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 ONTARIO
FORWARDS RANKINGS
McDavid, Connor
Hyman, Zach
Marner, Mitchell
Verhaeghe, Carter
Konecny, Travis
Skinner, Jeff
Giroux, Claude
Toffoli, Tyler
Stamkos, Steven
Horvat, Bo
Scheifele, Mark
Tavares, John
McCann, Jared
Thomas, Robert
Duchene, Matt
Seguin, Tyler
Strome, Dylan
Rodrigues, Evan
Crouse, Lawson
Byfield, Quinton
Johnston, Wyatt
Perfetti, Cole
Suzuki, Nick
Jenner, Boone
McTavish, Mason
O'Reilly, Ryan
Kyrou, Jordan
Tippett, Owen
Couture, Logan
Marchment, Mason
Bunting, Michael
Monahan, Sean
Wilson, Tom
Poitras, Matthew
Fantilli, Adam
Vilardi, Gabriel
Evangelista, Luke
Kadri, Nazem
Mangiapane, Andrew
Dickinson, Jason
Laughton, Scott
Bennett, Sam
Strome, Ryan
Smith, Reilly
Cirelli, Anthony
Henrique, Adam
Frost, Morgan
Bertuzzi, Tyler
Paul, Nicholas
Foegele, Warren
McBain, Jack
Raddysh, Taylor
DEFENSEMEN RANKINGS
Doughty, Drew
Burns, Brent
Dunn, Vince
Montour, Brandon
Hamilton, Dougie
Pietrangelo, Alex
Weegar, MacKenzie
Durzi, Sean
Bouchard, Evan
Nurse, Darnell
Walman, Jake
DeMelo, Dylan
Power, Owen
Chychrun, Jakob
Oleksiak, Jamie
Chiarot, Ben
Middleton, Jacob
Ekblad, Aaron
Giordano, Mark
Pelech, Adam
Tanev, Christopher
Brodie, TJ
Ceci, Cody
Kovacevic, Johnathan
Hague, Nicolas
Miller, Colin
Gudbranson, Erik
de Haan, Calvin
GOALTENDERS RANKINGS
Binnington, Jordan
Talbot, Cam
Blackwood, Mackenzie
Wedgewood, Scott
Hofer, Joel
I think I might have commented on an earlier one, I like the concept, but it’s kind of unfair to Canada and US. I do like the idea of lumping together smaller European countries though
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