Best Non-Big Four Offensive Season Since 1967 Expansion - #17

[DitchMarner]

Since the '67 expansion, what season is the 17th best offensive season by a non-Big Four (Gretzky, Lemieux, Orr, Howe) player?

People generally think of points scored when they think of "offense," but really, you can consider things like scoring chance generation, effective neutral zone transition game, effective forechecking that causes turnovers, good puck possession in the offensive zone to be part of a player's offensive game.

Things like back checking, defensive play and positioning, shot blocking, body checking to knock players off the puck outside of the attacking zone are irrelevant here. These are things to consider when voting in the best two-way seasons since 1967 polls series.


Results:

#1. Connor McDavid 2023 (54.5%)
#2. Connor McDavid 2021 (50%)
#3. Jaromir Jagr 1999 (44.4%)
#4. Steve Yzerman 1989 (32.1%)
#5. Phil Esposito 1971 (31.4%)
#6. Alex Ovechkin 2008 (35.4%)
#7. Nikita Kucherov 2024 (31.6%)
#8. Evgeni Malkin 2012 (won run-off against Jagr '96 and MacKinnon '24)
#9. Jaromir Jagr 1996 (31.6%)
#10. Brett Hull 1991 (40%)
#11. Guy Lafleur 1977 (45.5%)
#12. Nathan MacKinnon 2024 (35.7%)
#13. Joe Sakic 2001 (won run-off against Thornton '06 and McDavid '24)
#14. Connor McDavid 2024 (50%)
#15. Sidney Crosby 2014 (won run-off against Lafleur '78)
#16. Guy Lafleur 1978 (40%)

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[Coffees]

Coffey

 

[Video Nasty]

Esposito.

Cleared the closest non-teammate by 58 points and beat the runner up in goals by 16. Led the league in goals and points, second in assists. Pretty sure his goals and points totals were second most in a season up to that point, trailing only himself.

Easy pick and probably should have gone sooner. Hilariously underrated. Draisaitl is probably the only other player close to being punished in the same way for playing with an all-timer.