Category: GOAT

Sidney Crosby

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Charlie Conacher

Career

  • NHL: 1929-1941; 12 seasons, 10 quality
  • Totals:
    • 225G (6th All Time at his retirement),
    • 173A (15th) for
    • 398P (6th) in
    • 459 games;
    • 66.6 PS (10th)
  • At his retirement, Conacher was 3rd in GPG, 7th in APG and 2nd in PPG[1. Minimum 300 games]
  • At his retirement, Conacher was 5th All Time in Offensive Point Shares
  • Era: Conacher is 1st in Goals, GPG, Points, PPG and OPS, 6th in Assists, 3rd in APG and PS, and 16th in Games[2. Of the 37 players to play in 400 games between 1929 and 1941]
  • 82-game average: 40G, 31A for 71P
  • 3-year peak (1933-36): 48-game average of 33G, 20A for 53P
  • Playoffs: 17G, 18A for 35P in 49 games
  • Conacher briefly shared the record for career playoff goals at the end of the 1939-40 season
  • Conacher held the record for career playoff APG from 1939 until the 1944 playoffs
  • Adjusted: 393G, 399A for 792P
  • Adjusted 82-game average: 70G, 71A for 141P
  • If the qualifier is set at 300 games, Conacher is 10th All Time in Adjusted PPG
  • Traded twice at the end of his career.
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Robert Nels Stewart

Nels Stewart’s Career

  • NHL: 1925-1940; 15 seasons, 13 quality[1. By modern PPG standards]
  • Totals:
    • 324G (1st All Time at his retirement),
    • 191A (5th) for
    • 515P (1st) in
    • 650 games (3rd);
    • 96.9 PS (3rd)
    • Stewart was the NHL career goals leader from the 1936-37 season until 1952
    • Stewart was the NHL career points leader from the 1938-39 season until the 1944-45 season
    • At his retirement, Stewart was 2nd All Time in Offensive Point Shares
  • Per Game:
    • Stewart is 20th All time in GPG;
    • At his retirement, Stewart was
      • 4th All Time in GPG
      • 1st All Time in PPG (but he was the only qualifying player…)
      • Stewart doesn’t qualify for the APG leader-board, however if the qualifier is set to 500 games played, Stewart waas 10th All Time at his retirement
    • Stewart was the NHL career PPG leader from the 1938-39 season (the first time anyone qualifies for the HR leader boards) to the 1945-46 season
  • Era: Of the 21 players to play in at least 500 games between 1925 and 1950Stewart is
    • 1st in Goals, GPG, Points, PPG, OPS, PS and Games,
    • 4th in Assists, and
    • 8th in APG
  • 82-game average: 41G, 24A for 65P
  • 3-year peak (1929-32): 44 game average of 30G, 14A for 45P
  • Playoffs:
    • 9G (t-24th All Time at his retirement)
    • 12A fo (t-11th)
    • 21P (t-19th) in
    • 50 games (12th)
  • Adjusted:
    • Hockey Reference:
      • 587G (22nd All Time), 583A for 1170P
      • Adjusted 82-game average: an absurd 74G, 74A for 148P
      • Per Game:
        • 4th All Time in Adjusted GPG
        • 1st All Time in Adjusted PPG
        • (Doesn’t qualify for APG)
    • VsX:
      • 592G
      • 568A
      • 1,106P
      • Per Game:
        • 6th All Time in VsX Adjusted GPG
        • 7th All Time in VsX Adjusted APG
  • Trades:
    • Traded at 29 for cash
    • Traded at 30 with Joe Jerwa (29) for cash but traded back at 31 when the agreement fell through
    • Traded at 31 for cash
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Bill Cook

Bill Cook’s Career

  • 1926-1937; 11 seasons, 9 quality (by modern PPG standards)
  • Totals:
    • 229G (5th All Time at his retirement),
    • 138A (12th) for
    • 367P (5th) in
    • 474 games (19th);
    • 72.5 PS (7th)
  • At his retirement, Cook was 5th All Time in GPG, 15th in APG and 9th in PPG
  • At his retirement, Cook was 4th in OPS
  • Era: For players to play at least 300 games between 1926 and 1937 Cook is
    • 2nd in Goals,
    • 3rd in GPG,
    • 11th in Assists,
    • 15th in APG,
    • 4th in Points,
    • 8th in PPG,
    • 3rd in Offensive Point Shares,
    • 5th in Point Shares and
    • 11th in Games
  • 82-game average: 40G, 24A for 63P
  • 3-year peak (1929-32): 44-game average of 30G, 18A for 49P
  • Playoffs: 13G, 11A for 24P in 46 games
  • Adjusted:
    • Hockey-Reference:
      • 422G, 450A for 872P
      • Adjusted 82-game average: 73G, 78A for 151P
      • Per Game:
        • Cook is 5th All Time in Adjusted GPG
        • Cook doesn’t meet the qualifiers for APG or PPG but if the qualifier is set to 82-games, Cook is 18th All Time in Adjusted PPG (If the qualifier is raised to 300 he is 6th All Time)
  • VsX:
    • Goals: 452
    • Assists: Doesn’t qualify (855-452=403)
    • Points: 855
    • Per Game:
      • 4th All Time in GPG
      • Doesn’t qualify for APG
      • 3rd All Time in PPG
  • Traded into the NHL for money.
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Howie Morenz

Career

  • NHL: 1923-1937; 14 seasons, all quality
  • Totals:
    • 271G (2nd All Time at his career-ending injury),
    • 201A (2nd) for
    • 472P (1st) in
    • 550 games (4th);
    • 100.8 PS (2nd)
  • Morenz was the career leader in goals at the end of the 1933-34 season[1. However, Morenz relinquished the career lead during his final season]
  • Morenz became the career leader in points during the 1931-32 season[2. Morenz held the record until the 1938-39 season]
  • At his career-ending injury, Morenz was 13th All Time in GPG, 12th in APG and 9th in PPG, if the qualifier is set to 82 games[3. i.e. The qualifier is low enough to include a player like Newsy Lalonde. However, if the qualifier is raised to 300 games (slightly less than 7 seasons in the ’30s NHL), Morenz was 4th in GPG, 7th in APG and 3rd in PPG at his retirement. With modern qualifiers, Morenz is 25th All Time in GPG]
  • At his career-ending injury, Morenz was the career leader in Offensive Point Shares
  • Era: Morenz is 2nd in Goals, GPG, Assists, APG and PS, 1st in Points, PPG and OPS, and 4th in Games[4. 14 players played in at least 500 games between 1923 and 1937]
  • 82-game average: 40G, 30A for 71P
  • 3-year peak (1929-32): 44-game average of 31G, 20A for 51P
  • Playoffs: 13G, 9A for 22P in 39 games
  • Adjusted:
    • Hockey-Reference:
      • 501G, 728A for 1229P
      • Adjusted 82-game average: 75G, 109A for 183P
      • Morenz is 7th All Time in Adjusted PPG with an 82-game qualifier[5. If the qualifier is raised to 500 games, Morenz is 1st All Time]
    • VsX:
  • Never traded.
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Does Joe Malone Belong in the Hockey Hall of Fame?

Joe Malone has the highest single season GPG in the history of the NHL. In that season he scored an incredible 44 goals with only 4 assists. Was he the worst puck hog in NHL history or was something else going on?

And where does Malone rank among the early hockey greats?

Listen to us discuss Malone’s incredible career here:

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