The statistical arguement for Jay McClement.
Even Strength Time on Ice =1056
ES Goals Allowed Against = 43
So one ES goal will be scored against him every 24.5 minutes.
Short Handed ToI = 306
SH GAA = 24
Every 12.75 SH minutes a goal will be scored against him.
Quality of competition = .062(higher is better comp)
Quality of Teammates = .054(higher is better teammates)
Relative Competition to team Ratio is 1.070
Giveaways = 28
Takeaways = 39
Blocks = 52
Hits = 66
Short handed faceoffs won = 189
SH Faceoffs Lost = 231
SH Win =45%
ES FoW=503
ES FoL= 470
ES Win= 51%
Penalties In Minutes = 22
Games Played =82
He will see 2 penalty minutes every 7.5 games.
Short Handed Points = 2assists
In 2010 the top 3 Selke nominees were Datsyuk, Kesler and Staal
Datsyuk
ES ToI = 1303min
ES GAA = 44
ESG every 29.6 minutes
SH ToI = 59
SH GAA = 6
SHG every 9.8 minutes
Qualcomp = .029
Qualteam = .364
Rel Qual = .554
Giveaways =73
Takeaways =132
Blocks =33
Hits =89
Short handed faceoffs won =27
SH Faceoffs Lost =29
SH Win = .48%
ES FoW = 447
ES FoL = 362
ES Win = 55%
Penalties In Minutes =18
Games Played = 80
Every 8.8games he will take a minor
Short Handed Points =0
Kesler
ES ToI = 1164
ES GAA = 61
ESG every 19.08
SH ToI = 218
SH GAA =21
SHG every 10.3
Qualcomp = .03
Qualteam = -.02
Rel Qual =.896
Giveaways = 28
Takeaways = 83
Blocks = 73
Hits = 95
Short handed faceoffs won =118
SH Faceoffs Lost =123
SH Win = 48%
ES FoW=530
ES FoL=429
ES Win= 55%
Penalties In Minutes = 104
Games Played = 82
2PiM every game and a half. Some of these were majors and a misconduct though.
Short Handed Points = 1g, 2a
Staal
ES ToI = 1159
ES GAA = 45
ESG every 25.7
SH ToI = 274
SH GAA =29
SHG every 9.44
Qualcomp =.044
Qualteam =.155
Rel Qual =.903
Giveaways =31
Takeaways =41
Blocks =41
Hits =121
Short handed faceoffs won = 118
SH Faceoffs Lost = 148
SH Win = .44%
ES FoW=468
ES FoL=495
ES Win= .48%
Penalties In Minutes = 57
Games Played = 82
A penalty every 2.8 games
Short Handed Points =1g, 3a
In conclusion, none of the 3 top selke canidates last year played against as much top competition as McClement. Jay was the better penalty killer, not the best faceoff man though. Datsyuk hardly plays on the PK and faced the weakest competion playing with the best teammates of the 4. Kesler took a ton of penalties and didn't have the same numbers as the rest but his teammates were garbage. Staal has pretty good numbers but also played with better teammates, was terrible on the faceoff, and was the worst of the 4 on the PK.
Rescources
http://www.behindthenet.ca/stats_2010.html
http://www.nhl.com/ice/playerstats.htm
Any way else I should compare them?