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I think the main points are more:McDavid's P/PG in the playoffs = 1.60
Crosby's P/PG in the playoffs = 1.12
30% more scoring from McDavid. Let's make it all fair and subtract that 6% from earlier...era-adjusted. McDavid is still toasting Sid by 24% in the playoffs.
1) should only calculate it for rounds 1 and 2 for Sid, since McD has only been in the conference finals one time, and scoring typically drips in the conference and especially cup finals.
2) If Sid had Geno stapled to his side the entirety of his playoff runs Like McD does Drai, his PPG would certainly be helped (secondarily so since they wouldn't have made as many cup finals that way, so they'd be playing in higher scoring rounds). Level? Probably not. But it'd be significant.
Also why on earth did you take GPG for the regular season for those stats? Playoff scoring averages would be much more relevant, especially since it seems like those have been up even moreso the last few years comparatively -- that's your "era-adjusted."