Better Get These Up Quickly: Updated All-Purpose Plus/Minus Leading Up To Stanley Cup Finals

May 29, 2010

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Skater TEAM ALL-PURPOSE +/-
Brent Sopel CHI 12
Dave Bolland CHI 12
Claude Giroux PHI 11
Niklas Hjalmarsson CHI 11
Joe Pavelski SJS 10
John Madden CHI 10
Jonathan Toews CHI 10
Tom Pyatt MTL 10
Nicklas Lidstrom DET 10
Mike Richards PHI 9
Brent Seabrook CHI 9
Blair Betts PHI 8
Tom Poti WAS 8
Darren Helm DET 8
Maxime Talbot PIT 8
Patrick Kane CHI 8
Henrik Zetterberg DET 7
Patrice Bergeron BOS 7
Brad Stuart DET 7
Marc-Edouard Vlasic SJS 7
Pascal Dupuis PIT 7
Josh Gorges MTL 7
John Carlson WAS 7
Dennis Wideman BOS 7
Daniel Briere PHI 7
Johnny Boychuk BOS 6
Henrik Sedin VAN 6
Brooks Orpik PIT 6
Travis Moen MTL 6
Boyd Gordon WAS 6
Dominic Moore MTL 6
Patrick Marleau SJS 6
Pavel Datsyuk DET 6
Matt Carle PHI 6
Mark Recchi BOS 5
Dan Hamhuis NSH 5
Hal Gill MTL 5
Logan Couture SJS 5
Kris Versteeg CHI 5
Mike Knuble WAS 5
Johan Franzen DET 5
Milan Lucic BOS 5
Patrick Sharp CHI 5
Mikael Samuelsson VAN 5
Darroll Powe PHI 5
Brian Gionta MTL 5
Jordan Staal PIT 5
Devin Setoguchi SJS 5
Ville Leino PHI 5
Chris Pronger PHI 4
Ryan Kesler VAN 4
David Legwand NSH 4
Simon Gagne PHI 4
Rob Blake SJS 4
Keith Yandle PHX 4
Drew Miller DET 4
Chris Kelly OTT 4
Arron Asham PHI 4
Douglas Murray SJS 4
Chris Kunitz PIT 4
Craig Adams PIT 4
Sidney Crosby PIT 4
Kevin Klein NSH 4
Marian Hossa CHI 4
Valtteri Filppula DET 4
Ian Laperriere PHI 4
Daniel Sedin VAN 4
David Krejci BOS 4
Mike Grier BUF 4
Matt Cooke PIT 4
Michael Cammalleri MTL 4
Shaone Morrisonn WAS 4
Stephane Yelle COL 4
Kimmo Timonen PHI 4
Zdeno Chara BOS 3
Lauri Korpikoski PHX 3
Ryan Parent PHI 3
Patrick Eaves DET 3
Scott Hartnell PHI 3
Ryan O’Reilly COL 3
PK Subban MTL 3
Sami Salo VAN 3
Mason Raymond VAN 3
Michael Ryder BOS 3
Martin Hanzal PHX 3
Eric Fehr WAS 3
Fredrik Modin LA 3
Brad Richardson LA 3
Miroslav Satan BOS 3
Zach Parise NJD 3
Peter Regin OTT 3
Scott Hannan COL 3
Zbynek Michalek PHX 3
Tomas Plekanec MTL 3
Sergei Gonchar PIT 3
Daniel Carcillo PHI 3
Manny Malhotra SJS 3
Alexandre Burrows VAN 3
Duncan Keith CHI 3
Alex Goligoski PIT 3
Michal Handzus LA 3
Kevin Bieksa VAN 3
Jason Pominville BUF 3
Jamie McGinn SJS 3
Anton Volchenkov OTT 3
Torrey Mitchell SJS 3
Scott Nichol SJS 2
Alexander Edler VAN 2
Dan Cleary DET 2
Henrik Tallinder BUF 2
Jeff Carter PHI 2
Mike Mottau NJD 2
Niklas Backstrom WAS 2
Brian Rafalski DET 2
Dustin Brown LA 2
Eric Belanger WAS 2
Bryce Salvador NJD 2
Alexander Ovechkin WAS 2
Sean O’Donnell LA 2
Wayne Simmonds LA 2
Matt Greene LA 2
Daniel Paille BOS 2
Mark Eaton PIT 2
Steve Begin BOS 2
Martin Skoula NJD 2
Paul Gaustad BUF 2
Jason Chimera WAS 2
Tomas Holmstrom DET 2
Taylor Pyatt PHX 2
Alexei Ponikarovsky PIT 2
Tomas Kopecky CHI 2
Matt Bradley WAS 2
Patrik Elias NJD 2
Michael Grabner VAN 2
Nathan Gerbe BUF 2
Chris Phillips OTT 2
Jerred Smithson NSH 2
Joel Ward NSH 2
Matt Cullen OTT 1
Kyle Quincey COL 1
J.P. Dumont NSH 1
Tim Kennedy BUF 1
Alexander Frolov LA 1
Anze Kopitar LA 1
Drew Doughty LA 1
Jannik Hansen VAN 1
Adrian Aucoin PHX 1
Ryan Johnson VAN 1
Blake Wheeler BOS 1
Steve Montador BUF 1
Matt Ellis BUF 1
Ed Jovanovski PHX 1
Raffi Torres BUF 1
Sami Lepisto PHX 1
Thomas Vanek BUF 1
Evgeni Malkin PIT 1
Jason Demers SJS 1
Jay McKee PIT 1
Marek Svatos COL 1
Daniel Winnik PHX 1
Andy Greene NJD 1
Tyler Ennis BUF 1
David Steckel WAS 1
Daniel Alfredsson OTT 1
Petr Prucha PHX 1
Tyler Myers BUF 1
Jordin Tootoo NSH 1
Matthew Lombardi PHX 1
