The Frank J Selke Trophy is awarded annually to the NHL's forward who demonstrates the most skill in his defensive zone while also contributing to his team's offense regularly. The finalist have been selected based on the following criteria: Overall Record Strength of Schedule Goals against average Giveaways/Takeaways Points per game Faceoff Percentage Plus/Minus To analyze the Strength of Schedule, instead of going with the traditional way and look at the records of the finalists versus playoffs, fringe and non playoffs teams, I decided to go deeper and looked at every line the finalists played and I ranked them in 4 different categories: Elite Lines: Game 7 lines, very best lines in the league Good Lines: Average 1st lines, Elite 2nd lines Average Lines: Average 2nd lines, Good 3rd lines Weak Lines: 3rd lines, Multiple ECUs lines 1. jared2112(C) Overall Record: 23-2-2 vs. Elite Lines: 6-1-0 ( ,,,,,,) vs. Good Lines: 7-0-1 ( ,,,,,,,) vs. Average Lines: 6-1-1 ( ,,,,,,,) vs. Weak Lines: 4-0-0 ( ,,,) 23goals 45assists 68points Goals against average: 1.59 Giveaways/Takeaways: 238GA/107TA Faceoff Percentage: 57.5% Plus/Minus: +35 2. ToppestOfTops(C) Overall Record: 23-3-0 vs. Elite Lines: 0-1-0 ( ) vs. Good Lines: 8-1-0 ( ,,,,,,,,) vs. Average Lines: 7-1-0 ( ,,,,,,,) vs. Weak Lines: 8-0-0 ( ,,,,,,, ) 25goals 36assists 61points Goals against average: 1.04 Giveaways/Takeaways: 213GA/75TA Faceoff Percentage: 59.6% Plus/Minus: +45 3. Arctic Blur(C) Overall Record: 19-7-2 vs. Elite Lines: 2-5-1 ( ,,,,,,,) vs. Good Lines: 6-1-1 ( ,,,,,,,) vs. Average Lines: 7-1-0 ( ,,,,,,,) vs. Weak Lines: 4-0-0 ( ,,,) 19goals 45assists 64points Goals against average: 1.46 Giveaways/Takeaways: 268GA/84TA Faceoff Percentage: 51.0% Plus/Minus: +31 4. MarcoGoes5H0LE(C) Overall Record: 23-4-1 vs. Elite Lines: 4-2-0 ( ,,,,,) vs. Good Lines: 9-1-1 ( ,,,,,,,,,,) vs. Average Lines: 7-1-0 ( ,,,,,,,) vs. Weak Lines: 3-0-0 ( ,,) 20goals 32assists 52points Goals against average: 1.89 Giveaways/Takeaways: 263GA/73TA Faceoff Percentage: 57.6% Plus/Minus: +17 5. Po1andsFinest(C) Overall Record: 20-6-2 vs. Elite Lines: 1-3-0 ( ,,,) vs. Good Lines: 5-1-0 ( ,,,,,) vs. Average Lines: 10-2-2 ( ,,,,,,,,,,,,,) vs. Weak Lines: 4-0-0 ( ,,, ) 25goals 35assists 60points Goals against average: 1.71 Giveaways/Takeaways: 353GA/86TA Faceoff Percentage: 53.9% Plus/Minus: +29 6. CaLL Me Jakoo(C) Overall Record: 20-7-1 vs. Elite Lines: 1-2-0 ( ,,) vs. Good Lines: 4-4-0 ( ,,,,,,,) vs. Average Lines: 8-1-1 ( ,,,,,,,,,) vs. Weak Lines: 7-0-0 ( ,,,,,,) 31goals 36assists 67points Goals against average: 1.85 Giveaways/Takeaways: 454GA/91TA Faceoff Percentage: 54.5% Plus/Minus: +29
I think Marco did a good job, Jared is one hell of a player but Marco stood out for me and has my vote.
