🚀 One year later, ADJUSTED HOCKEY has re-launched!
🚨 Who are the top players of all-time?
🚨 Who belongs in the
@HockeyHallFame
?
🚨 8,000+ PPS Player Cards available
All-time player rankings & a PPS Card generator have arrived -- read about it here 🔗
🔥 Jaromir Jagr was Connor McDavid. He was *that* dominant.
With the
#LetsGoPens
finally raising his
#68
to the rafters Sunday, we’re giving Jagr his due among the greatest to ever play.
HAVE A READ ⬇️:
In their first 9 seasons, if you gave Connor McDavid & Sidney Crosby a full 82 games each year & adjusted for era, they'd be separated by...
3 total points 🤯
Today
@DailyFaceoff
we're comparing two of the best to ever do it... it's Connor vs. Sid at 27:
🎯 For all the 1st round hot takes, blame games, tactical questioning, puck luck, play scrutinizing & calls to blow up organizations, all 8 matchups were decided by... SPECIAL TEAMS.
#NHL
teams that won the % battle in their series went 8-for-8.
#LetsGoOilers
#LeafsForever
☑️
#LetsGoOilers
Connor McDavid has officially broken the era adjusted points record (44) in a single playoffs.
With 2 potential games to play, he could put some serious distance on it.
McDavid also has the era adjusted assist mark (36) by 8(!) over Gretzky (30 in 1987).
for nearly every athlete in the universe this would EASILY be the most magical moment of their career.
for mcdavid, it’s tuesday.
we’re witnessing pure genius
🥅 What kind of goaltending wins Stanley Cups?
Solid often does the trick -- an average of +6 GSAx (goals saved above expected) won the last 18 Cups.
🎯 This year's final four so far:
#NYR
Shesterkin (+11), Oettinger (+6), Bobrovksy (+6), Skinner (-1). Data per
@EvolvingHockey
.
🔥 Connor McDavid has no equals in talent or individual achievement.
At 27, has the NHL's unrivaled superstar kept up to the trajectory of his era's gold standard in Sidney Crosby?
#LetsGoOilers
#LetsGoPens
Today
@DailyFaceoff
, it's
#97
vs.
#87
⬇️
🎈 EVGENI MALKIN -- somehow 38 years old today -- is the
#16
forward of all-time in PPS.
While a respected star, he may be the most underappreciated
#NHL
player ever in a historical sense.
Era adjusted, he's up to 1,414 points (21st) despite all the injuries.
#LetsGoPens
Happy Birthday to Evgeni Malkin. I was in attendance for this game, D20 I believe. One of the loudest reactions I’ve ever heard in that arena. One of my favorite goals in team history.
🚨 Interesting & fun one today!
Take every player's BEST season.
Give them 82 games played.
Place in 2022-23's scoring climate.
Here's your all-time leaderboard.
*Crosby's best stretch covers 99 games over 3 years around concussions.
#LetsGoPens
#LetsGoOilers
#NHL
This is at the end of 2021-22, but EVGENI MALKIN is so preposterously underrated I'm not sure I can emphasize it enough... here goes!
👊 INNER CIRCLE tier.
👊 15th all-time forward PPS (not a typo!)
👊 6th-best Adjusted PTS Pace ever!
#LetsGoPens
@Real_RobRossi
#LetsGoPens
EVGENI MALKIN is the 34th player to hit 800 assists. With proper context, Geno's playmaking is much more impressive.
▪️ Among players w/1,000 GP, he's *SIXTH* in efficiency when adjusting for era 🔽
▪️ He's 25th all-time in adjusted assists & only 58 from the top 15.
🥅 With 2023-24 in the books, here are the top career *era adjusted* point scorers.
CAREER LENGTH matters. Crosby, Malkin, Ovechkin, Gretzky, Sakic maintained over 1,100+ games.
Any big surprises? Panarin, Marner... 👀
#LetsGoOilers
#LetsGoPens
#GoAvsGo
#LeafsForever
🚨 Sidney Crosby's
#LetsGoPens
are back from the dead. Two decades into his
#NHL
life, Sid still defines superstardom.