Mathieu Darche MTL 1
Todd Bertuzzi DET 1
Derek Morris PHX 1
Dean McAmmond NJD 1
Rich Clune LA 1
Colin White NJD 1
Maxim Lapierre MTL 1
Wojtek Wolski PHX 1
Dainius Zubrus NJD 1
Jarret Stoll LA 1
Steve Bernier VAN 1
Kris Letang PIT 1
Rick Rypien VAN 1
Brandon Yip COL 1
Braydon Coburn PHI 1
Adam Mair BUF 1
Vernon Fiddler PHX 1
Nick Foligno OTT 1
Jed Ortmeyer SJS 1
Kyle Cumiskey COL 1
Trent Whitfield BOS 1
Bryan Bickell CHI 1
Jeff Halpern LA 1
Troy Brouwer CHI 0
Brooks Laich WAS 0
Colin Fraser CHI 0
Brett Lebda DET 0
Rob Niedermayer NJD 0
Paul Stastny COL 0
Dan Boyle SJS 0
Craig Rivet BUF 0
Chris Neil OTT 0
Chris Stewart COL 0
Chris Campoli OTT 0
Denis Grebeshkov NSH 0
Drew Stafford BUF 0
Mattias Ritola DET 0
Mike Fisher OTT 0
James van Riemsdyk PHI 0
Andrei Markov MTL 0
Andrew Ladd CHI 0
Dwight Helminen SJS 0
Robert Lang PHX 0
Matt Hunwick BOS 0
Steve Sullivan NSH 0
Andreas Nodl PHI 0
Radim Vrbata PHX 0
Mark Letestu PIT 0
Francis Bouillon NSH 0
Brett Clark COL 0
Chris Durno COL 0
Ruslan Salei COL 0
Raitis Ivanans LA 0
Pierre-Luc Letorneau-Leblond NJD 0
Jonathan Cheechoo OTT 0
Milan Michalek OTT 0
Ryan Shannon OTT 0
Chris Conner PIT 0
Matt Pettinger VAN 0
Tanner Glass VAN 0
Nolan Baumgartner VAN 0
Scott Walker WAS 0
Karl Alzner WAS 0
Jared Ross PHI 0
Dustin Byfuglien CHI 0
Christian Ehrhoff VAN 0
Peter Harrold LA 0
Aaron Rome VAN 0
Brendan Morrison WAS 0
Martin Erat NSH 0
Adam Burish CHI 0
Justin Williams LA 0
Marcel Goc NSH 0
Milan Hejduk COL 0
Sergei Kostitsyn MTL 0
Scott Parse LA 0
Mark Fraser NJD 0
Dustin Boyd NSH 0
Shean Donovan OTT 0
Ben Maxwell MTL 0
Kevin Porter COL 0
Derek Roy BUF 0
Ryan Wilson COL 0
Matt Duchene COL 0
Nick Spaling NSH 0
Tyler Sloan WAS 0
Jack Johnson LA 0
Travis Zajac NJD 0
Brian Rolston NJD 0
Ilya Kovalchuk NJD 0
Marco Sturm BOS 0
Ryan Stoa COL 0
Matthew Corrente NJD 0
Rod Pelley NJD 0
David Laliberte PHI 0
Darcy Tucker COL 0
Matt Hendricks COL 0
Shane Doan PHX 0
Lukas Krajicek PHI 0
Jesse Winchester OTT 0
Jonathan Ericsson DET 0
Ben Eager CHI -1
Jordan Leopold PIT -1
T.J. Galiardi COL -1
Petteri Nokelainen PHX -1
Scott Gomez MTL -1
Jason Spezza OTT -1
Ryane Clowe SJS -1
Jordan Hendry CHI -1
Paul Martin NJD -1
Ruslan Fedotenko PIT -1
Jaroslav Spacek MTL -1
Jason Williams DET -1
Randy Jones LA -1
Zack Smith OTT -1
Jamie Langenbrunner NJD -1
Mathieu Schneider PHX -1
Mike Rupp PIT -1
Matt Carkner OTT -1
Pavol Demitra VAN -1
Adam Foote COL -1
Colin Wilson NSH -1
Ryan O’Byrne MTL -1
Jeff Schultz WAS -1
Niclas Wallin SJS -1
Oskars Bartulis PHI -1
Tyler Kennedy PIT -1
Marc Savard BOS -1
Justin Abdelkader DET -1
Patric Hornqvist NSH -1
Niklas Kronwall DET -1
Ryan Suter NSH -1
Kyle Wellwood VAN -1
Shane O’Brien VAN -1
Cody Franson NSH -1
Vladimir Sobotka BOS -1
Brian Campbell CHI -1
Rob Scuderi LA -1
Joe Corvo WAS -1
Ryan Smyth LA -1
Erik Karlsson OTT -1
Bill Guerin PIT -1
Andy Sutton OTT -1
John-Michael Liles COL -1
Patrick Kaleta BUF -1
Cody McLeod COL -1
Shawn Thornton BOS -2
Mark Stuart BOS -2
Andrej Sekera BUF -2
Tomas Fleischmann WAS -2
Lee Stempniak PHX -2
Andreas Lilja DET -2
Shea Weber NSH -2
Joe Thornton SJS -2
Jarkko Ruutu OTT -2
Cody McCormick BUF -2
Adam McQuaid BOS -2
Alexander Semin WAS -2
Benoit Pouliot MTL -2
Toni Lydman BUF -2
Kris Draper DET -2
Kent Huskins SJS -2
Dany Heatley SJS -2
Andrew Ference BOS -3
Roman Hamrlik MTL -3
Tim Connolly BUF -3
Glen Metropolit MTL -3
Jason Arnott NSH -3
Andrew Alberts VAN -4
Mike Green WAS -4
David Clarkson NJD -4
Andrei Kostitsyn MTL -5
Marc-Andre Bergeron MTL -7

