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Continue reading “Does Jaromir Jagr Belong in the Hockey Hall of Fame?”Lorne Carr
Career
- NHL: 1933-46; 13 seasons, 9 quality[1. By Modern standards of PPG]
- 204G (12th All Time at his retirement), 222A (10th) for 426P (9th) in 580 games (16th); 39.2 PS
- Era: Carr is 3rd in Goals, GPG, OPS and Games, 2nd in Assists, APG, Points and PPG, and 7th in PS[2. Of the 7 players to play in at least 550 games between 1933 and 1946]
- 82-game average: 29G, 31A for 60P
- 3-year peak:[3. 1942-45] 48-game average of 27G, 31A for 59P
- Playoffs: 10G, 9A for 19P in 53 games
- Adjusted: 273G, 345A for 618P
- Adjusted 82-game average: 39G, 49A for 87P
- Traded twice in his prime, and twice at the beginning of his career.[4. Basically he was waived and called back up.]
Aubrey Dit Clapper
Dit Clapper’s Career
- NHL: 1927-47; 20 seasons, 8 out of 10 quality as a forward (by modern standards of PPG) and at least 8 out of 10 quality as a D (by Defensive Point Shares)
- Totals:
- 228G (8th All Time at his retirement),
- 246A (6th) for
- 474P (6th) in
- 833 games (1st) – Clapper held the record for games played until the 1956-57 season
- 94.3 PS (5th)
- At his retirement, Clapper was 18th All Time in GPG and PPG, and 20th in APG (minimum 500 games, since Clapper doesn’t meet the qualifiers for APG or PPG)
- At his retirement, Clapper was 6th All Time in Offensive Point Shares and 11th All time in Defensive Point Shares
- Era: Of the 7 players to play in at least 600 games between 1927 and 1947, Clapper is
- 3rd in Goals, GPG, Points and DPS,
- 2nd in Assists,
- 4th in APG and PPG,
- 1st in OPS, PS and Games
- 82-game average: 22G, 25A for 47P; 9.2 PS
- 3-year peak (1929-32): 44-game average of 26G, 16A for 43P (as a forward)
- Playoffs: 13G, 17A for 30 points in 82 games
- Adjusted: 382G, 508A for 890P
- Adjusted 82-game average: 38G, 50A for 88P
- Never Traded.
Lawrence Baldy Northcott
Career
- NHL: 1928-39; 11 seasons, 6 quality[1. By modern standards of PPG]
- 133G, 112A for 245P in 446 points
- At his retirement, Northcott was 22nd in GPG
- For players to play during the decade he played in, Northcott is 15th in Goals, 23rd in Assists, 19th in Points and 22nd in Games Played[2. Minimum 400 games]
- Era: Northcott is 15th Goals, 12th in GPG, 23rd in Assists, 21 in APG and PS, 19th in Points, 17th in PPG and OPS, and 22nd in Games[3. Of the 37 players to play in at least 400 games between 1928 and 1939]
- 82-game average: 25G, 21A for 45P
- 3-year peak (1931-34): 48-game average of 21G, 14A for 34P
- Playoffs: 8G, 5A for 13P in 31 games
- Adjusted: 229G, 256A for 485P
- Adjusted 82-game average: 42G, 47P for 89P
- Traded once at the end of his career.
Louis Berlinguette
Career
- NHL: 1917-26; 8 seasons, 3 quality[1. By modern standards of PPG]
- 45G, 33A (19th All Time at his retirement) for 78P (25th) in 193 games (8th)
- 82-game average: 19G, 14A for 33P
- 3-year peak (1919-22): 82-game average of 36G, 27A for 63P
- Playoffs: 5A for 5P in 11 games
- Adjusted: 60G, 150A for 210P
- Adjusted 82-game average: 25G, 64A for 89P
- Traded out of the NHL once.[2. but traded back in less than a month later]
Milt Schmidt
Milt Schmidt’s Career
- NHL: 1936-42, 1945-55; 16 seasons, 14 quality
- Totals:
- 229G (14th All Time at his retirement),
- 346A (3rd) for
- 575P (4th) in
- 776 games (2nd),
- 63.3 PS (22nd)
- At his retirement, Schmidt was 13th All time in OPS
- Per game: At his retirement, Schmidt was
- 25th All Time in GPG
- 7th in APG (out of 8 qualifying players)
- 13th in PPG (out of 13 qualifying players)
- Era: Of the 6 players to play it at least 700 games between 1936 and 1955, Schmidt is
- 3rd in Goals, GPG, PPG and PS,
- 1st in Assists, APG and Games,
- 2nd in Points and OPS
- 82-game average: 25G, 37A for 61P
- 3-year peak (1939-42): 48-game average of 18G, 28A for 46P
- Playoffs:
- 24G,
- 25A for
- 49P in 86 games
- Adjusted:
- Hockey-Reference:
- 305G, 540A for 845P
- Adjusted 82-game average: 32G, 57A for 89P
- Schmidt is not on any PG leader-boards
- VsX:
- 423G
- 782A
- 1,030P
- Schmidt is 18th All Time in VsX Adjusted APG
- Hockey-Reference:
- Never traded.
Milt Schmidt’s Accomplishments
- Hart (’51)
- Top 5 in Hart voting a further four times (’40, ’47, ’50, ’52)
- Back Check Best Player (’40)
- Back Check MVP (’40)
- Top Player:
- Top 5 Player (by Point Shares) once (’40),
- Top 10 twice (’47)
- Best Offensive Player (by Offensive Point Shares) once (’40),
- Top 5 thrice (’47, ’51)
- Goals:
- Leader-boards:
- Top 5 in Goals once,
- Top 10 three times
- GPG leader-boards:
- Top 5 in GPG once,
- Top 10 four times
- Single-season totals:
- 25 goals once, 20
- goals four times
- Leader-boards:
- Assists:
- Leader-boards:
- Led the league in Assists once,
- Top 5 four times
- APG leader-boards:
- Led the league in APG once,
- Top 5 four times
- Leader-boards:
- Points:
- Leader-boards:
- Led the league in Points once,
- Top 5 thrice,
- Top 10 five times
- PPG leader-boards:
- Top 5 in PPG thrice,
- Top 10 five times
- Single-season totals:
- 60 points twice (1 of only 12 players to do so at his retirement)
- 50 points four times (1 of only 13 players at his retirement)
- Leader-boards:
- All Star:
- 1st Team All Star thrice,
- 2nd Team once
- 4 All Star Games
- VsX:
- Best 7 Seasons:
- Goals: 123rd All Time
- Assists: 43rd All Time
- Points: 56th All Time
- Best 10 Seasons:
- Goals: 113th All Time
- Assists: 51st All Time
- Points: 68th All Time
- Best 7 Seasons:
Great Teams
- NHL:
- Best Player (by points) on one Runner Up (’46 Bruins) and two Final Fours (’47, ’48 Bruins),
- Best Skater (led playoffs in points) on one Champion (’41 Bruins),
- Top 6 Forward (by points) on one Champion (’39 Bruins), one Runner Up (’53 Bruins) and three Final Fours (’49, ’52, ’54 Bruins),
- Top 9 Forward (by points) on one Final Four (’51 Bruins),
- Role Player (by points) on two Final Fours (’38, ’40 Bruins)
- Senior:
- Best Player (by points) on one Allan Cup Champion (’42 RCAF Flyers)
Schmidt didn’t deserve his Hart the one year he won it, but might have deserved it another year. And he wasn’t as offensively dominant as long as some of the greats of his era. And, despite some strong playoffs, he also had many weak playoffs. But I can’t shake the feeling he belongs.