Another look at the Final Eight
Colorado and Montreal have been eliminated already, and the odds tell us the Rangers and Sharks could soon follow, but here's a bit of a different breakdown of the eight teams that made the second round of the postseason:
Ranked by size (no goaltenders)
| Team | Ht (in.) |
| Pit | 73.79 |
| SJ | 73.70 |
| Phi | 73.14 |
| NYR | 73.14 |
| Col | 72.65 |
| Mon | 72.57 |
| Dal | 72.57 |
| Det | 72.00 |
| Team | Wt (lbs) |
| SJ | 213.1 |
| Pit | 210.5 |
| NYR | 206.1 |
| Col | 204.6 |
| Mon | 203.5 |
| Phi | 202.6 |
| Dal | 199.4 |
| Det | 197.7 |
By nationality
| Team | Can | USA | Europe |
| Phi | 60.9% | 13.0% | 26.1% |
| Col | 48.0% | 28.0% | 24.0% |
| SJ | 48.0% | 24.0% | 28.0% |
| Dal | 45.5% | 18.2% | 36.4% |
| Pit | 45.0% | 30.0% | 25.0% |
| Mon | 43.5% | 17.4% | 39.1% |
| Det | 36.4% | 13.6% | 50.0% |
| NYR | 36.4% | 27.3% | 36.4% |
The Red Wings are particularly interesting, especially if this team can win a championship with so much European content. Five of the NHL's top six scoring leaders are Czech, Swedish or Russian, although all four starting goaltenders of the teams either advanced or likely to are Canadian.
I'll have more of a statistical breakdown when this round's over.
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by James Mirtle @ 7:46 AM
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Interesting that for all the emphasis on big strong players, the lighter (possibly quicker skating?) teams are more likely to move on.
It'd be interesting to see these averages weighted by ice time. I imagine Detroit will be even shorter, lighter, and more European.
It's worth keeping in mind that the Ducks were even taller, bigger, and more North American than the Red Wings are small, light, and European. More than one way to skin a cat, etc, etc.
Philly is easily the highest percentage Canadian? Thanks James for providing a silver lining to Montreal's elimination. It still hurts a little though. *sniff*
It'd be handy to have a 'league average' row for all these stats
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