All-Purpose Plus/Minus Update (Through Conference Semifinals)

May 16, 2010
Skater TEAM ALL-PURPOSE +/-
Brent Sopel CHI 11
Nicklas Lidstrom DET 10
Jonathan Toews CHI 9
John Madden CHI 9
Dave Bolland CHI 9
Niklas Hjalmarsson CHI 8
Tom Poti WAS 8
Darren Helm DET 8
Maxime Talbot PIT 8
Joe Pavelski SJS 8
Brent Seabrook CHI 8
Henrik Zetterberg DET 7
Tom Pyatt MTL 7
Patrice Bergeron BOS 7
Brad Stuart DET 7
Patrick Kane CHI 7
Pascal Dupuis PIT 7
John Carlson WAS 7
Dennis Wideman BOS 7
Brian Gionta MTL 6
Johnny Boychuk BOS 6
Blair Betts PHI 6
Josh Gorges MTL 6
Henrik Sedin VAN 6
Brooks Orpik PIT 6
Boyd Gordon WAS 6
Chris Pronger PHI 6
Pavel Datsyuk DET 6
Patrick Sharp CHI 6
Michael Cammalleri MTL 5
Mark Recchi BOS 5
Dan Hamhuis NSH 5
Daniel Briere PHI 5
Mike Knuble WAS 5
Mike Richards PHI 5
Johan Franzen DET 5
Milan Lucic BOS 5
Travis Moen MTL 5
Logan Couture SJS 5
Mikael Samuelsson VAN 5
Jordan Staal PIT 5
Devin Setoguchi SJS 5
Douglas Murray SJS 4
Ryan Kesler VAN 4
David Legwand NSH 4
Dominic Moore MTL 4
Keith Yandle PHX 4
Drew Miller DET 4
Chris Kelly OTT 4
Claude Giroux PHI 4
Chris Kunitz PIT 4
Craig Adams PIT 4
Sidney Crosby PIT 4
Kevin Klein NSH 4
Valtteri Filppula DET 4
Ian Laperriere PHI 4
Daniel Sedin VAN 4
David Krejci BOS 4
Hal Gill MTL 4
Mike Grier BUF 4
Kris Versteeg CHI 4
Matt Cooke PIT 4
Marc-Edouard Vlasic SJS 4
Shaone Morrisonn WAS 4
Stephane Yelle COL 4
Zdeno Chara BOS 3
Lauri Korpikoski PHX 3
Patrick Eaves DET 3
PK Subban MTL 3
Ryan O’Reilly COL 3
Sami Salo VAN 3
Mason Raymond VAN 3
Michael Ryder BOS 3
Martin Hanzal PHX 3
Eric Fehr WAS 3
Marian Hossa CHI 3
Fredrik Modin LA 3
Brad Richardson LA 3
Miroslav Satan BOS 3
Zach Parise NJD 3
Peter Regin OTT 3
Arron Asham PHI 3
Scott Hannan COL 3
Zbynek Michalek PHX 3
Sergei Gonchar PIT 3
Alexandre Burrows VAN 3
Ville Leino PHI 3
Alex Goligoski PIT 3
Michal Handzus LA 3
Manny Malhotra SJS 3
Kevin Bieksa VAN 3
Daniel Carcillo PHI 3
Jason Pominville BUF 3
Matt Carle PHI 3
Anton Volchenkov OTT 3
Alexander Edler VAN 2
Dan Cleary DET 2
Henrik Tallinder BUF 2
Ryane Clowe SJS 2
Darroll Powe PHI 2
Scott Nichol SJS 2
Mike Mottau NJD 2
Niklas Backstrom WAS 2
Brian Rafalski DET 2
Dustin Brown LA 2
Eric Belanger WAS 2
Bryce Salvador NJD 2
Alexander Ovechkin WAS 2
Jamie McGinn SJS 2
Torrey Mitchell SJS 2
Tomas Plekanec MTL 2
Rob Blake SJS 2
Scott Hartnell PHI 2
Sean O’Donnell LA 2
Wayne Simmonds LA 2
Matt Greene LA 2
Daniel Paille BOS 2
Mark Eaton PIT 2
Steve Begin BOS 2
Simon Gagne PHI 2
Martin Skoula NJD 2
Scott Gomez MTL 2
Paul Gaustad BUF 2
Jason Chimera WAS 2
Maxim Lapierre MTL 2
Tomas Holmstrom DET 2
Kimmo Timonen PHI 2
Taylor Pyatt PHX 2
Alexei Ponikarovsky PIT 2
Tomas Kopecky CHI 2
Matt Bradley WAS 2
Patrik Elias NJD 2
Michael Grabner VAN 2
Nathan Gerbe BUF 2
Chris Phillips OTT 2
Jerred Smithson NSH 2
Joel Ward NSH 2
Duncan Keith CHI 2
Matt Cullen OTT 1
Kyle Quincey COL 1
J.P. Dumont NSH 1
Tim Kennedy BUF 1
Alexander Frolov LA 1
Anze Kopitar LA 1
Drew Doughty LA 1
Jannik Hansen VAN 1
Adrian Aucoin PHX 1
Ryan Johnson VAN 1
Jeff Carter PHI 1
Blake Wheeler BOS 1
Steve Montador BUF 1
Matt Ellis BUF 1
Ed Jovanovski PHX 1
Raffi Torres BUF 1
Sami Lepisto PHX 1
Thomas Vanek BUF 1
Evgeni Malkin PIT 1
Jay McKee PIT 1
Marek Svatos COL 1
Daniel Winnik PHX 1
Andy Greene NJD 1
Tyler Ennis BUF 1
David Steckel WAS 1
Daniel Alfredsson OTT 1
Petr Prucha PHX 1
Tyler Myers BUF 1
Dan Boyle SJS 1
Jordin Tootoo NSH 1
Matthew Lombardi PHX 1
Todd Bertuzzi DET 1
