INTRODUCTION
I’m trying to create International rosters with geographical rearrangements to make the rosters more competitive. If the player was not born in the country that he represents at the international level, I chose the province/state where the player grew up (ex: Batherson, Kaliyev, Couturier, Chychrun, etc.). If the player was born in the country that he represents, I went with the birth place regardless of where they grew up (ex: Hughes brothers, Tkachuk brothers, Tage Thompson, etc.)
US NORTHERN MIDWEST: Iowa (IA), Michigan (MI), Minnesota (MN), Nebraska (NE), North Dakota (ND), South Dakota (SD), Wisconsin (WI)
US SOUTH + SOUTHERN MIDWEST : Alabama (AL), Arkansas (AR), Florida (FL), Georgia (GA), Illinois (IL), Indiana (IN), Kansas (KS), Kentucky (KY), Louisiana (LA), Mississippi (MS), Missouri (MO), North Carolina (NC), Ohio (OH), Oklahoma (OK), South Carolina (SC), Tennessee (TN), Texas (TX), Virginia (VA), West Virginia (WV)
US NORTHEAST: Connecticut (CT), Delaware (DE), District of Columbia (DC), Maine (ME), Massachusetts (MA), New Hampshire (NH), New Jersey (NJ), New York (NY), Pennsylvania (PA), Rhode Island (RI), Vermont (VT)
US WEST: Alaska (AK), Arizona (AZ), California (CA), Colorado (CO), Hawaii (HI) Idaho (ID), Montana (MT), Nevada (NV), New Mexico (NM), Oregon (OR), Utah (UT), Washington (WA), Wyoming (WY)
WESTERN CANADA: Alberta (AB), British Columbia (BC), Manitoba (MB), Northwest Territories (NT), Saskatchewan (SK), Yukon (YT)
ONTARIO
EASTERN CANADA: New Brunswick (NB), Newfoundland and Labrador (NL), Nova Scotia (NS), Prince Edward Island (PE), Québec (QC)
ALPINE COUNTRIES: Austria, France, Germany, Slovenia, Switzerland
ELIGIBILITY
To be eligible, the player must have played at least half their team’s games in either season (2022-23 or 2023-24). If the player didn’t play half their team’s games in one season, they are assumed to have had the same season in the other.
METHODOLOGY
In order to minimize biases as much as possible, I employed a methodology based on advanced statistics, among other things. Only the statistics from this season and the last season matter, with a greater weighting for the current season. It's imperfect, but I thoroughly enjoyed creating the whole thing. If your favorite player from your favorite team isn’t too low or not included at all, go yell at clouds.
TEAM SWEDEN
FORWARDS
Pettersson, Elias
Nylander, William
Bratt, Jesper
Kempe, Adrian
Zibanejad, Mika
Forsberg, Filip
Karlsson, William
Eriksson Ek, Joel
Raymond, Lucas
Arvidsson, Viktor
Carlsson, Leo
Lindholm, Elias
Backlund, Mikael
Järnkrok, Calle
Holtz, Alexander
Olofsson, Victor
Höglander, Nils
Engvall, Pierre
Nyquist, Gustav
Grundström, Carl
Burakovsky, André
Eklund, William
Rakell, Rickard
Zetterlund, Fabian
Johansson, Marcus
Holmström, Simon
Wennberg, Alexander
Stenlund, Kevin
Bemström, Emil
Fast, Jesper
Janmark, Mattias
Silfverberg, Jakob
Gustafsson, David
DEFENSEMEN
Karlsson, Erik
Hedman, Victor
Dahlin, Rasmus
Lindholm, Hampus
Forsling, Gustav
Andersson, Rasmus
Gustafsson, Erik
Ekholm, Mattias
Pettersson, Marcus
Brodin, Jonas
Larsson, Adam
Ekman-Larsson, Oliver
Sandin, Rasmus
Lundkvist, Nils
Brännström, Erik
Aho, Sebastian
Boqvist, Adam
Liljegren, Timothy
Klingberg, John
Broberg, Philip
GOALTENDERS
Ullmark, Linus
Gustavsson, Filip
Markström, Jacob
Forsberg, Anton
Ersson, Samuel
Répondre
Carlsson,
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