Happy Independence Day! With word this week that we’re a huge step closer to finally seeing some best-on-best hockey, American fans are understandably excited to see their elite young talent come together and compete for a gold medal. To celebrate, I decided to pick a 2022 American Olympic roster using analytics. These included not only Wins Above Replacement (projected out to 2022 using an age curve), but even strength offence and defence Goals Above Replacement, finishing talent (measured in terms of goals above expected), and even microstats from Corey Sznajder and - when available = SportLogiq. This allowed me to choose players who not only are the best available overall but who I think are compatible with one another. To present these stats, I’ll use a visualization that includes the players’ projected 2022 WAR and their percentile ranks in Offence (RAPM isolated impact on on-ice goals for), Defence (RAPM isolated impact on on-ice expected goals against), and shooting.
Truly a well thought out team USA & your roster makes a ton of sense. Wondering what changes you would make now that this season is over a third of the way complete.
Truly a well thought out team USA & your roster makes a ton of sense. Wondering what changes you would make now that this season is over a third of the way complete.
Kane would be 33. He was born in November 1988. If the Olympics are February 2022.
If I ever see a Hughes-Fox pairing I think I’d cream myself right there