Derek Morris PHX 1
Dean McAmmond NJD 1
Rich Clune LA 1
Colin White NJD 1
Wojtek Wolski PHX 1
Dainius Zubrus NJD 1
Jarret Stoll LA 1
Steve Bernier VAN 1
Kris Letang PIT 1
Rick Rypien VAN 1
Brandon Yip COL 1
Adam Mair BUF 1
Vernon Fiddler PHX 1
Nick Foligno OTT 1
Jed Ortmeyer SJS 1
Kyle Cumiskey COL 1
Trent Whitfield BOS 1
Bryan Bickell CHI 1
Jeff Halpern LA 1
Brooks Laich WAS 0
Glen Metropolit MTL 0
Colin Fraser CHI 0
Brett Lebda DET 0
Rob Niedermayer NJD 0
Paul Stastny COL 0
Craig Rivet BUF 0
Chris Neil OTT 0
Chris Stewart COL 0
Chris Campoli OTT 0
Ryan Parent PHI 0
Denis Grebeshkov NSH 0
Drew Stafford BUF 0
Mattias Ritola DET 0
Mike Fisher OTT 0
Andreas Nodl PHI 0
Jaroslav Spacek MTL 0
Andrei Markov MTL 0
Dwight Helminen SJS 0
Robert Lang PHX 0
Matt Hunwick BOS 0
Steve Sullivan NSH 0
Brian Campbell CHI 0
Joe Thornton SJS 0
Radim Vrbata PHX 0
Mark Letestu PIT 0
Francis Bouillon NSH 0
Brett Clark COL 0
Chris Durno COL 0
Ruslan Salei COL 0
Raitis Ivanans LA 0
Pierre-Luc Letorneau-Leblond NJD 0
Jonathan Cheechoo OTT 0
Milan Michalek OTT 0
Ryan Shannon OTT 0
Chris Conner PIT 0
Niclas Wallin SJS 0
Matt Pettinger VAN 0
Tanner Glass VAN 0
Nolan Baumgartner VAN 0
Scott Walker WAS 0
Karl Alzner WAS 0
Jared Ross PHI 0
Christian Ehrhoff VAN 0
Jason Demers SJS 0
Peter Harrold LA 0
Aaron Rome VAN 0
Brendan Morrison WAS 0
Martin Erat NSH 0
Roman Hamrlik MTL 0
Justin Williams LA 0
Dustin Byfuglien CHI 0
Marcel Goc NSH 0
Patrick Marleau SJS 0
Milan Hejduk COL 0
Sergei Kostitsyn MTL 0
Scott Parse LA 0
Ben Maxwell MTL 0
Mark Fraser NJD 0
Dustin Boyd NSH 0
Shean Donovan OTT 0
Mathieu Darche MTL 0
Kevin Porter COL 0
Derek Roy BUF 0
Ryan Wilson COL 0
Jordan Hendry CHI 0
Matt Duchene COL 0
Nick Spaling NSH 0
Tyler Sloan WAS 0
Jack Johnson LA 0
Travis Zajac NJD 0
Brian Rolston NJD 0
Ilya Kovalchuk NJD 0
Marco Sturm BOS 0
Ryan Stoa COL 0
Matthew Corrente NJD 0
Rod Pelley NJD 0
David Laliberte PHI 0
Darcy Tucker COL 0
Matt Hendricks COL 0
Shane Doan PHX 0
Jesse Winchester OTT 0
Jonathan Ericsson DET 0
Adam Burish CHI -1
Jordan Leopold PIT -1
T.J. Galiardi COL -1
Petteri Nokelainen PHX -1
Jason Spezza OTT -1
Paul Martin NJD -1
Lukas Krajicek PHI -1
Ruslan Fedotenko PIT -1
Troy Brouwer CHI -1
Jason Williams DET -1
Ryan O’Byrne MTL -1
Randy Jones LA -1
Zack Smith OTT -1
Jamie Langenbrunner NJD -1
Mathieu Schneider PHX -1
Mike Rupp PIT -1
Matt Carkner OTT -1
Pavol Demitra VAN -1
Adam Foote COL -1
Andrew Ladd CHI -1
Colin Wilson NSH -1
Dany Heatley SJS -1
Jeff Schultz WAS -1
Oskars Bartulis PHI -1
Tyler Kennedy PIT -1
Marc Savard BOS -1
Justin Abdelkader DET -1
Patric Hornqvist NSH -1
James van Riemsdyk PHI -1
Niklas Kronwall DET -1
Ryan Suter NSH -1
Kyle Wellwood VAN -1
Shane O’Brien VAN -1
Braydon Coburn PHI -1
Cody Franson NSH -1
Vladimir Sobotka BOS -1
Rob Scuderi LA -1
Joe Corvo WAS -1
Ryan Smyth LA -1
Erik Karlsson OTT -1
Bill Guerin PIT -1
Andy Sutton OTT -1
John-Michael Liles COL -1
Patrick Kaleta BUF -1
Ben Eager CHI -1
Cody McLeod COL -1
Shawn Thornton BOS -2
Mark Stuart BOS -2
Andrej Sekera BUF -2
Tomas Fleischmann WAS -2
Lee Stempniak PHX -2
Andreas Lilja DET -2
Shea Weber NSH -2
Jarkko Ruutu OTT -2
Cody McCormick BUF -2
Benoit Pouliot MTL -2
Adam McQuaid BOS -2
Kent Huskins SJS -2
Alexander Semin WAS -2
Toni Lydman BUF -2
Kris Draper DET -2
Andrew Ference BOS -3
Tim Connolly BUF -3
Jason Arnott NSH -3
Marc-Andre Bergeron MTL -3
Andrei Kostitsyn MTL -3
Andrew Alberts VAN -4
Mike Green WAS -4
David Clarkson NJD -4