My
@DailyFaceoff
Friday column is a personal favourite. We place Crosby's career among the greatest to ever do it.
Have a read 🔗:
Adjusted to era,
#LetsGoPens
SIDNEY CROSBY is now
#5
in points in
#NHL
history.
✔️ Passed Francis in 473 fewer games(!)
✔️ Now 12th in goals, 7th in assists
✔️ Next up: Messier (played 25 seasons)
At age 36, Sid is trending for a 19th consecutive point-per-game season 🍿
🧮
#NHL
Scoring Leaders by Age...
SURPRISES? Slafkovsky (19), Raymond (21), Caufield (23), Forsberg (29), Nyquist (34)
⏳ Just 14 full-time players are 20 & under
⌛️ Just 17 full-time players are 37+
🚨 McDAVID hitting 900 POINTS "5th fastest" last night desperately needs adjustment to era.
#LetsGoOilers
No disrespect to Bossy, Stastny, etc. but they played when there were 7-8 goals/night -- it's not close.
Wayne, Mario, Connor & Sid 🐐
No one else is within 50 games!⬇️
Connor McDavid, welcome to the 900 points club. 🎉
The
@EdmontonOilers
captain became the fifth-fastest player in NHL history to reach the milestone.
#NHLStats
:
🚨 The
#LetsGoPens
visit
#ALLCAPS
tonight in what *could* be the last meaningful game of the two-decade
@NHL
rivalry of Crosby & Ovechkin.
✔️ Crosby: 4th all-time, era adjusted points
✔️ Ovechkin: 1st all-time, era adjusted goals
🚨 Here are the 16 players in
#NHL
history that have scored at an adjusted 95-point pace for their careers.
💣 Malkin 7th. Lindros 9th. Panarin cracks the list.
#LetsGoPens
#LetsGoOilers
#GoAvsGo
❓ FRIDAY MORNING QUESTION: 16 players in
#NHL
history have scored at an era adjusted 95-POINT PACE or better over their full career.
HINT: 7 players are active in the NHL today.
* Minimum 6+ adjusted seasons to qualify
Answer drops at Noon ET! 🕛
🪟 PERSPECTIVE: This is what the
#NHL
scoring race would look like in 2003-04 (~5.1 goals/game) & 1981-82 (~8.0 goals/game).
*100-POINT YEARS: 11 vs. 2 vs. 38!
In '81-82, Tuch, Morrissey & Skinner are 100-point guys. Robertson flirts w/150 points.
✔️ADJUSTING FOR ERA matters.
🐧 I wax poetic about GENO MALKIN on the regular, so I'll be brief.
#LetsGoPens
✔️ INNER CIRCLE tier
✔️
#16
forward all-time
✔️ 6th best era adjusted PTS pace ever
✔️ 2x Art Ross, 1x MVP, 1x Smythe, 3 Cups
Arguably the most underrated player in
#NHL
history.
🍞 Lost among huge offensive seasons,
#NYR
's ARTEMI PANARIN (120 PTS) had the 2nd-most productive season in
#NHL
history for a 32-year-old.
Adjust for era and it's
#1
...🤯
1. Panarin (117), 2. Francis (115), 3. Esposito (110)
Francis played w/Mario & Jagr, Phil played w/Orr.
The
#LetsGoPens
last 2 seasons have been extremely disappointing, but Sidney Crosby continues to deliver offensively.
Adjusted to era, Crosby's 19th
#NHL
season @ age 36 is more productive than the *best* seasons of 23 individual Hall of Fame forwards 🔥
🎯
#LetsGoPens
SIDNEY CROSBY will become the 90th forward in
@NHL
history to play 1,200 games tonight in San Jose.
Era adjusted, only GRETZKY has both lasted longer & been more productive. Sid's lead on everyone else w/1,200+ games is significant.
"He's an unbelievable athlete. He's an incredible teammate. He's been the heartbeat of the Penguins for a long time and he continues to be."
