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Patrick Kane

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Johnny Gagnon

Career

NHL: 1930-40; 10 seasons, 7 quality[1. By modern standards of PPG]
120G, 141A (22nd All Time at his retirement) for 261P (23rd) in 454 games; 32.2 PS
At his retirement, Gagnon was 18th All Time in APG and 24th in PPG[2. Minimum 300 games]
Era: Gagnon is 5th in Goals, GPG, Points, PPG, OPS and Games, 3rd in Assists and APG, and 6th in PS[3. Of the 8 players to play in at least 450 games between 1930 and 1940]
82-game average: 21G, 25A for 47P
3-year peak (1936-39): 48-game average of 16G, 19A for 34P
Playoffs: 12G, 12A for 24P in 32 games
Adjusted: 209G, 323A for 532P
Adjusted 82-game average: 38G, 58A for 96P
Traded thrice in his prime and once after.

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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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Syd Howe

Career

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.

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Joseph Johnny Sheppard

Career

NHL: 1926-34; 8 seasons, 2 quality[1. By modern standards of PPG]
68G, 58A for 126P in 308 games; 19.2 PS
Era: Sheppard is 23rd in GPG, APG and PPG, 24th in Assists, 37th in Games[2. Of the 40 players to play in at least 300 games between 1926 and 1934]
82-game average: 18G, 16A for 35P
3-year peak (1927-30): 44-game average of 10G, 10A for 20P
Playoffs: 0P in 10 games
Adjusted: 125G, 253A for 378P
Adjusted 82-game average: 33G, 67A for 101P
Traded twice in his prime, once after.

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Johnny Gottselig

Career

NHL: 1928-41, 1942-45; 16 seasons, 12 quality
176G (17th All Time at his retirement), 195A (14th) for 371P (17th) in 589 games (13th); 45.4 PS
At his retirement, Gottselig was 11th All Time in GPG and PPG, and 10th in APG
At his retirement, Gottselig was 22nd All Time in Offensive Point Shares
Era: Gottseling is 6th in Goals, GPG and Points, 5th in Assists, PPG and Games, 4th in APG, 7th in OPS, 8th in PS[1. Of the 11 players to play in at least 500 games between 1928 and 1942]
82-game average: 25G, 27A for 52P
3-year peak (1938-41): 48-game average of 12G, 27A for 38P
Playoffs: 13G, 13A for 26P in 43 games
Adjusted: 299G, 432A for 731P
Adjusted 82-game average: 42G, 60A for 102P
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.

James Dutch Gainor

Career

NHL: 1927-33, 1934-35; 7 seasons, 1 quality[1. By modern standards of PPG]
51G, 56A for 107P in 246 games
Era: Gainor is not in the Top 25 in any category for his era[2. Minimum 200 games]
82-game average: 17G, 19A for 35P
3-year peak (1928-31): 44-game average of 14G, 14A for 28P
Playoffs: 2G, 1A for 3P in 22 games
Adjusted: 103G, 207A for 310P
Adjusted 82-game average: 34G, 69A for 103P
Dominance Quotient: Gainor never led a team
Traded twice in his prime.

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Charles Babe Siebert

Career

NHL: 1925-39; 14 seasons, 4 quality as a forward,[1. By modern PPG standards] all 6 seasons quality as defence[2. By Defensive Point Shares]
140G, 156A (14th All Time at his retirement) for 296P (18th) in 592 games (6th); 47 PS (23rd)
At his retirement, Siebert was 14th All Time in GPG, 10th in APG and 12th in PPG[3. Minimum 500 games, 21 qualifying skaters]
Era: Siebert is 6th in Goals, GPG, Points and OPS, 5th in Assists, APG and PPG, 1st in DPS, 4th in PS and Games[4. Of the 7 skaters to play in at least 550 games between 1925 and 1939]
82-game average: 20G, 21A for 41P
3-year peak (1929-32, playing LW): 44-game average: 17G, 17A for 34P
Playoffs: 7G, 5A for 12P in 49 games
Adjusted: 248G, 503A for 753P
Adjusted 82-game average: 34G, 70A for 104P
If the qualifier is set to 500 games, Siebert is 23rd All Time in Adjusted PPG
Traded thrice.

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