All-Purpose Plus/Minus Updated Through Stanley Cup Playoff Quarterfinals

April 28, 2010
Skater TEAM ALL-PURPOSE +/-
Tom Poti WAS 8
Mikael Samuelsson VAN 7
John Carlson WAS 7
Nicklas Lidstrom DET 6
Boyd Gordon WAS 6
Maxime Talbot PIT 6
Brad Stuart DET 5
Sidney Crosby PIT 5
Dan Hamhuis NSH 5
Mike Knuble WAS 5
Darren Helm DET 5
Valtteri Filppula DET 5
Ryan Kesler VAN 5
Daniel Sedin VAN 5
Niklas Hjalmarsson CHI 5
Henrik Sedin VAN 5
Douglas Murray SJS 5
Ryane Clowe SJS 5
Henrik Zetterberg DET 5
Craig Adams PIT 4
David Legwand NSH 4
John Madden CHI 4
Patrick Kane CHI 4
Keith Yandle PHX 4
Hal Gill MTL 4
Brent Sopel CHI 4
Chris Kelly OTT 4
Joe Pavelski SJS 4
Pascal Dupuis PIT 4
Kevin Klein NSH 4
Ian Laperriere PHI 4
Brent Seabrook CHI 4
Mike Grier BUF 4
Logan Couture SJS 4
Shaone Morrisonn WAS 4
Stephane Yelle COL 4
Pavel Datsyuk DET 4
Chris Kunitz PIT 4
Lauri Korpikoski PHX 3
Ryan O’Reilly COL 3
Tom Pyatt MTL 3
Blair Betts PHI 3
Chris Pronger PHI 3
Martin Hanzal PHX 3
Sami Salo VAN 3
Eric Fehr WAS 3
Evgeni Malkin PIT 3
Fredrik Modin LA 3
Johnny Boychuk BOS 3
Dennis Wideman BOS 3
Alexandre Burrows VAN 3
Devin Setoguchi SJS 3
Brad Richardson LA 3
Zach Parise NJD 3
Steve Bernier VAN 3
Peter Regin OTT 3
Brooks Orpik PIT 3
Scott Hannan COL 3
Zbynek Michalek PHX 3
Alexander Edler VAN 3
Matt Cooke PIT 3
Patrick Eaves DET 3
Jonathan Toews CHI 3
Josh Gorges MTL 3
Michal Handzus LA 3
Brian Gionta MTL 3
Arron Asham PHI 3
Jason Pominville BUF 3
Anton Volchenkov OTT 3
Claude Giroux PHI 2
Dan Boyle SJS 2
Henrik Tallinder BUF 2
Sergei Gonchar PIT 2
Jordan Staal PIT 2
Daniel Carcillo PHI 2
Kimmo Timonen PHI 2
Mike Mottau NJD 2
Niklas Backstrom WAS 2
Dustin Brown LA 2
Eric Belanger WAS 2
David Krejci BOS 2
Bryce Salvador NJD 2
Alexander Ovechkin WAS 2
Sean O’Donnell LA 2
Wayne Simmonds LA 2
Matt Greene LA 2
Marian Hossa CHI 2
Michael Ryder BOS 2
Daniel Paille BOS 2
Martin Skoula NJD 2
Paul Gaustad BUF 2
Pavol Demitra VAN 2
Jason Chimera WAS 2
Dominic Moore MTL 2
Patrice Bergeron BOS 2
Jamie McGinn SJS 2
Taylor Pyatt PHX 2
Matt Bradley WAS 2
Patrick Sharp CHI 2
Patrik Elias NJD 2
Steve Begin BOS 2
Scott Nichol SJS 2
Nathan Gerbe BUF 2
Chris Phillips OTT 2
Jerred Smithson NSH 2
Joel Ward NSH 2
Marc-Edouard Vlasic SJS 2
Mike Richards PHI 2
Daniel Briere PHI 1
Matt Cullen OTT 1
Kyle Quincey COL 1
Mason Raymond VAN 1
Drew Miller DET 1
Kris Letang PIT 1
J.P. Dumont NSH 1
Tim Kennedy BUF 1
Mark Eaton PIT 1
Alexander Frolov LA 1
Anze Kopitar LA 1
Drew Doughty LA 1
Torrey Mitchell SJS 1
Adrian Aucoin PHX 1
Jeff Carter PHI 1
Steve Montador BUF 1
Matt Ellis BUF 1
Ed Jovanovski PHX 1
Raffi Torres BUF 1
Mark Recchi BOS 1
Sami Lepisto PHX 1
Thomas Vanek BUF 1
Dwight Helminen SJS 1
Jay McKee PIT 1
Vladimir Sobotka BOS 1
Marek Svatos COL 1
Jed Ortmeyer SJS 1
Manny Malhotra SJS 1
Alexei Ponikarovsky PIT 1
Daniel Winnik PHX 1
Travis Moen MTL 1
Andy Greene NJD 1
Miroslav Satan BOS 1
Tyler Ennis BUF 1
David Steckel WAS 1
Daniel Alfredsson OTT 1
Tomas Holmstrom DET 1
Petr Prucha PHX 1
Tyler Myers BUF 1
Jordin Tootoo NSH 1
Matthew Lombardi PHX 1
Derek Morris PHX 1
Bryan Bickell CHI 1
Dean McAmmond NJD 1
Rich Clune LA 1
Colin White NJD 1
Wojtek Wolski PHX 1
Kevin Bieksa VAN 1
Dainius Zubrus NJD 1
Jarret Stoll LA 1
Michael Grabner VAN 1
PK Subban MTL 1
Brandon Yip COL 1
Alex Goligoski PIT 1
Adam Mair BUF 1
Vernon Fiddler PHX 1
Nick Foligno OTT 1