Sidney Crosby isn't slowing down as he hits his 1,200th game.
Story from San Jose:
.
#LeafsForever
JOHN TAVARES chases 1,000 points tonight despite:
*Lockout + 2 COVID years
*1st 8 seasons in low-scoring NHL
In a neutral era & normal sched, JT has 1,122 PTS -- a point per game. He's missed only 21 GP in 10 years. Remains as underappreciated as a player can be.
🇨🇿 The strong, subtle
#HHOF
case of PATRIK ELIAS
+ PPS of 264 > standard of 235
+ High Noon: top-40 forward for 14 years!
+ 1,316 Adjusted PTS
+ 2 Cups, 4 finals
- No award love: Top-10 MVP once
- High Noon: peaked at
#9
Stung by the "Dead Puck" era, is Elias due❓
#NJDevils
The
#GoBolts
handling of Stamkos is ruthless but shrewd given the cap & Father Time.
Lost in the Stammer convo is how historically great a scorer he's been -- the
#4
era-adjusted sniper of all-time (800+ GP).
Means little in 2024 & beyond but what a special career to date 👏
🇸🇪 Tonight marks 1,000 games for
#LetsGoPens
ERIK KARLSSON. A breathtaking talent for 15 years, it's a special milestone given his perseverance in coming back from serious injuries.
✔️
#3
adjusted scorer among D (1,000+ GP)
✔️ Norris: 3x winner, 2x runner-up
#GoSensGo
#SJSharks
🔥
#Blackhawks
Connor Bedard's much-hyped rookie year is winding down.
▪️ How does it stack up to
#1
draft picks?
▪️ Where does it stand among generational talents?
My Friday
@DailyFaceoff
column:
While
#LetsGoPens
SIDNEY CROSBY is now 13th in all-time
#NHL
scoring, a clearer picture of his career emerges when we adjust for era.
📈 7th all-time (just 47 back of 4th)
📈 Passes Bourque, Phil, Sakic, Mario, Yzerman
📈 Only Gretzky played as long & at better pace
🚫 Last night,
#Canucks
limited
#LetsGoOilers
Connor McDavid to a 16.5% expected goal share (xGF%) at 5-on-5 per
@NatStatTrick
.
It was his *lowest* in... 390 GAMES!
You have to go back pre-COVID to November 2, 2019 (@ PIT) to find a lower mark 🤯
🔥 In his 19th
#NHL
season,
#LetsGoPens
SIDNEY CROSBY continues to defy Father Time. At 26, he won his last Art Ross Trophy. Since? Another decade of consistent, world-class productivity.
Adjusted to era:
✔️ 8x 110-point pace
✔️ 11x 100-point pace
✔️ 19x 88-point pace!
🥅 Which goaltender had your favourite franchise's greatest
#StanleyCup
playoff year?
Using Adjusted GSAA (goals saved above league average SV%), here are the best *statistical* runs since expansion.
Any surprises? 👀
🔥 SIDNEY CROSBY passes Joe Thornton for 6th all-time in era adjusted points with 3 primary points (GWG/2 A) to beat
#NHLBruins
⭐️ Does it 494 GP faster(!)
⭐️ Ties Bourque for 8th in adjusted assists
⭐️ Named to All-Star Game 17 yrs after his 1st
⭐️
#LetsGoPens
: 6-1-1/last 8
Sidney Crosby is on pace for 49 goals, 91 points and what would be a career high plus-33. He leads the league in face-offs won, face-offs taken and is winning 61 percent of them. He's negating icing calls at the end of shifts in the game's final minute. Next level stuff.
Don't think there's enough national attention around how good Sidney Crosby has been this season. He's on an almost 50-goal pace and has the most 5v5 points in the league. As far as I'm concerned, he's one of, if not the top favorite for the Hart right now.
👏 Today, KRIS LETANG celebrates 1⃣0⃣0⃣0⃣
#NHL
games. In a career of adversity & setbacks, this is an incredible feat.
