Allan Stanley played a really long time, won a bunch of Stanley Cups and was briefly considered one of the best D in the NHL.
But his name doesn’t come up very often in discussions of great D of the past.
So, does Allan Stanley belong in the Hockey Hall of Fame? Has he been unjustly forgotten?
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Allan Stanley’s Career:
- NHL: 1948-69, 21 seasons, 20 quality?
- Totals:
- 100G (9th/11th D All Time at his retirement),
- 333A (4th/5th D All Time at his retirement – Harvey, Gadsby, Pilote, Kelly) for
- 433P (5th/7th D All Time at his retirement – Gadsby, Harvey, Kelly Pilote, Clapper, Horton),
- +117* (14th All Time – 6th D at his retirement) in
- 1244 Games (4th All Time at his retirement – Howe, Kelly, Gadsby);
- 103.6 Point Shares (9th All Time at his retirement, 4th/5th D – Harvey, Kelly, Horton, Clancy);
- Stanley is 25th All Time in Defensive Point Shares (At his retirement, he was 4th All Time in Defensive Point Shares – Harvey, Pronovost, Horton)
- At his retirement, Stanley was the 11th D All Time in Offensive Point Shares
- Per Game: Stanley didn’t score enough to make either the GPG or PPG leader-boards but we lowered the requirements (100G, 400P). At his retirement, among D, Stanley was
- 11th (last among all qualifying players) All Time in GPG
- 6th (last among all qualifying players) All Time in APG
- 7th (last among all qualifying players) All Time in PPG
- Era: Of the 12 D* to play in at least 820 games (10 modern seasons) between 1948 and 1969, Stanley is
- 4th (3rd) in Goals
- 6th (5th) in GPG
- 4th in Assists
- 6th (5th) in APG
- 6th (5th) in Points
- 6th (5th) in PPG
- 4th in Plus/Minus
- 6th (5th) in Offensive Shares
- 4th in Defensive Point Shares
- 4th (3rd) in Point Shares
- 1st in Games
- 82-game average: 7G, 22A for 29P, +8* (*1/2 of his career so this isn’t accurate)
- 3-year peak (1959-62): 70-game average of 10G, 27A for 37P, +18
- Playoffs:
- 7G (t-17th/15th D All Time at his retirement),
- 36A (3rd D All Time at his retirement – Harvey, Pilote) for
- 43P (5th/4th D All Time at his retirement – Harvey, Pilote, Kelly, Tremblay),
- +2* (t-24th D All Time at his retirement) in
- 109 Games (6th D All Time at his retirement)
- Per Game: Stanley doesn’t qualify for playoff GPG or PPG so we lowered the qualifiers (5G, 40P). At his retirement, among D, Stanley was
- T-4th (last among qualifying players) in playoff APG – Pilote, Harvey, Tremblay
- 6th (last among qualifying players) in playoff PPG
- Adjusted for Era:
- Hockey-Reference:
- 114G
- 395A for
- 509P
- Per Game: Stanley doesn’t qualify for AGPG or APPG and isn’t in the Top 25 for AAPG
- 82-game average: 8G, 26A for 34P (+5P per 82 games)
- VsX:
- Goals: doesn’t qualify
- 536A
- Points: doesn’t qualify
- Hockey-Reference:
- Trades:
- Traded at 22 into the NHL for Eddie Kullman (nearly 23), Moe Morris (27) and a player to be named later (Buck Davies)
- Traded at at 28 with Rich Lamoureux (20) and Nick Mickoski (26) to the Hawks for Pete Conacher (22) and Bill Gadsby (27)
- Traded at 30 to the Bruins for cash
- Traded at 30 (on the same day) to the Leafs for Jim Morrison (26)
- Left unprotected at 40 in the “1968 special draft”
Allan Stanley’s Accomplishments:
- Top 5 in Norris voting twice
- Top 5 in Calder voting
- All Star:
- 2nd Team All Star three times
- 7 All Star Game appearances
- Top Player:
- Top 10 Player (by Point Shares) once (‘61)
- Top 5 Defenseman (by DPS) twice (‘59, ‘61)
- Top 10 five times (‘57, ‘58, ‘64)
- Plus/Minus:
- Top 5 in Plus/Minus once
- Top 10 twice
- VsX Peak: Doesn’t qualify
Allan Stanley’s Great Teams:
- NHL:
- Best D (by points) on two Champions (‘63, ‘64 Leafs), one Runner Up (‘50 Rangers) and one Final Four (‘61 Leafs)
- Top 2 D (by points) on two Runners Up (‘57 Bruins, ‘60 Bruins)
- Top 4 D (by points) on two Champions (‘62, ‘67 Leafs) and one Runner Up (‘59 Leafs)
- Role Player (by points) on one Final Four (‘65 Leafs)
- Injured on one Final Four (‘66 Leafs)