Meta-Build: An Experiment on What Makes a Great Player Pt. 1/ idk probably will be like 5-15.

[nurx 914]

Hey VHL, I have absolutely love spreadsheet sports and I imagine a lot of you do too. We are all members of a league that is dictated by spreadsheet hockey and many of us have fallen into what I believe is likely a trap of creating good, but could be better players. I wanted to dig up some of the better players at every position (besides goaltenders sorry don't know enough about goalie builds) and see if they have a massive underlying flaw that could be hindering their team. I am doing this by looking at of course the big stats, but also that stats that are often hidden from view of from those who do not go into the trenches and dig for the treasure. In this little article series I will be just sending the results of my digging through 1 season (S79) of the VHL. I choose this season because the top players in this season had similar, yet very different builds. I will be looking at the best forwards (this will not be including true centers) and see who is performing better than what their G/A/P is showing.

The first player I will be taking a deep dive is @Renomitsu's Aloe Dear. S77 Aloe Dear was the best winger by the traditional counting measures by a small but comfortable margin. As I begin to deep dive into more players we may find that Aloe truly was a fantastic player, but currently we are putting them as a the starting point for all of the stats.

G - 43; A - 69 (nice); P - 112; +/- - 34; Hits - 194; Hits Received - 293; Shots - 521; SB - 20; PIM - 100; Giveaway = 742; Takeaway - 644; Giveaway/Game - 10.31;  Takeaway/Game - 8.94

 

Really solid season overall and we will see as the stats develop whether or not those Giveaways will helping their team or really harming their team. We will see in the near future. 

If you want your player analyzed more shoot me a PM on here or on discord. I will only be deep diving players who have a completed season with their build completed. This means if you are a rookie in the VHL you will not be analyzed. I do however want some players who do not have a meta build.

Words: I dont care how many words this took me 1 hour to get the takeaway/giveaway stats give 2 TPE....