Letang is
#HHOF
QUALIFIED:
✔️ PPS (285) >Standard (264)
✔️ HIGH NOON:
#1
✔️ 7-YR ADJ PEAK: 16/58/73
🏆 3x Cup winner
A physical marvel & warrior.
#LetsGoPens
@NHL
@HockeyHallFame
ALEX MOGILNY remains the
#HHOF
's most glaring omission.
☑️ PPS (274) far > standard (235)
☑️ HIGH NOON:
#3
#NHL
forward
☑️ ADJUSTED PACE: 85 PTS/82 GP!
Oh, and his fearless defection a key tipping point in Europeans joining the NHL.
A puzzling exclusion.
#letsgobuffalo
At age 28,
#LetsGoOilers
Leon Draisaitl could retire tomorrow and belong in the
@HockeyHallFame
.
In the shadow of a generational talent, he's been that special as he crosses the 700-game mark.
My
@DailyFaceoff
weekly column:
🚨 Why is context needed in hockey stats?
📈 The
#NHL
has been around since 1917... yet 72% of all 100-point seasons were in a 23-YEAR span!
Federko's 1985-86 (102 PTS) is equivalent to Backstrom's 2015-16 (70 PTS)
Scorers from the last 30 years are UNDERRATED. Context is 🔑
If this is *really* it for Jagr, he will enter the
@HockeyHallFame
in 2028...
*38 years after his
#LetsGoPens
debut
*31 years after Mario's induction 🤯
*2 years AFTER Toews -- who is 16 years younger
Peak Jagr had few rivals 🔗:
Jaromir Jagr will play his final season of professional hockey this year for Kladno of the Czech league, per his agent.
If this is really it, what a career it’s been 🐐
Next up: BRAD MARCHAND
Lost in the theatrics is an all-time great NHL talent -- an EASY
#HHOF
choice. In PPS,
@Bmarch63
is +46 clear of the standard, and still elite.
Adjusted Pace: 36/44/80
No exterminator needed, this pest🐀should CRUISE into the
@HockeyHallFame
!
#NHLBruins
🧵 Now officially retired, let's check JOE THORNTON's place in
#NHL
history:
🦈
#34
forward all-time (PPS: 294)
🦈 Career PTS: 12th
🦈 Career Assists: 6th
🦈 '06: MVP & Ross
A sublime mix of deft touch & size, Jumbo is a 1st ballot
@HockeyHallFame
🔒 for 2025.
#SJSharks
...
🍞
#NYR
's ARTEMI PANARIN remains one of the
#NHL
's most under-appreciated superstars.
THIS YEAR:
* 10/15 in multi-point games
* 5-game active multi-point streak
CAREER (9 seasons):
* 8x 85+ era adjusted PTS pace
* 4x 100+ era adjusted PTS pace
* An era adjusted 96-POINT player!
NEW SURVEY:
2023 Hockey Hall of Fame Poll (collab w/
@AdjustedHockey
)
We're just a week away from finding out who will be inducted to the Hall this year. Fill out your own ballot!
⬇️⬇️⬇️
@NHL
@AnzeKopitar
@HockeyHallFame
Slow & steady wins the race for KOPITAR! With a PPS of 247, he's into the Qualified tier.
* NINE top-10 Selke finishes (including 2 wins)
* LED the playoffs in scoring in BOTH Cup wins
* Put 🇸🇮 on the hockey map
A quietly brilliant
#HHOF
career. Has my vote :)
#GoKingsGo
📈Connor McDavid at 27.
📈Auston Matthews at 26.
📈Cale Makar at 25.
Unmatched as scorers among the current generation, today's
@DailyFaceoff
column compares their extraordinary career starts to *EVERY* generation... the results are stunning.
🔗LINK:
To kick off today's
#HHOF
polling, here's your voting results on 50+ ACTIVE or RECENTLY RETIRED candidates.
Voting conducted mid-June 2024 w/
@JFreshHockey
.
Any surprises?...
