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 WESTERN CANADA
FORWARDS RANKINGS
Reinhart, Sam
Point, Brayden
Nugent-Hopkins, Ryan
Hagel, Brandon
Bedard, Connor
Benn, Jamie
Barzal, Mathew
Stone, Mark
Jarvis, Seth
Cozens, Dylan
Kane, Evander
DeBrusk, Jake
Schenn, Brayden
Domi, Max
Lowry, Adam
Schwartz, Jaden
Eberle, Jordan
Stephenson, Chandler
Hall, Taylor
Rasmussen, Michael
Glass, Cody
Sissons, Colton
Kerfoot, Alexander
Johansen, Ryan
Dach, Kirby
Heinen, Danton
Neighbours, Jake
Dubé, Dillon
Geekie, Morgan
Johnson, Kent
Steel, Sam
Gallagher, Brendan
Jeannot, Tanner
Lazar, Curtis
Kolesar, Keegan
Martinook, Jordan
Krebs, Peyton
Gregor, Noah
Jost, Tyson
Sillinger, Cole
Holloway, Dylan
DEFENSEMEN RANKINGS
Makar, Cale
Morrissey, Joshua
Toews, Devon
Theodore, Shea
Spurgeon, Jared
Rielly, Morgan
McNabb, Brayden
Sanheim, Travis
Dillon, Brenden
Severson, Damon
Barrie, Tyson
Byram, Bowen
Schultz, Justin
Soucy, Carson
Pulock, Ryan
Parayko, Colton
Schneider, Braden
Fabbro, Dante
Guhle, Kaiden
Addison, Calen
Mahura, Joshua
Manson, Josh
Dumba, Mathew
Bahl, Kevin
Whitecloud, Zach
Korchinski, Kevin
Kulak, Brett
Benning, Matthew
Schenn, Luke
Bean, Jake
Edmundson, Joel
GOALTENDERS RANKINGS
Jarry, Tristan
Hart, Carter
Ingram, Connor
Hill, Adin
Thompson, Logan
Skinner, Stuart
Kuemper, Darcy
Reimer, James
Brossoit, Laurent
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