Early NHL

Harold Darragh

NHL: 1925-33; 8 seasons, 1 quality[1. By modern standards of PPG]
68G, 49A for 117P in 308 Games
Era: Darragh is 20th in Goals and GPG, 23rd in Assists, Points and PPG, 22nd in APG and OPS, 25th in PS and 26th in Games[2. Of the 33 players to play in at least 300 games between 1925 and 1933]
82-game average: 18G, 13A for 31P
3-year peak (1928-31): 44-game average of 10G, 9A for 19P
Playoffs: 1G, 3A for 4P in 16 games
Adjusted: 128G, 213A for 341P
Adjusted 82-game average: 34G, 58A for 91P
Traded once and waived once in his prime, traded out of the league.[3. Ended Darragh’s NHL career]

NHL: 1928-37; 9 seasons, 2 quality[1. By modern standards of PPG]
74G, 86A for 160P in 402 games
Era: Blair is 11th in Goals, GPG, Points, PPG and OPS, 10th in Assists and APG, 12th in PS and 13th in Games[2. Of the 15 players to play in at least 400 games between 1928 and 1937]
82-game average: 15G, 17A for 33P
3-year peak (1928-31): 44-game average of 11G, 11A for 23P
Playoffs: 6G, 6A for 12P in 38 games
Adjusted: 140G, 299A for 439P
Adjusted 82-game average: 29G, 61A for 90P
Traded near the end of his career.

NHL: 1928-33; 5 seasons, all quality (by Defensive Point Shares)
Totals:
- 44G,
- 33A for
- 77P in
- 183 games
- At his retirement, Owen was 20th All Time in Defensive Point Shares
Per Game: Doesn’t qualify; however, if the qualifier is set to an absurdly low 164 games, Owen is
- 14th All Time in GPG among D
Era: Of the 23 D who played in at least 164 games (2 modern seasons) between 1928 and 1933, Owen is
- 6th in Goals and GPG
- 12th in Assists
- 9th in APG
- 7th in Points
- 6th in PPG
- 6th in Offensive Point Shares
- 8th in Defensive Point Shares
- 3rd in Point Shares
- 18th in Games Played
82-game average: 20G, 15A for 34P; 32.6 PS
3-year peak (1929-32): 44-game average of 12G, 10A for 22P; 7.9 PS
Playoffs:
- 2G,
- 5A for
- 7P in
- 21 Games
Adjusted:
- Hockey-Reference:
  - 83G, 121A for 204P
  - Adjusted 82-game average: 37G, 54A for 91P
  - Per Game: Doesn’t qualify
- VsX: Doesn’t qualify
Trades:
- Having refused to move to Canada and never played in the NHL, his NHL rights were traded when he was almost 28 to the Bruins for Eric Pettinger (24) and Hugh Plaxton (24) – our 21st Worst Leafs Trade ever.

NHL: 1929-38; 9 seasons, 5 quality[1. By modern standards of PPG]
77G, 98A for 175P in 349 games; 20.5 PS
Era: Cook does not make it into the Top 25 for any category[2. When Cook is compared to the 61 players who played in at least 300 games between 1929 and 1938]
82-game average: 18G, 23A for 41P
3-year peak (1929-32): 44-gam average of 14G, 14A for 28P
Playoffs: 2G, 4A for 6P in 24 games
Adjusted: 133G, 260A for 393P
Adjusted 82-game average: 31G, 61A for 92P
Traded out of the league once and waived once, both near the end of his career.

NHL: 1925-33; 8 seasons, 4 quality[1. By modern standards of PPG]
87G, 41A for 128P in 317 games (23rd); 24.3 PS
Era: Milks is 17th in Goals, 15th in GPG, 20th in Points, 21st in PPG, 19th in OPS and in Games, and 24th in PS[2. Of the 33 players who played in at least 300 games between 1925 and 1933]
82-game average: 22G, 11A for 33P
3-year peak (1925-28): 44-game average of 17G, 5A for 22P
Playoffs: 0P in 11 games
Adjusted: 166G, 191A for 357P
Adjusted 82-game average: 43G, 49A for 92P
Never traded.