Kyle Cumiskey COL 1
Maxim Lapierre MTL 1
Blake Wheeler BOS 1
Jeff Halpern LA 1
Kyle Wellwood VAN 0
Brooks Laich WAS 0
Bill Guerin PIT 0
Todd Bertuzzi DET 0
Tomas Kopecky CHI 0
Christian Ehrhoff VAN 0
Colin Fraser CHI 0
Rob Niedermayer NJD 0
Milan Lucic BOS 0
Andrei Markov MTL 0
Paul Stastny COL 0
Darroll Powe PHI 0
Rob Blake SJS 0
Scott Gomez MTL 0
Dave Bolland CHI 0
Craig Rivet BUF 0
Chris Neil OTT 0
Chris Stewart COL 0
Brian Rafalski DET 0
Chris Campoli OTT 0
Denis Grebeshkov NSH 0
Drew Stafford BUF 0
Lukas Krajicek PHI 0
Mike Fisher OTT 0
Dan Cleary DET 0
Matt Carle PHI 0
Robert Lang PHX 0
Jordan Leopold PIT 0
Steve Sullivan NSH 0
Radim Vrbata PHX 0
Francis Bouillon NSH 0
Brett Clark COL 0
Chris Durno COL 0
Ruslan Salei COL 0
Raitis Ivanans LA 0
Pierre-Luc Letorneau-Leblond NJD 0
Jonathan Cheechoo OTT 0
Milan Michalek OTT 0
Ryan Shannon OTT 0
Ville Leino PHI 0
Chris Conner PIT 0
Niclas Wallin SJS 0
Matt Pettinger VAN 0
Nolan Baumgartner VAN 0
Rick Rypien VAN 0
Tanner Glass VAN 0
Scott Walker WAS 0
Karl Alzner WAS 0
Matt Hunwick BOS 0
Peter Harrold LA 0
Aaron Rome VAN 0
Braydon Coburn PHI 0
Brendan Morrison WAS 0
Dany Heatley SJS 0
Martin Erat NSH 0
Justin Williams LA 0
Glen Metropolit MTL 0
Marcel Goc NSH 0
Michael Cammalleri MTL 0
Milan Hejduk COL 0
Sergei Kostitsyn MTL 0
Scott Parse LA 0
Mark Fraser NJD 0
Dustin Boyd NSH 0
Shean Donovan OTT 0
Kevin Porter COL 0
Jonathan Ericsson DET 0
Jordan Hendry CHI 0
Tyler Kennedy PIT 0
Derek Roy BUF 0
Brian Campbell CHI 0
Zdeno Chara BOS 0
Scott Hartnell PHI 0
Johan Franzen DET 0
Ryan Wilson COL 0
Matt Duchene COL 0
Nick Spaling NSH 0
Tyler Sloan WAS 0
Jack Johnson LA 0
Travis Zajac NJD 0
Kris Versteeg CHI 0
Brian Rolston NJD 0
Ilya Kovalchuk NJD 0
Marco Sturm BOS 0
Ryan Stoa COL 0
Matthew Corrente NJD 0
Rod Pelley NJD 0
David Laliberte PHI 0
Darcy Tucker COL 0
Adam Burish CHI 0
Matt Hendricks COL 0
Shane Doan PHX 0
Jesse Winchester OTT 0
Shane O’Brien VAN 0
Kris Draper DET 0
Jannik Hansen VAN -1
Andrew Ladd CHI -1
Jason Williams DET -1
T.J. Galiardi COL -1
Mike Rupp PIT -1
Petteri Nokelainen PHX -1
Ruslan Fedotenko PIT -1
Mathieu Darche MTL -1
Jason Spezza OTT -1
Niklas Kronwall DET -1
Ryan Parent PHI -1
Paul Martin NJD -1
Andrew Ference BOS -1
James van Riemsdyk PHI -1
Randy Jones LA -1
Zack Smith OTT -1
Jamie Langenbrunner NJD -1
Mathieu Schneider PHX -1
Kent Huskins SJS -1
Matt Carkner OTT -1
Adam Foote COL -1
Ben Eager CHI -1
Colin Wilson NSH -1
Jeff Schultz WAS -1
Jason Demers SJS -1
Oskars Bartulis PHI -1
Duncan Keith CHI -1
Patric Hornqvist NSH -1
Adam McQuaid BOS -1
Shawn Thornton BOS -1
Ryan Suter NSH -1
Jaroslav Spacek MTL -1
Troy Brouwer CHI -1
Patrick Marleau SJS -1
Cody Franson NSH -1
Justin Abdelkader DET -1
Rob Scuderi LA -1
Tomas Plekanec MTL -1
Joe Corvo WAS -1
Ryan Smyth LA -1
Ryan O’Byrne MTL -1
Erik Karlsson OTT -1
Andy Sutton OTT -1
Simon Gagne PHI -1
John-Michael Liles COL -1
Patrick Kaleta BUF -1
Cody McLeod COL -1
Benoit Pouliot MTL -2
Andrej Sekera BUF -2
Andreas Lilja DET -2
Tomas Fleischmann WAS -2
Lee Stempniak PHX -2
Shea Weber NSH -2
Dustin Byfuglien CHI -2
Jarkko Ruutu OTT -2
Cody McCormick BUF -2
Alexander Semin WAS -2
Joe Thornton SJS -2
Toni Lydman BUF -2
Tim Connolly BUF -3
Roman Hamrlik MTL -3
Jason Arnott NSH -3
Andrei Kostitsyn MTL -3
Marc-Andre Bergeron MTL -3
Andrew Alberts VAN -3
Mike Green WAS -4
David Clarkson NJD -4

