For research: name 5 "clutch" players and 5 "chokers"
Please list exactly 5 of each.
Players you know have a reputation for being clutch or non-clutch are also acceptable to fill out your list or if you want to help but don't like those terms.
This is for research purposes.
Edit: Player doesn't have to be active. Players that started their career in 87 - 88 or later are preferable, however players that played some of their career after that are still usable and it won't ruin anything if you mistakenly include older players. Thanks 96 for reminding me to specify
Edit 2: I can't use your answer in my data unless you list 5 of each. Would really like it if you do that instead of dropping in to say "Add one for this guy!"
Clutch: Danny Briere, Patrik Elias, Jonathan Toews, Jaromir Jagr & Simon Gagne
Not clutch: Jeff Carter, Alex Semin, Joe Thornton, Patrick Marleau & Ryan Miller
You should really specify if you are looking for current players or if you are looking back in history as well. I assumed you meant current players because people on this board (myself included) are going to have much more knowledge of current or recent players, so some of the most clutch players of the past will be forgotten.
Throw Max Talbot into the clutch player mix just because everyone will go for the big names. That guy doesn't always score goals, but when he does he prefers to score big ones.
"Clutch" and "choker" are primarily fan-invented concepts. Over a large enough sample size, everyone tends to their career averages. The problem is that, unless you are Lidstrom, a player's post-season career is rarely a large enough sample size.
The major exceptions are instances where there's a high-pressure moment that constitutes the majority of a player's contribution (e.g. An NFL place kicker)
Throw Max Talbot into the clutch player mix just because everyone will go for the big names. That guy doesn't always score goals, but when he does he prefers to score big ones.
If you would like him to be included in the data, make a list of 5 each and put him on the clutch one.
No such thing as clutch or choke in sports. These are concepts imagined up by simpleton sports fans and been exposed to be false time and time again by actual statistical studies.
Clutch: Joe Sakic, Patrick Roy, Steve Yzerman, Dominik Hasek, Mark Messier
Current: Danny Breire, Brad Richards, Henrik Zetterberg, Tim Thomas, Patrick Elias
"Clutch" and "choker" are primarily fan-invented concepts. Over a large enough sample size, everyone tends to their career averages. The problem is that, unless you are Lidstrom, a player's post-season career is rarely a large enough sample size.
The major exceptions are instances where there's a high-pressure moment that constitutes the majority of a player's contribution (e.g. An NFL place kicker)
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Originally Posted by Krnuckfan
No such thing as clutch or choke in sports. These are concepts imagined up by simpleton sports fans and been exposed to be false time and time again by actual statistical studies.
