Asunto: Senior Canada National Team

Strong goaltending on one end, poor goaltending on the other.

Sorry folks, couldn't get it done. Our return to top division will have to wait another season...

canada still outplayed them. it could've gone either way, nice work this season!

great job guys

Thank you for your help this season Salty!

And part of the credit for this good WHC goes to you as well Mikpj. Our lineup was mostly made of players that were here last year.

It's over, but it's been a fun ride! May our future be even brighter!

Back to managing my AA now!

There are many considerations to take into account when selecting a National Team player. Overall rating, experience, chemistry, career trajectory, training facilities and positional need all factor in.
Throughout the years, I've been tracking and scouting National Team worthy players. I've recently collected overall ratings, experience, and career lengths of the Top Canadian players. I plugged these numbers into a spreadsheet and came up with a score to measure their value to the National Team. I'll be posting the results for each position, as well as each age group at the junior level over the next couple day. Discussion and debate is welcomed.

Here's Canada's Top 15 senior aged players with their values:

(960) Dale Holsworth
(944) Émile Marker
(913) Steve Cochran
(893) Eddie Mendonca
(887) Jody Cadette
(876) Alex Thatcher
(875) Lance Stuart
(867) Lawrence McGinnis
(861) Kane Beaudouin
(861) David Warren
(856) Stan King
(852) Drew Cockburn
(850) Bobby Horsfield
(850) Larry Lukic
(850) Elijah Bolduc

Top 5 senior aged goalies:

(848) Rowan Craig
(834) Noah Tierney
(804) Pierre Crosby
(800) Justin Ludlam
(781) Derrell Zabek

Top 12 senior aged defensemen with side played:

(960) L Dale Holsworth
(876) L Alex Thatcher
(875) R Lance Stuart
(850) R Bobby Horsfield
(835) U Jakob Lepage
(803) R Reginald Pouliot
(786) L Alexis Newsome
(782) U François Hughes
(781) U Ian Gauthier
(757) R Glen McKinstry
(754) R Roy Monteith
(746) R Mark Welch

I can't understand Holsworth > Marker.

Marker seems to be ahead on OR, quality, and age.

They're even on experience.

Holsworth ranks ahead only because of a lvl 15 vs 14 regen. But probably falls back because the coaches are 200 vs 200 + 200.

Care to explain the system?

Holsworth is in his first season at 3/6 whereas Marker is in his 3rd. So Marker got a lower 'trajectory' rating. But yeah, I was a little surprised that Holsworth ranked at the top.

Facilities and coaches didn't factor into this calculation. I have assumed they're all top notch.

Top 10 senior aged right/universal wingers:

(944) R Émile Marker
(893) R Eddie Mendonca
(868) R Lawrence McGinnis
(861) U David Warren
(853) R Drew Cockburn
(846) R Bo Abrahams
(842) R Kaleb Addison
(826) U Mathew Robert
(819) R Donald Bellemare
(783) R Israel Devaney

Top 10 senior aged left/universal wingers:

(887) L Jody Cadette
(861) U David Warren
(850) L Larry Lukic
(850) L Elijah Bolduc
(844) L John Stevenson
(829) L Colten Pannebaker
(826) U Mathew Robert
(809) L Alejandro Thrasher
(805) L Robbie Lock
(783) L Luc Hickey

Top 10 senior aged centres:

(913) Steve Cochran
(861) Kane Beaudouin
(856) Stan King
(850) Connor Allott
(848) William Beliveau
(811) Paul Howell
(803) Derrell DeSutter
(798) David Fowler
(790) Ron Gardiner
(774) Kadin Martin

TMO is grrrreat. I hope i get to manage this team again.

Wow! TMO! Haha, kinda taking the work out of it for whomever does take over. Well, at least I have a whole bunch of people to scout now... When i dont have my own players to scout, I have been scouting the national teams, but a lot of these players werent even on my radar. Thanks!