🧵 As 2022-23 draws to a close, here are 3 simple visuals that define the
#NHL
's ongoing (& welcome) shift to offence.
🥅
#1
. GOALTENDERS STOP FEWER PUCKS
* SV % is on a 9-year decline.
* It's the lowest since the red line was removed.
#NHLBruins
PATRICE BERGERON retires & should report directly to the
@HockeyHallFame
in 2026 when 1st eligible.
With an Adjusted Pace of 29/40/69 + 6 Selkes, he raised two-way play to a new stratosphere. His PPS (267) leaves no doubt-- an incredible feat for a defense-first star.
Whether or not Ovechkin breaks
@WayneGretzky
's goals record (barring disaster, he will), he's long been the
#NHL
's greatest goal scorer 🎯🚨
While his Adjusted Pace is <1 goal/82GP below Mario, Ovie has done it for ~5 more seasons! What a fun list this is.
#ALLCAPS
#LetsGoPens
📈 To celebrate MARIO's comeback 23 years ago today, here's a visual
#LetsGoPens
✔️ Age 35 & retired 3+years, it was his 4TH-BEST era adjusted pace EVER
✔️ 35 🚨 in 43 GP:
#NHL
TEAMS scored 2.76 G/GP that year
✔️ Full neutral season: 72G/84A/156PTS
Is it hockey's greatest feat?
@NHL
@HockeyHallFame
🚨 The BIGGEST omission of post-expansion defencemen! 🚨
☑️ PPS (298) is way >Standard
☑️ HIGH NOON: # 1⃣
☑️ A top-20
#NHL
D for 14 yrs!
☑️ 1x Cup/3x Finals + Olympic🥈🥉
☑️ ADJ 60 PTS Pace 9x straight!
A fabulous career long OVERLOOKED due to a low offence era.
SERGEI BELONGS.
@NHL
SIDNEY CROSBY is now a🔒 for his 18th point per game season. More impressive? These are CONSECUTIVE.
Adjust for era & only 8 players in
#NHL
history have done it TEN straight years (min. 20 GP). Sid's at 18!
Players have down years. Crosby simply has never had one.
#LetsGoPens
🔮 The 2024
#NHLDraft
goes tonight. While we can't predict the future, what can the past tell us?
✈️ Here's the trajectory of the last 15 forwards picked 1st overall -- adjusted to era. The road to success is not always paved...
Which path will Celebrini & the
#SJSharks
be on?
That's a wrap on 2023-24! ⌛️
A high-octane, star-driven season has come to an end. Today
@DailyFaceoff
we're highlighting 10 visuals that defined the
#NHL
season.
Kucherov, Matthews, 📉 Save % & more...
Have a READ:
Just for fun, here's
#LetsGoPens
MARIO LEMIEUX.
🚨
#2
all-time forward
🚨 Era Adjusted Pace: 55/82/136!
Mario is 58 years old & he's been in the
#HHOF
for 26 years. That's something.
📢 Preview of a new stat I've been working on -- ADJUSTED SAVE %!
This tool puts all goalies in
#NHL
history in a level scoring climate. A league average SV% = .900
#GoHabsGo
Dryden (.927) &
#NHLBruins
Thomas (.912) did not qualify on GP.
💬 Any SURPRISES? OMISSIONS?
#Blackhawks
CONNOR BEDARD's first 22
#NHL
games have matched the hype. Adjusted to era, his offensive pace puts him in impressive company. Friendly reminder: he is 18 YEARS OLD.
🚨 1st in goals: 41 (Laine 40, Crosby 39)
🥅 4th in points: 70 (MacKinnon/ Yzerman territory)
🇨🇦 A fun one to kick off the 2024
#WorldJuniors
this morning -- the all-time TEAM CANADA featuring players that appeared in the annual U-20 event.
Players ranked by PPS; earliest: Gretzky (1978) to latest: Makar (2018). Who will join this roster one day?
@JoshYohe_PGH
Here's the visual to support Josh's tribute to the perpetual dominance of SIDNEY CROSBY.
