So...I balanced the teams. I balanced them really well. The parity among these four teams of pre-NHL Hockey Hall of Famers was remarkable.
But then I added in the goalies.
I absolutely cannot believe I failed to take the goaltenders into account when I was balancing the teams. Of the four pre-NHL goalies, there's a clear statistical hierarchy -- Bowse Hutton is far and away the best, followed by Riley Hern, Paddy Moran, and Percy LeSueur in that order. Now I need to go back and redistribute the players so that Hutton gets the worst group, Hern gets the second-worst, and so forth, in order to cancel out the goalies' lopsided influence on the outcome of games.
Argh.
But then I added in the goalies.
I absolutely cannot believe I failed to take the goaltenders into account when I was balancing the teams. Of the four pre-NHL goalies, there's a clear statistical hierarchy -- Bowse Hutton is far and away the best, followed by Riley Hern, Paddy Moran, and Percy LeSueur in that order. Now I need to go back and redistribute the players so that Hutton gets the worst group, Hern gets the second-worst, and so forth, in order to cancel out the goalies' lopsided influence on the outcome of games.
Argh.
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