NHL: 1928-39; 11 seasons, 6 quality[1. By modern standards of PPG]
121G, 113A for 234P in 446P; 31.2 PS
Era: Trottier is 14th in Goals, 13th in GPG, 16th in Assists and APG, 16th in Points, 15th in PPG, 16th in Offensive Point Shares, 19th in Point Shares and 23rd in Games[2. Of the 23 players to play at least 400 games between 1928 and 1939]
82-game average: 22G, 21A for 43P
3-year peak (1931-34): 48-game average of 17G, 17A for 34P
Playoffs: 4G, 3A for 7P in 31 games
Adjusted: 210G, 303A for 513P
Adjusted 82-game average: 39G, 56A for 94P
Traded twice at the end of his career.

NHL: 1917-23; 6 seasons, 4 quality[1.By Defensive Point Shares]
33G (24th All Time at his retirement), 19A (23rd) for 52P (24th) in 106 games; 10.5 PS (19th)
At his retirement, Mummery was 23rd All Time in GPG, APG and PPG[2. Minimum 82 games, 24 qualifying players]
At his retirement, Mummery was 8th All Time in Defensive Point Shares and 25th All Time in Offensive Point Shares
82-game average: 25G, 15A for 40P; 8.1 PS
3-year peak (1919-22): 24-game average of 10G, 6A for 15P
NHL Playoffs: 1G, 1A for 2P in 2 games
Adjusted: 41G, 81A for 122P
Adjusted 82-game average: 32G, 63A for 94P
Dominance Quotient: Never led a team
Traded twice in his prime and traded out of the NHL at the end of his career.[3. Also, Mummery was the largest player (by weight) and he holds the record for most games as a Goaltender by a skater]

NHL: 1927-39; 12 seasons, 5 quality[1. By modern standards of PPG]
147G (22nd All Time at his retirement), 129A (24th) for 276P (21st) in 489 games (25th), 10.2 PS
At his retirement, Aurie was 20th in GPG[2. Minimum 300 games]
Era: Aurie is 10th in Goals, 8th in GPG, 13th in Assists, 12th in APG, 11th in Points and PPG, 14th in OPS and Games, and 18th in PS[3. Of the 25 players to play in at least 450 games between 1927 and 1939
82-game average: 25G, 21A for 46P
3-year peak (1934-37): 48-game average of 19G, 23A for 43P
Playoffs: 6G, 9A for 15P in 24 games
Adjusted: 257G, 320A for 577P
Adjusted 82-game average: 43G, 54A for 97P
Never traded.

NHL: 1929-46; 17 seasons, 12 quality
237G (6th All Time at his retirement), 291A (2nd) for 528P (1st[1. Howe was the career leader in points from 1944-45 to 1946-47]) in 698 games (4th); 55.8 PS (21st)
At his retirement, Howe was 8th in GPG, 2nd in APG and 5th in PPG[2. Minimum 500 games, 34 qualifying players]
At his retirement, Howe was 15th All Time in Offensive Point Shares
Era: 2nd in Goals and GPG, 1st in Assists, APG, Points and PPG, 3rd in OPS and Games, 5th in PS[3. Of the 6 players to play in at least 600 games between 1929 and 1946, as only 3 played in 650 games over that span]
82-game average: 28G, 34A for 62P
3-year peak (1942-45): 50-game average of 25G, 35A for 59P
Playoffs: 17G, 27A[4. Howe was the career leader in playoff assists in 1944] for 27 points[5. Howe was the career leader in playoff points from 1944 to 1946] in 44 games
Adjusted: 343G, 506A for 849P
Adjusted 82-game average: 40G, 59A for 100P
Traded once in his prime, traded to the AHL[6. I.e. waived] at the end of his career, claimed in a dispersal draft.

NHL: 1929-43; 14 seasons, 3 quality as a forward, 7? of 11 quality as a D[1. By Defensive Point Shares]
134G, 190A (12th All Time at his retirement) for 324P (19th) in 557 games (14th); 54.9 PS (18th); 54.9 PS
At his retirement, Goodfellow was 19th All Time in GPG, 7th in APG and 13th in PPG[2. Minimum 500 games – 31 qualifying players]
Era: Goodfellow is 5th in Goals, Assists, Points and Games, 4th in GPG, PPG and OPS, 3rd in APG and PS[3. Of the 5 players to play in at least 550 games between 1929 and 1943]
82-game average: 20G, 28A for 48P
3-year peak (1938-41)[4. Playing defence]: 48-game average of 9G, 15A for 23P, 5.5 PS
Playoffs: 8G, 8A for 16P in 45 games
Adjusted: 230G, 453A for 683P
Adjusted 82-game average: 34G, 67A for 101P
Never traded.