That's every year.
For 18 years now.
With the pressure of the hockey world on him.
At age 18.
At age 35.
After nearly losing his career.
As the face of hockey.
#LetsGoPens
📢 ANNOUNCEMENT: Updated 2023 PPS Cards ft. a fresh look will be available this season.
The goal is to have every player publicly accessible this Fall. ☑️
*SNEAK PEEK:
#LetsGoPens
SIDNEY CROSBY (36 today! 🎈) is officially the
#3
forward of all-time.
DAY 3 of our *era adjusted* updates: career goal scoring pace
🚨 Matthews has scored goals better than ANYONE in his career to date (54.7 vs. Mario 54.6)
↔️ Needs to maintain pace for 11 years(!) to keep up w/Ovechkin
Anyone shocking below? 🔌
#LeafsForever
#ALLCAPS
#LetsGoPens
🏒 We continue with the top *era adjusted* career point paces for DEFENCEMEN through '23-24.
⏳ Makar, Hughes & Fox: brilliant starts
⌛️ Orr (657 career GP) has no equals
💥 Who jumps out as most under-appreciated?
#GoAvsGo
#Canucks
#NYR
#LetsGoPens
#NHLBruins
Let's get started!
One of the most fascinating careers -- ZIGGY PALFFY
#Isles
-- has ZERO public
#HHOF
momentum.
PERSPECTIVE:
* Neely: era adjusted pace 39/28/67 over 726 GP
* Palffy: era adjusted pace 42/49/91 over 684 GP
Ziggy's brilliance is hidden by his era & lousy teams
🎂 On his 37th(!) birthday,
#LetsGoPens
SIDNEY CROSBY has continued to mystify Father Time -- a human metronome of excellence for 19 years.
I wrote about Sid's hockey life & place among the greatest to ever do it
@DailyFaceoff
earlier this year. Enjoy:
☀️ A fun Summer Friday leaderboard -- the best era adjusted scoring paces at every age.
📈 Legends get us to age 31
📉 Francis, Sakic, Alfie, Oates: ageless
👴 Gordie, Jagr, Chelios: forever young
#LetsGoPens
#LetsGoOilers
#NHLBruins
#LGRW
🚫 A fun one today -- the greatest GOALIE playoff runs in
#NHL
history!
* Giggy & Kolzig top the list
* Roy: 3 appearances, 3 Smythes 🔥
* Rask & Hasek: 2 special runs, 0 reward
REMINDER: Cups are a team feat. Goalies can only do so much.
#flytogether
#ALLCAPS
#GoHabsGo
🎈 Today is
#LetsGoOilers
CONNOR McDAVID'S 27th birthday. Era adjusted, he's been the
#3
most productive player ever through age 27.
But what will the NEXT decade look like? 🔮
Here are the
#NHL
's post-expansion 🐐 before & after 27. The range of outcomes is fascinating.
📝
#LetsGoOilers
LEON DRAISAITL has been among the most productive & reliable players in
#NHL
history.
ERA ADJUSTED through AGE-28:
🔹 9th all-time in points
🔹 Trails only Gretzky, Jagr, Connor, Sid, Howe, Mario, MacKinnon, Yzerman
🔹 Missed just *9 games* in last 8 seasons
🔒 LEON'S LOCKED IN 🔒
The
#Oilers
have signed forward Leon Draisaitl to an eight-year contract extension beginning in 2025-26 with an average annual value of $14 million.
🧵 JOHN TAVARES appreciation thread!
In yesterday's poll, just 24% viewed JT as
@HockeyHallFame
worthy.
Hawerchuk. Perreault. Savard. Sittler. Stastny... 5 beloved & celebrated centers that breezed into the
#HHOF
.
🔥 Tavares is as good (or better) than all 5 legends.
(1 of 4)
🥅 Single-season totals can be skewed by injuries, puck luck, special teams, etc.
Here's a snap shot of what 82 games of the
#NHL
's best point scorers looks like -- over the last 3 seasons.
