There has
been talk over the last few weeks about the following topic: Do some star
players mean disproportionately more to their teams (at least from a goal
creation perspective) than other star players mean to their respective teams?
A couple of
seasons ago, we attempted to answer this question by looking at the number of
unassisted goals scored by players. This approach had obvious flaws: For
example, would a player who ONLY scores unassisted goals be considered more or
less valuable than a player who scores goals AND contributes assists?
Last Season
we introduced two new stats to try to assess individual player impact:
-
%
Team Goals Scored = (# Player Goals) / (# Total Team Goals)
-
%
Team Goals Contributed = (# Player Goals + Assists) / (# Total Team Goals)
These
metrics are in improvement, but they do not take into account the ability of a
player to “create their own goals.”
In our
everlasting pursuit of useful (i.e., argument generating) metrics, we decided
to make one more attempt at quantifying which players have the greatest
individual impact on team goal scoring. The result is the One Player Team Index (OPTI). The formula for OPTI is pretty
straightforward:
OPTI = (# player goals + #
player assists + # player unassisted goals) / (Total Team Goals)
In essence,
we’re granting players an extra point for assisting on their own goals.
After
reviewing the resulting data, it was noticed that OPTI is driven in part by the
number of games played. To assess the impact a player has on a game-by-game
basis, we added OPTI per game (OPTPG).
The
following examples depict how OPTI and OPTIPG can be used to assess the
contribution of individual players to team scoring across both an entire
season, and on the games in which they actually played.
As you can
see in Table 1, Keith Ing. has an OPTI of 100 and OPTIPG of 14 for Funkmaster
Redux. The next highest values for this team belong to Simon Kant. with values
of 36 and 8, respectively.
Table 2
depicts the OPTI and OPTIPG values for Puck Buddies. As you can see, Puck
Buddies has multiple players with OPTI values above 20, but it appears that
Jake Ber. is the definitive leader with an OPTI of 84. However, when we look at per game
contributions we notice that Brat Pat.’s OPTIPG of 10 is right up there with
Jake’s OPTIPG of 12.
Table 3
lists all players with an OPTI of 40 or more.
None of the players on this list should be a surprise. It is obvious the
players at the very top of this list definitely contribute to a
disproportionate number of their teams’ goals.
Here are a few other items of note:
- Dean Eas. played in only 4 games for the Stingrays, which gives him an OPTIPG of 21!
- Ryan Bon. Is right up there with Keith Ing. with an OPTI of 100
- John Gra. (OPTI = 80) and Fabian Mue. (OPTI = 60) appear to be the offensive engine behind the resurgence of The Untouchables.
Table 1: OPTI for Funkmaster Redux
players
(more
than 1 game played)
|
||||||
Player
|
Games
Played
|
Goals
|
Assists
|
Unassisted
Goals
|
OPTI
|
OPTI
per game
|
Caroline Dul.
|
6
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
15
|
3
|
Dan Kli.
|
7
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
15
|
2
|
Keith Ing.
|
7
|
7
|
3
|
3
|
100
|
14
|
Lewis Sha.
|
6
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
Lindsay Dro.
|
6
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
15
|
3
|
Mara Duq.
|
7
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
8
|
1
|
Neil Moz.
|
6
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
8
|
1
|
Nick Moz.
|
6
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
15
|
3
|
Rob Rik.
|
7
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
15
|
2
|
Simon Kan.
|
6
|
3
|
2
|
0
|
38
|
6
|
Molly Bru.
|
4
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
Sean Bod.
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
Table 2: OPTI for Puck Buddies
players
(more than 1 game played) |
||||||
Player
|
Games
Played
|
Goals
|
Assists
|
Unassisted
Goals
|
OPTI
|
OPTI
per game
|
Brittany Jac.
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
2
|
2
|
Keri Rap.
|
6
|
1
|
8
|
0
|
20
|
3
|
Ben Rei.
|
6
|
2
|
4
|
2
|
18
|
3
|
Brad Pat.
|
3
|
7
|
6
|
0
|
29
|
10
|
Cassidy Pro.
|
6
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
Jake Ber.
|
7
|
22
|
11
|
5
|
84
|
12
|
Maya Raj.
|
2
|
0
|
3
|
0
|
7
|
3
|
Nick Sal.
|
6
|
5
|
2
|
0
|
16
|
3
|
Peter Dou.
|
7
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
4
|
1
|
Sarav Raj.
|
5
|
4
|
5
|
0
|
20
|
4
|
Ryan Kel.
|
5
|
4
|
6
|
1
|
24
|
5
|
Stephanie Con.
|
6
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
4
|
1
|
Table 3: Players with an OPTI of
40+
|
|||||||
Team
|
Player
|
Games
Played |
Total
Goals |
Total
Assists |
Unassisted Goals
|
OPTI
|
OPTI per Game
|
Funkmaster Redux
|
Keith Ing.
