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#87 Sidney Crosby Milestone Thread - History will be made (Passes Marcel Dionne for 11th place in assists all time 2025-01-19)

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Crosby is now the 7th player in NHL history to reach 850 primary points at even strength:

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It's conceivable that he could end up as high as 4th place by the end of his current contract.
 
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Felidae said:
Now im curious how his EV numbers look during his prime compared to other all time greats. I imagine he'd be higher.
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This is from overpass's spreadsheet (which has data for sixty years - 1960 to 2020):

Most adjusted ES points, best ten years

GRETZKY, WAYNE 988
JAGR, JAROMIR 789
LEMIEUX, MARIO 701
ESPOSITO, PHIL 671
THORNTON, JOE 668
CROSBY, SIDNEY 659
SAKIC, JOE 644
OVECHKIN, ALEX 643
YZERMAN, STEVE 629
SELANNE, TEEMU 628
LAFLEUR, GUY 627
IGINLA, JAROME 612
KANE, PATRICK 608
DIONNE, MARCEL 608
SUNDIN, MATS 599
OATES, ADAM 594
ST. LOUIS, MARTIN 592
MALKIN, EVGENI 591
RATELLE, JEAN 587
BOSSY, MIKE 585

Most adjusted ES points per game, best ten years (presented as points per 82 games)

GRETZKY, WAYNE 102.9
LEMIEUX, MARIO 90.1
JAGR, JAROMIR 85.6
CROSBY, SIDNEY 75.9
LINDROS, ERIC 74.7
MCDAVID, CONNOR 73.6
FORSBERG, PETER 72.8
THORNTON, JOE 69.2
LAFLEUR, GUY 69.1
SAKIC, JOE 68.0
ESPOSITO, PHIL 67.6
MALKIN, EVGENI 67.5
YZERMAN, STEVE 67.5
SELANNE, TEEMU 66.5
OVECHKIN, ALEX 66.1
ORR, BOBBY 64.5
TURGEON, PIERRE 64.1
KANE, PATRICK 63.6
PANARIN, ARTEMI 63.4
BURE, PAVEL 63.4

Crosby is definitely one of the top 10 even-strength scorers in NHL history, and arguably top five.
 
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Hockey Outsider said:
Most adjusted ES points per game, best ten years (presented as points per 82 games)

GRETZKY, WAYNE 102.9
LEMIEUX, MARIO 90.1
JAGR, JAROMIR 85.6
CROSBY, SIDNEY 75.9
LINDROS, ERIC 74.7
MCDAVID, CONNOR 73.6
FORSBERG, PETER 72.8
THORNTON, JOE 69.2
LAFLEUR, GUY 69.1
SAKIC, JOE 68.0
ESPOSITO, PHIL 67.6
MALKIN, EVGENI 67.5
YZERMAN, STEVE 67.5
SELANNE, TEEMU 66.5
OVECHKIN, ALEX 66.1
ORR, BOBBY 64.5
TURGEON, PIERRE 64.1
KANE, PATRICK 63.6
PANARIN, ARTEMI 63.4
BURE, PAVEL 63.4

Crosby is definitely one of the top 10 even-strength scorers in NHL history, and arguably top five.
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Far too many post 1990 players on that list to treat it as being significant historically.

Crosby is definitely in the discussion for Top 5 best/greatest offensive players and loses no ground to any of his peers in terms of ES scoring vs. PP scoring or goalscoring vs. assists. He also arguably has the weakest set of linemates over his career in comparison to his peers and a definitive edge over some with his 2-way.
 
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