NHL Plus/Minus: Presumptious Wheel Reinvention Edition

April 20, 2010

Hey, hockey fans! Have you ever noticed how severely lacking plus/minus is as a stat? I know I have. Sure, it tells you how often a skater was on the ice when even strength goals were scored (and I believe short-handed as well), but really, that’s it? Shouldn’t it factor in things such as penalty kills, failed power plays, penalty minutes, and penalties drawn, not to mention giving additional credit to the guys who actually scored goals and assisted in finding the back of the net? And maybe a little extra love for those who not only killed the penalty, but scored short-handed? (And likewise, scorn for those with the man advantage who could not stop the men they outnumbered.)

See, my answer to the majority of those rhetorical questions was an emphatic yes. Even the ones where it doesn’t make sense (which is all of them, rhetorical as those questions are). And so, I’ve reimagined (read, bastardized) plus/minus to determine which playoff skaters have been the most valuable during the first week of the Stanley Cup Playoffs. And likewise, who has been the biggest liability. (Spoiler alert: It’s Andrew Alberts.)

I played around with the same thing during last year’s playoffs, and the big winner was Henrik Zetterberg, whose all-around plus/minus (for lack of a better term — although I may consider calling it “POTI” as an homage to the Caps defenseman that this equation seems to be in mad love with, as well as a lame takeoff of Baseball Prospectus’s PECOTA) was +21. Ben Eager was the big loser at a -8. (Poti was a +15, third among all playoff skaters.)

