7/20/2023 0 Comments Mekorama level 19![]() What it does permit us to do, however, is quickly compare Vancouver’s roster with that of the four elite teams remaining in the playoff bracket, as a method of identifying what’s lacking on the Canucks’ current roster, and what pieces the club would need to add to change that. Ranking the #Canucks’ most efficient contracts: Millstones, steals and fair value No one is suggesting that it should be dogmatically adhered to or that any team should go about building a roster using an all-in-one metric like Net Rating exclusively. ![]() It should go without saying, however, that it’s just a tool and a blunt instrument. This may seem like an abstract question, but in fact, using Dom Luszczyszyn’s Game Score Value Added (GSVA) model - which has recently been updated and essentially rebranded as Net Rating - we can begin to quantify it by comparing the Canucks objectively with the average roster of the four remaining teams in the Stanley Cup playoffs.Īs our regular VIPs well know, we often reference Net Rating - or GSVA - at The Athletic’s Vancouver bureau because it’s a proven predictive metric capable of providing us with a baseline snapshot of what players are contributing to their current team and what can be reasonably expected from them in the future. Which poses an interesting question for a Vancouver Canucks organization that is clearly intent on working its way into this mix as quickly and incautiously as possible: How do the Canucks stack up with the four remaining conference finalist teams? And what does this roster need to add in order to get there? ![]() All four Sun Belt teams are elite, high-quality sides and all of them are capable of hoisting the Stanley Cup inside of the next month.
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