 	73 	65 
BOS	Pearate	        B	76 	75 	77 	76 	72 	75 	69 	98 
DET	gretzkyonacold	B	76 	76 	77 	81 	66 	80 	65 	83 
ANH	kupuckNHL94	B	75 	78 	76 	81 	71 	80 	70 	59 
CHI	Zalex	        A	75 	77 	76 	83 	62 	82 	62 	73 
NJ	Houly	        A	74 	77 	76 	82 	65 	81 	64 	65 
VAN	Hokkee	        A	74 	76 	75 	81 	66 	80 	64 	67 
TB	Sicarius	B	74 	75 	75 	80 	66 	79 	65 	70 
OTT	PRoBob38	B	74 	75 	75 	77 	70 	76 	68 	75 
QUE	Plabax	        A	72 	74 	73 	78 	65 	78 	64 	61 

Ranks

Team	Owner	      League	Ovr	Start5	5+G	3Fwd	2Def	4Fwd	3Def	G
NYR	BoKnowsNHL94	A	1 	1 	1 	1 	9 	1 	11 	17 
DAL	kingraph	A	2 	2 	2 	3 	5 	3 	4 	16 
LA	dcicon	        B	3 	8 	3 	9 	7 	8 	7 	3 
CGY	Chaos	        B	4 	4 	5 	21 	1 	21 	1 	10 
PIT	Vocally Caged	A	5 	3 	4 	2 	16 	2 	16 	13 
FLA	xdeathsbloodx	A	6 	9 	6 	13 	3 	12 	3 	6 
HFD	Carse	        A	7 	5 	7 	6 	6 	6 	6 	13 
PHI	orangeblack92	B	8 	15 	8 	19 	8 	19 	8 	2 
STL	Iceguy94	B	9 	6 	9 	4 	13 	4 	13 	17 
TOR	jer_33	        B	10 	11 	10 	5 	18 	5 	17 	10 
EDM	minpind	        B	11 	14 	11 	18 	10 	18 	10 	4 
BUF	IcestormNHL94	A	12 	12 	13 	14 	11 	14 	9 	8 
WPG	eggink	        A	13 	13 	12 	8 	17 	7 	18 	6 
MTL	Freydey32	A	14 	7 	15 	12 	2 	13 	2 	23 
SJ	Wittgenstein	B	15 	10 	14 	11 	4 	11 	5 	20 
BOS	Pearate	        B	16 	23 	16 	24 	11 	24 	14 	1 
DET	gretzkyonacold	B	17 	20 	17 	16 	21 	17 	19 	5 
ANH	kupuckNHL94	B	18 	16 	19 	16 	14 	16 	12 	23 
CHI	Zalex	        A	19 	18 	18 	7 	24 	9 	24 	12 
NJ	Houly	        A	20 	17 	20 	10 	23 	10 	22 	20 
VAN	Hokkee	        A	21 	19 	21 	15 	20 	15 	21 	17 
TB	Sicarius	B	22 	21 	22 	20 	19 	20 	20 	13 
OTT	PRoBob38	B	23 	22 	23 	23 	15 	23 	15 	9 
QUE	Plabax	        A 	24 	24 	24 	22 	22 	22 	23 	22 

Notes:

Weights assigned to players:
1F - 6
2F - 3
3F - 2
4F - 1
1D - 3
2D - 2
3D - 1
1G - 2

The 5F,6F,4D,2G are not used in this analysis.

Rankings Key (weights above used):

Overall: 1-4F, 1-3D, G
Start5: 1-3F, 1-2D
5+G: 1-3F, 1-2D,G
3Fwd: 1-3F
2Def: 1-2D
4Fwd: 1-4F
3Def: 1-3D
G: G

Here are the top 3 ranked lineups for forwards, defense, and starting lineup.

FORWARDS

	NYR		        PIT		        DAL	
F1	Mario Lemieux	99	Alexnder Mogilny96	Teemu Selanne	91
F2	Esa Tikkanen	90	Luc Robitaille	83	Cam Neely	89
F3	Ron Francis	79	Paul Ysebaert	74	Pelle Eklund	73

Defensemen

	CGY		        MTL		        FLA	
D1	Ray Bourque	100	Kevin Hatcher	80	Scott Stevens	83
D2	Ulf Samuelsson	71	Dave Ellett	77	Mark Tinordi	69

Starting Lineup + G

	NYR		        DAL		        LA	
F1	Mario Lemieux	99	Teemu Selanne	91	Jeremy Roenick	87
F2	Esa Tikkanen	90	Cam Neely	89	Brian Bellows	78
F3	Ron Francis	79	Pelle Eklund	73	Robert Reichel	75
D1	James Patrick	74	Dave Manson	77	Zarley Zalapski	81
D2	Eric Desjardins	70	Marty McSorley	73	Kevin Lowe	66
G	Mike Richter	67	Chris Terreri	68	Grant Fuhr	92

[LA Robbie]

Haha. I already know my team is way better than that in terms of on-ice performance.

