Stanley Cup Champion

Hector Kilrea

Career

NHL: 1925-40; 15 seasons, 5 quality[1. By modern standards of PPG]
167G (15th All Time at his retirement), 129A for 296P (18th) in 633 games (4th); 44.9 PS
At his retirement, Kilrea was 14th All Time in GPG, 20th in APG and 16th in PPG[2. Minimum 500 games, 25 qualifying players]
Era: Kilrea is 5th in Goals and GPG, 8th in Assists and OPS, APG and PPG, 6th in Points, 7th in PS and 3rd in Games[3. Of the 10 players to play in at least 550 games between 1925 and 1940, because only 3 players managed to play in 600 games over that span]
82-game average: 21G, 16A for 39P
3-year peak (1929-32): 44-game average of 23G, 12A for 35P
Playoffs: 8G, 7A for 15P in 48 games
Adjusted: 296G, 395A for 691P
Adjusted 82-game average: 38G, 51A for 90P
Traded twice in his prime.

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Harold Darragh

Career

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]

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Andy Blair

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.

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Does George Owen Belong in the Hockey Hall of Fame?

George Owen’s 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.

Tom Cook

Career

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.

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Max Bentley

Max Bentley’s Career

NHL: 1940-43; 1945-54; 12 seasons, 11 quality
Totals:
- 245G (7th All Time at his retirement),
- 299A (5th) for
- 544P (5th) in
- 646 games (14th),
- 56.6 PS
- At his retirement, Bentley was 19th All Time in Offensive Point Shares
Per Game: At his retirement, Bentley was
- 10th All time in GPG, and
- 9th in APG and GPG
Era: Of the 10 players to play in at least 600 games between 1940 and 1954, Bentley is
- 3rd in Goals, GPG and Points,
- 2nd in Assists and APG,
- 4th in PPG and OPS,
- 6th in PS and
- 5th in Games
82-game average: 31G, 38A for 69P
3-year peak (1942-47): 50-game average of 28G, 38A for 67P
Playoffs: 18G, 27A for 45P in 51 games
Adjusted:
- Hockey Reference:
  - 298G, 436A for 734P
  - Adjusted 82-game average: 38G, 55A for 93P
  - Per Game: Not in the Top 25
  - VsX:
    - 417G
    - 622A
    - 876P
    - Per Game:
      - 23rd All Time in VsX Adjusted APG
      - 23rd All Time in VsX Adjusted PPG
Trades:
- Traded at 27 with Cy Thomas (21) to Toronto for Gus Bodnar (24), Bud Poile (23), Gaye Stewart (24), Ernie Dickens (26) and Bob Goldham (25) – our 31st worst Maple Leafs Trade of All Time, sort of
- Traded at 33 for cash

Billy Taylor

Billy Taylor’s Career

NHL: 1939-43, 1945-8; 7 seasons, 6 quality (by modern standards of PPG)
Totals:
- 87G,
- 180A for
- 267P in
- 323 games;
- 23.0 PS
Per Game: Taylor didn’t score enough to make these leader-boards. However, at his banning, among players who played at least 300 games, Taylor was
- 6th All Time in APG and
- 12th in PPG
Era: Of the 30 players to play in at least 300 games between 1939 and 1948, Taylor is
- 16th in Goals,
- 15th in GPG,
- 8th in Assists,
- 6th in APG,
- 11th in Points,
- 10th in PPG,
- 14th in OPS,
- 20th in PS and Games Played
82-game average: 22G, 46A for 68P
3-year peak (1942-47): 50-game average of 19G, 33A for 52P
Playoffs: 6G, 18A for 24P in 33 games
Adjusted:
- Hockey-Reference:
  - 106G,
  - 263A for
  - 369P
  - Adjusted 82-game average: 27G, 67A for 94P
- VsX: Doesn’t qualify for the adjustement
Trades:
- Traded at 27 to Detroit for Harry Watson (23) – our 15th Greatest Maple Leafs Trade of All Time
- Traded at 28 to Boston for Bep Guiidolin (21)
- Traded at 28 to the Rangers with Future Considerations (Pentti Lund and Ray Manson) for Grant Warwick (26)

Dave Trottier

Career

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.

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Harry Mummery

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]

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Elwin Doc Romnes

Career

NHL: 1930-40; 10 seasons, 6 quality[1. By modern standards of PPG]
68G, 136A (24th All Time at his retirement) for 204P in 360 games; 21.6 PS
At his retirement, Romnes was 6th All Time in APG and 25th in PPG[2. Minimum 300 games]
Era: Romnes is 14th in Assists, 5th in APG, 24th in Points and 17th in PPG[3. Of all the players to play at least 360 games between 1930 and 1940]
82-game average: 16G, 31A for 47P
3-year peak (1935-38): 48-game average of 10G, 24A for 35P
Playoffs: 7G, 18A for 25P in 43 games
Adjusted: 117G, 301A for 418P
Adjusted 82-game average: 27G, 69A for 95P
Traded thrice at the end of his career, including getting traded out of the NHL.

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