#bettmansucks

So, this one came together better than my last post! I knew I had to add more to it to make it a "Real Thing" - so here it is, at long last. I felt a bit rushed on it, and that was nobody's fault but mine (cue Led Zeppelin).

For my information, I had to get my data under control. The NHL at any given time has approximately 750 players on contract per season. And I wanted to contrast a full decade's worth of players! So I had to narrow it down a bit. I decided to go with stars from those seasons - specifically, I used the First and Second All-Star team rosters to help - twelve of the best players in the league per season.

I used an excellent hockey data/stat site called http://www.hockey-reference.com to accumulate the data on both the All Star rosters as well as the individual players' sizes.

I decided to use Da Vinci's Vitruvian Man as a humorous diagram for the players' size. I gave them a drop shadow to make them pop off the ice textured background and kind of make them look like pucks. 

The data does not lie: NHL players from the 2000s were taller and bulkier than their 1970s brethren. They likely look even larger than my conclusion suggests due to the very large protective pads modern players wear.

(sidebar: I was going to use Gary Bettman's face in place of the modern NHL shield but thought that may have gone a little too far.)