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Does Newsy Lalonde Belong in the Hockey Hall of Fame?

The question with Newsy isn’t whether or not he belongs in the Hockey Hall of Fame but rather, is Newsy Lalonde one of the Greatest of All Time?

Newsy’s dominance of the early NHL is unrivaled but where does he rank all time?

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Does Teemu Selanne Belong in the Hockey Hall of Fame?

In this episode, we ask where does Teemu Selanne rank among NHL Right Wings and among Finnish hockey players?

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Does Jarome Iginla Belong in the Hockey Hall of Fame?

Though he’s technically still active, we decided there was no way he was going to improve his case if he ever did manage to make an NHL comeback, so we decided to talk about Jarome Iginla’s Hall of Fame case.

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Steven Stamkos

Stamkos is active so this post may not be up-to-date mid-season.

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Lynn Patrick

Career

NHL: 1934-43; 1945-46; 10 seasons, 8 quality[1. By modern standards of PPG]
145G, 190A (23rd All Time at his retirement) for 335P (22nd) in 455 games; 34.5 PS
Patrick was 11th All Time in APG and 19th in GPG at his retirement[2. If the qualifier is set to 300 games]
Era: Patrick is 7th in Goals and GPG, 8th in Assists and Points, 5th in APG, 6th in PPG, 9th in OPS, 12 in PS and 17th in Games[3. Of the 17 players to play in at least 450 games between 1934 and 1946]
82-game average: 26G, 34A for 61P
3-year peak (1940-43): 48-game average of 25G, 28A for 53P
Playoffs: 10G, 6A for 16P in 44 games
Adjusted: 210G, 324A for 534P
Adjusted 82-game average: 38G, 58A for 96P
Never traded.

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Larry Aurie

Career

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.

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Is Maurice Richard the Greatest Goal Scorer of All Time?

Career

NHL: 1942-60; 18 seasons, 16 quality
Totals:
- 544G (1st All Time at his retirement[1. The career record holder until 1963]),
- 421A (3rd) for
- 965P (2nd[2. Richard was the NHL’s career leader in points from 1953-54 until 1959-60]) in 9
- 78 games (2nd);
- 125.3 PS (2nd)
Richard is 13th All Time in GPG[3. At his retirement he was 12th – minimum 500 games] and, at his retirement, he was 19th in PPG[4. Minimum 500 games and also he was 1st All Time briefly during the 1951-52 season]
At his retirement, Richard was 2nd All Time in Offensive Point Shares[5. Richard was the career leader in Offensive Point Shares from the 1956-57 season to the next season]
Era: Richard is 1st in Goals, GPG, Points, PPG, OPS, PS and Games, 3rd in Assists and APG[6. Of the 5 players to play in at least 850 games between 1942 and 1960, as only two players played 950 games and only three played in 900 games during that span]
82-game average: 46G, 35A for 81P
3-year peak (1943-46): 50-game average of 37G, 23A for 60P
Playoffs:
- 82G (8th All Time),[7. Richard held the career record in playoff goals from 1947 until 1986]
- 44A for
- 126P[8. Richard held the career record in playoff points from 1951 until 1964] in
- 133 games
- Richard is currently 4th All Time in playoff GPG[9. Richard held the career playoff GPG record from 1946 until 1956 and again from 1957 until 1981][10. Richard held the career playoff PPG record from 1949 until 1952]
Adjusted:
- Hockey Reference:
  - 653G (9th All Time), 576A for 1229P (25th)
  - Adjusted 82-game average: 55G, 48A for 103P
  - If the qualifier is set at 500 games, Richard is 24th All Time in Adjusted PPG[11. If the qualifier is set to 750 games, Richard is 4th All Time]
- VsX:
Never traded.

Doug Bentley

Doug Bentley’s Career

NHL: 1939-44; 1945-52; 1953-54; 13 seasons, 10 quality
Totals:
- 219G (18th All Time at his retirement),
- 324A (4th) for
- 543P (6th) in
- 566 games;
- 48.9 PS
At his retirement, Bentley was 8th All Time in GPG, 3rd in APG, and 4th in PPG
Era: Bentley is 5th in Goals, 3rd in GPG, 2nd in Assists, APG and PPG, 4th in Points, 6th in OPS, 10th in PS and 16th in Games[2. Of the 18 players to play in at least 550 games between 1939 and 1954]
82-game average: 32G, 47A for 79P
3-year peak (1942-46): 48-game average of 31G, 35A for 66P
Playoffs: 9G, 8A for 17P in 23 games
Adjusted:
- Hockey Reference:
  - 260G, 468A for 728P
  - Adjusted 82-game average: 38G, 68A for 105P
  - If the qualifier is set to 500 games, Bentley is 21st All Time in Adjusted PPG
- VsX:
Traded once at the very end of his career.

Alexander Ovechkin

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Sidney Crosby

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