#LetsGoOilers
#GoAvsGo
#LeafsForever
⛔️ Adjusted for era, here are the goalies that saved the most pucks relative to
#NHL
average over their careers, post-expansion.
*HASEK stops 34 more shots per 60 GP!
*RESCH, VOKOUN = better than you remember
If we lower bar to 6+ AdYrs, DRYDEN (44) is
#1
.
#LetsGoBuffalo
@frank_seravalli
@NHL
@HockeyHallFame
Glad you asked, Frank. Under my
#HHOF
methodology, Spezza (227) is just < standard (235). He is in a HHOF borderline group with Kessel, Marleau, Staal (all four are 227 or 226).
There are many forwards ahead of these 4 elite guys, so all have uphill climbs right now!
#GoSensGo
@JFreshHockey
The number of wow moments in my research for the Jagr article was something else. Was hard to pick best ones.
FAVOURITE: he scored 27 goals both when he was 5 years YOUNGER than Cole Caufield today & 5 years OLDER than Ovechkin is today. That’s age 18 and 43.
🎂
@MarioLemieuxFdn
& PATRICK ROY share a 58th birthday today. A great chance to feature their legendary careers via High Noon.
✔️ Once Mario caught Wayne, he NEVER looked back. Ever.
✔️ Thru injury, cancer, retirements to his last qualified year @ 37, Mario was
#1
.
#LetsGoPens
@reporterchris
The Leafs added low-skill, hard-nosed players the last 2 years & scored 22 goals in 12 games against the Panthers & Bruins (1.8 per game) in getting eliminated.
They allowed only 4 goals in 3 must-win games this year to end the season.
They need to move *AWAY* from skill?
🧪 Today, I've launched a new post-season tool -- Era Adjusted Playoff Stats.
You can read all about it
@DailyFaceoff
:
Sneak peek at the *fresh* leaderboard:
🔼 Sakic, Jagr, Sid, Forsberg, Stevie Y, Malkin
🔽 Kurri, Anderson, Gilmour
#GoAvsGo
#LetsGoPens
👏 30 YEARS ago today, MARIO LEMIEUX returned to
@penguins
after 22 radiation treatments, including one THAT day.
His '92-93 📈
*PACE? 92/123/215!
*ERA ADJUSTED? 78/102/181
🔥Greatest. Performance. Ever.
CONTEXT: McDavid's current masterpiece (adjusted) = 67/83/150
#LetsGoPens
@NHL
@LAKings
@cryptocomarena
@HockeyHallFame
Brown had a wonderful
#GoKingsGo
career. LOVE that he's earned a statue. Every team should want a captain & player like him.
Respectfully, it's not a
#HHOF
career.
📊 PPS: 167 (standard = 235)
🕛 HIGH NOON:
#62
🚨 ADJ PACE: 48 PTS/82 GP
Special career.
Great leader.
Congrats!
🏆 The all-time forward leaders for HART TROPHY SHARES ("player adjudged to be most valuable to his team")
#NHL
* GRETZKY stands alone
* Robbed: SID/JAGR (Shares > Wins by 3!)
* Max Shares w/o Win: MacKINNON
* McDAVID gaining 🚀
#LetsGoOilers
#LetsGoPens
#GoAvsGo
#GoHabsGo
🥅 About 1/4 into the
#NHL
season, SAVE PERCENTAGE (.902) continues to crater -- despite huge, athletic goaltenders.
📉 Lowest since '05-06 (when there were 11.7 Power Plays/game vs. 6.8 this season)
📉 Otherwise, lowest since '95-96 (Jim Carey won Vezina, Grant Fuhr had 79 GP)
Whether your idea of a Hall of Famer or not,
#LeafsForever
JOHN TAVARES is easily above the existing standard.
A 2x MVP finalist, JT's the Kariya or Hawerchuk of his era statistically -- players most consider easy calls. Averaging 31 goals the last 3 yrs, he's also not done yet.