Here’s what this year’s look like through the first week of the Stanley Cup Playoffs:

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So Here’s How The Worst Projection System Of All Time Sees The 2010 MLB Season Panning Out…

April 3, 2010

I got bored and let OBP and SLG run amok, leading to the following projections for the 2010 MLB season, which will hopefully fare better than my bracket did. Not exactly counting on it, but here it goes:

AL EAST W L RS RA
New York Yankees 103 59 862 654
Boston Red Sox *
95 67 826 698
Tampa Bay Rays 88 74 758 693
Toronto Blue Jays 77 85 732 766
Baltimore Orioles 73 89 731 805
AL CENTRAL W L RS RA
Minnesota Twins 86 76 785 733
Chicago White Sox 85 77 720 683
Detroit Tigers 76 86 735 785
Kansas City Royals 74 88 689 748
Cleveland Indians 66 96 754 903
AL WEST W L RS RA
Texas Rangers 82 80 770 757
Oakland Athletics 82 80 697 688
Los Angeles Angels 79 83 744 760
Seattle Mariners 77 85 680 714
NL EAST W L RS RA
Atlanta Braves 86 76 745 696
Philadelphia Phillies 85 77 769 730
New York Mets 81 81 752 748
Florida Marlins 80 82 748 757
Washington Nationals 77 85 759 798
NL CENTRAL W L RS RA
St. Louis Cardinals 87 75 767 713
Chicago Cubs 86 76 736 688
Milwaukee Brewers 81 81 753 755
Cincinnati Reds 76 86 705 748
Houston Astros 64 98 649 798
Pittsburgh Pirates 63 99 636 802
NL WEST W L RS RA
Los Angeles Dodgers 95 67 760 641
Colorado Rockies *
89 73 807 728
San Diego Padres 84 78 695 673
San Francisco Giants 80 82 668 675
Arizona Cardinals 71 91 712 807

March Madness: Introducing The Male Enhancement Formula

March 17, 2010

By this point, most people have already filled out their brackets and are ready to follow along with the games as the NCAA Tournament begins tomorrow. However, for those of you who haven’t, allow me to deposit my two cents.

A few years ago, my friends and I had a March Madness pool — not for money, just to see who, in effect, knew their college hoops the best. I had become pretty confident in my ability to pick upsets and such, and also had a system I relied upon called “pick against Syracuse and Duke until they give you reason to do otherwise”. This led to my stumbling upon LSU a year earlier, and picking Vermont to beat Cuse probably two years before.

Anyhow, the early rounds are really where I’d win my brackets, because I’d pick more upsets and in doing so, I’d eliminate powerhouse teams that I felt were flimsily built, or due to lose. One of the teams I decided fit this criteria was the defending national champion Florida Gators. Yeah, not so much. My gamble of having them lose to, I believe, George Washington in the second round — I’ve decided against reopening an old wound that specific, I’m just sure that the team I picked got bounced in the first round anyway — did not pay off. And naturally, with everyone else picking the favorite to go deep if not win it all, I was screwed as far as winning this friendly competition.

A better man would’ve shrugged it off. But I was not, in fact, a better man. Don’t get me wrong: I was just fine with losing to a bunch of my friends who actually followed college hoops to a certain degree. But when I lost to some of my female friends — particularly the one who filled out her bracket based on the school she had the most Facebook friends from — I felt a great sense of shame, and knew I would have to avenge my defeat the following year and regain the respect I melodramatically figured I’d lost.

And what better way to gain the esteem of my male and especially female colleagues, I wondered, than by generating a statistical amalgamation to determine the likely winners of collegiate basketball games?

With the goal of beating a bunch of girls in mind, the Male Enhancement Formula was born. Without going into specifics, the Formula accounts for point differential, field goal percentage, 3-point field goal percentage, rebounding, shot blocking, turnovers, steals, defensive field goal percentage, defensive 3-point percentage, foul shooting, and RPI. If it’s a somewhat common basketball stat, it pretty much finds its way in there — the exception being assists, which is 1.) too arbitrarily awarded to be a reliable stat, in my opinion and 2.) should be inherently demonstrated in field goal shooting as far as open looks are concerned. Wins and losses are also not accounted for.

SO, with all that said, here are the Male Enhancement Formula rankings for the 65 teams in the field in this year’s NCAA Tournament, with their overall ranking in brackets:

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In This Post, I Hastily And Preemptively Attempt To Trivialize Joe Lunardi’s Accomplishments

March 14, 2010

By listing what I expect to be the at-large bids in this year’s NCAA tournament! Let’s see if I can’t attain that lofty mark of guessing all but one of the teams in the tournament as Lunardi did a year ago.

Big 12:
Texas
Baylor
Kansas State
Texas A&M
Missouri
Oklahoma State

Big East:
Syracuse
Villanova
Georgetown
Pittsburgh
Louisville
Marquette
Notre Dame

ACC:
Maryland
Florida State
Clemson
Georgia Tech
Virginia Tech
Wake Forest

SEC:
Tennessee
Vanderbilt
Mississippi

Big Ten:
Purdue
Michigan State
Wisconsin
Minnesota

Mountain West:
BYU
New Mexico
UNLV

Atlantic 10:
Xavier
Richmond

WAC:
Utah State

Conference USA:
UTEP

West Coast:
Gonzaga

Looking at the numbers, I don’t think Wake Forest and Notre Dame really belong, but I’m sure they’ll get in. I probably would’ve put Seton Hall in ahead of either team, but I don’t anticipate that happening when people use criteria like “the eye test” (ugh) to justify their selections.

Oh yeah, and Duke’s getting that final #1 seed.

Will probably be back before Thursday (honest!) to give my take on whatever it is the folks on the Selection Committee do with a group of team that should bear a close resemblance to the group listed above.

Sup

March 4, 2010

Gonna start posting here, I swear it.

Probably starting with some March Madness stuff in the coming days… I might chime in before then in a futile effort to establish something resembling credibility. We’ll see.


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