Olympic teams comparison

[Ellot]

Statistics never give an accurate description of reality. Especially in sports. But still...it can give indications.

I have looked into the rosters of USA, Canada, Sweden, Czech Republic and Slovakia to see how the squads have performed this year in the NHL when it comes to +/-. I know this is far from a perfect tool to measure quality. Many factors are effecting an individual player's +/-. Like team mates, opposition, the players role in the team etc...

Anyway - here's how it looks.

USA: +62 (defenders +30, forwards +32)
Canada: +57 (d +5, f +52)
Sweden: +83 (d +10, f +73)
Czech Republic +29 (d +26, f +3)
Slovakia +59 (d 41, f +18)

The weak numbers for Canada are mainly explained by Rob Blake (-14) and Adam Foote (-12).

Come to think of it, I am not really sure what this info says. Use it as you like. Or even better - don't.

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[interminded]

Statistics never give an accurate description of reality. Especially in sports. But still...it can give indications.

I have looked into the rosters of USA, Canada, Sweden, Czech Republic and Slovakia to see how the squads have performed this year in the NHL when it comes to +/-. I know this is far from a perfect tool to measure quality. Many factors are effecting an individual player's +/-. Like team mates, opposition, the players role in the team etc...

Anyway - here's how it looks.

USA: +62 (defenders +30, forwards +32)
Canada: +57 (d +5, f +52)
Sweden: +83 (d +10, f +73)
Czech Republic +29 (d +26, f +3)
Slovakia +59 (d 41, f +18)

The weak numbers for Canada are mainly explained by Rob Blake (-14) and Adam Foote (-12).

Come to think of it, I am not really sure what this info says. Use it as you like. Or even better - don't.

Ellot, I appreciate the efoort you put into this, but as you say: This is not the tool to measure a team's strenght.

The player's plus/minus rating is calculated on their respective teams, their systems and their opponents.
It says nothing about all those players with all their individual +/- ratings playing on one team.
But again, biggup for the effort !

 

[Riddarn]

Statistics never give an accurate description of reality.

I agree.

Sweden: +83 (d +10, f +73)

Interesting. Now, remove oh.. lets say Daniel Alfredsson and Peter Forsberg from team sweden, and what do we get?

 

[Hart_House_Ca]

I love it when people come online to provide useless information then tell everyone to make the best use of it... Go read a book...