@ProducerDrew_
Some of the complaints are around the fact the Leafs/Lightning first round is locked in already.
Under an actual 1-8, any combination of teams 2-6 could have a different opponent & would be incentivized to rise in the standings.
Current "exciting" format is actually boring :)
📈 EVOLUTION in sports is an incredible phenomenon. The equipment, rules, style & player size gradually shift. Yet, so do the
#NHL
's best.
PATRICK ROY's SV% is a perfect illustration:
🌱 Age 22?
#1
-- .900
🌹 Age 36?
#2
-- .925!
It's critical to rate athletes WHEN they played.
Easily lost in the cycle of 1⃣0⃣0⃣0⃣ game celebrations is how *rare* these careers are.
Eberle & JVR aren't going to the Hall of Fame. But there's been 5,000+ forwards in
#NHL
history... Eberle is Top 300.
That's the upper 5-6% of careers in 🌎's most exclusive hockey league 👏
Jordan Eberle is expected to play in his 1,000th regular-season NHL game tonight against the Golden Knights.
Originally selected by the Oilers with the 22nd-overall pick of the 2008 NHL Draft, Eberle is set to become the fifth player from his draft class to reach the 1,000 game
🥅
#LetsGoOilers
visit
#LetsGoPens
tonight! A perfect time to check on 4⃣ all-time greats.
First, the icons... SID vs. CONNOR. Adjusted PTS pace thru 8 seasons.
*Sid: 44/78/122
*Connor: 44/81/124
🧬 Nearly IDENTICAL paces(!!)
🩹 Sid missed 101 GP in his peak 2 years.
(next...)
🥅 Here are the active & all-time *era adjusted* SAVE % LEADERS -- updated through 2023-24.
[Every season scaled to .900 as
#NHL
average]
🗽 ACTIVE:
#NYR
Shesterkin &
#Isles
Sorokin
☑️ ALL-TIME:
#GoHabsGo
Dryden (.927!)
Which goaltender stands out most?
🚨 A fascinating & fun one.
OVECHKIN vs. MATTHEWS 💪
Recalling The Great 8 had a famous "down" year early in his career, charting him w/Auston was the perfect check in.
ERA ADJUSTED GOALS/82 GP, @ Age 25:
Ovie, 55.4
Auston, 54.3
EERILY close! 💣
#ALLCAPS
#LeafsForever
🚨 Which SNIPER has each franchise's best goal-scoring season in the salary cap era?
Using *era adjusted* goals, here are the top performances.
#ALLCAPS
#LeafsForever
#GoBolts
Any surprises? 👀
@NHL
@HockeyHallFame
I thought I'd jump in as this kind of my thing :)
Perry is decimals from the Qualified tier by the numbers. An MVP & a reputation as a nightmare to play against, he still faces an uphill battle given the many great forwards ahead of him. Should be a fun & polarizing case one day!
🇨🇿 CZECH Appreciation Day apparently!
JAROMIR JAGR is the 3rd-most
#HHOF
worthy forward in
@NHL
history.
*tho Sid will pass him soon
🔥 95 Adj PTS pace over 24 YEARS!
🔥
#3
forward in PPS Career (Gretzky, Howe)
🔥
#5
forward in PPS Peak
Living legend.
#LetsGoPens
#NYR
(cont.)
🥅 The Shooter vs. Goalie battle is part of what makes hockey special. Visually, the shift in
#NHL
SAVE % over time is incredible!
* '73 to '94: every year BELOW .900
* We're in 9-year trend of DECLINING SV%
🚨 TAKEAWAY: We have to evaluate goalies & skaters in THEIR OWN TIME.
🚨 PART 2 of
#HHOF
voting results! 🚨
👊 Collaboration w/
@JFreshHockey
Here's what YOU think of the
@HockeyHallFame
cases of ACTIVE or SOON-ELIGIBLE
#NHL
stars. Debate fuel ⛽️for days.
📈: Datsyuk, Anze, EK65, Doughty
🥅: Fleury, Price >75%
🐀: Marchand over Perry