|
7
|
7
|
3
|
3
|
100
|
14
|
Snake Eyes
|
Ryan Bon.
|
7
|
6
|
2
|
2
|
100
|
14
|
Puck Buddies
|
Jake Ber.
|
7
|
22
|
11
|
5
|
84
|
12
|
Stingrays
|
Dean Eas.
|
4
|
10
|
3
|
2
|
83
|
21
|
The Untouchables
|
John Gra.
|
6
|
10
|
4
|
2
|
80
|
13
|
Greenback Boogies
|
Andrew Kra.
|
6
|
13
|
3
|
3
|
73
|
12
|
The All Blacks
|
Mike Joh.
|
7
|
13
|
5
|
3
|
62
|
9
|
SCABS
|
Vickie Sci.
|
6
|
0
|
3
|
0
|
60
|
10
|
The Untouchables
|
Fabian Mue.
|
6
|
5
|
6
|
1
|
60
|
10
|
The Moosassins
|
Chris Tho.
|
5
|
4
|
4
|
1
|
56
|
11
|
Blood Red
|
Boris Sen.
|
7
|
7
|
4
|
1
|
52
|
7
|
2 Jacks No Coke
|
Jake Smi.
|
5
|
3
|
1
|
1
|
50
|
10
|
The All Blacks
|
Bill Nar.
|
6
|
9
|
8
|
0
|
50
|
8
|
DC Pravdacudas
|
Josh Kra.
|
6
|
6
|
3
|
0
|
47
|
8
|
Greenback Boogies
|
Daniel Rub.
|
6
|
5
|
4
|
3
|
46
|
8
|
Babylon Warriors
|
JP Ueh.
|
5
|
7
|
2
|
1
|
45
|
9
|
License 2 Thrill
|
Barb Lie.
|
6
|
2
|
2
|
1
|
45
|
8
|
Ducks
|
James Mit.
|
6
|
10
|
8
|
1
|
45
|
8
|
The Moosassins
|
Isaac Tym.
|
5
|
2
|
5
|
0
|
44
|
9
|
Blood Red
|
Phil Mca.
|
7
|
5
|
4
|
1
|
43
|
6
|
5 Minute Major
|
Todd Ell.
|
4
|
5
|
1
|
3
|
43
|
11
|
Streetsharks
|
Mike Ash.
|
5
|
5
|
1
|
2
|
42
|
8
|
Puck U
|
Ryan Hau.
|
5
|
5
|
4
|
0
|
41
|
8
|
Puck U
|
Barb Lie.
|
6
|
3
|
5
|
1
|
41
|
7
|
Ducks
|
Chris Kal.
|
5
|
8
|
7
|
2
|
40
|
8
|
SCABS
|
Charlene How.
|
3
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
40
|
13
|
SCABS
|
Bryan Sma.
|
6
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
40
|
7
|
Funkmaster Redux
|
Simon Kan.
|
6
|
3
|
2
|
0
|
38
|
6
|
The Moosassins
|
Jacob Dep.
|
4
|
2
|
3
|
1
|
38
|
9
|
The Moosassins
|
Chris Gre.
|
6
|
3
|
2
|
1
|
38
|
6
|
Streetsharks
|
Brian Swi.
|
6
|
5
|
2
|
0
|
37
|
6
|
License 2 Thrill
|
Andrew Gra.
|
6
|
1
|
3
|
0
|
36
|
6
|
License 2 Thrill
|
Chris Win.
|
6
|
4
|
0
|
0
|
36
|
6
|
Puck U
|
Paul Ste.
|
6
|
3
|
5
|
0
|
36
|
6
|
Ducks
|
Luke Tay.
|
7
|
7
|
7
|
0
|
33
|
5
|
Babylon Warriors
|
Pat Cox
|
6
|
2
|
5
|
0
|
32
|
5
|
Babylon Warriors
|
Wendy Jas.
|
6
|
4
|
2
|
1
|
32
|
5
|
DC Pravdacudas
|
Mike Stu.
|
3
|
3
|
3
|
0
|
32
|
11
|
Streetsharks
|
Chuck Sam.
|
5
|
3
|
3
|
0
|
32
|
6
|
Blood Red
|
Huy Ngu.
|
6
|
5
|
0
|
2
|
30
|
5
|
Blood Red
|
Mairi Cam.
|
7
|
2
|
4
|
1
|
30
|
4
|
Snake Eyes
|
Andrew Fen.
|
5
|
2
|
1
|
0
|
30
|
6
|
The Untouchables
|
Julia Neu.
|
5
|
2
|
4
|
0
|
30
|
6
|
Snake Eyes
|
Ron Zac.
|
7
|
2
|
1
|
0
|
30
|
4
|
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