Nice stats tho. Bo's Rangers look scary good this season.

If I get time i'd like to try writing my team reports again like last season "ode-to-AJ" style

[kingraph]

Haha. I already know my team is way better than that in terms of on-ice performance.

Nice stats tho. Bo's Rangers look scary good this season.

If I get time i'd like to try writing my team reports again like last season "ode-to-AJ" style

Probably true -- I value weight, and your starting forwards have weights of 5 (Dino), 6 (Russ), and 7 (Verbeek), so that's what hurting the calculations. Lidster and Smehlik really don't make a strong defensive pairing -- I have them 21st out of 24. Nice goalie though!

Those 07 team reviews were epic. Lots of work put in, I know I'd enjoy reading those again.

[IceStorm70]

I'll put my Sabres roster up against any of the above:

F1 - Tomas Sandstrom (sniper extraordinaire 5/5 SH/SA, cannon with an inate ability to find the soft spot)

F2 - Geoff Courtnall (high end speed merchant 5/5 S/A, which can break open a game at any time)

F3 - Brendan Shanahan (fat plodding sniper 4/5 SH/SA, that can light up the scorebaord via the one timer)

D1 - Alexei Kasatonov (Heavy skilled hitter on backend. Shade below a Blake or Stevens. 4 CK/P/STH

D2 - Gord Murphy (Mobile, fast hitter that has uncanny ability to cause massive checks in the neuteral zone and in turn create transition O)

G - Tommy Soderstrom (super fast and agile puck stopper with a glove that can snag beebies from anywhere)

Youn wanna play run and gun, Courts can bring it with the assistance of Murphy on the blueline. Wanna play trapping style, Sandstrom and Shanny and crack that nut with howitzers from the outside.

[Houly]

I'll put my Sabres roster up against any of the above:

F1 - Tomas Sandstrom (sniper extraordinaire 5/5 SH/SA, cannon with an inate ability to find the soft spot)

F2 - Geoff Courtnall (high end speed merchant 5/5 S/A, which can break open a game at any time)

F3 - Brendan Shanahan (fat plodding sniper 4/5 SH/SA, that can light up the scorebaord via the one timer)

D1 - Alexei Kasatonov (Heavy skilled hitter on backend. Shade below a Blake or Stevens. 4 CK/P/STH

D2 - Gord Murphy (Mobile, fast hitter that has uncanny ability to cause massive checks in the neuteral zone and in turn create transition O)

G - Tommy Soderstrom (super fast and agile puck stopper with a glove that can snag beebies from anywhere)

Youn wanna play run and gun, Courts can bring it with the assistance of Murphy on the blueline. Wanna play trapping style, Sandstrom and Shanny and crack that nut with howitzers from the outside.

Pavel Bure >>> Your team! GGs

[kingraph]

One other note to remember -- I assign weights to the players, and your first forward is twice as valued as your second forward, and 3 times more important than your 3rd. This will also boost teams that have a superstar vs a more balanced team like Ice/Robbie. So if you have two second rounders (Robbie), that won't score as high as a 1st rounder and 2nd rounder:

1F - 6
2F - 3
3F - 2
4F - 1
1D - 3
2D - 2
3D - 1
1G - 2

[hokkeefan]

ouch 3rd from last ,good thing there wasnt more trading id be last

[LA Robbie]

Last season I put too much stock in OVR ratings. My team had no chemistry, an overly offensive D & was overly reliant on 1 man.

I based this draft on lookin for specific characteristics & a FW partnership instead of getting "the best" available each round.

It's early days but early exhibs suggest this is a much better team unit than my 07 roster, with a chemistry that suits my playing style a lot better.

Goin to be a fun season whatever

[Freydey]

last team that was ranked last won the cup. Plabber is on a hot streak right now..does it mean....WTGA?

[PRoBob38]

haha no surprise i'm at the bottom if Geoff Sanderson is valued the same as Paul Coffey

Edited October 1, 2013 by PRoBob38