Rhiessan71
Just a Fool
People who are as resistant to dealing with adjusted stats as some are here seem to want to avoid context when comparing across eras for their own reasons and agendas. It's that simple. No one is saying we should change the record books to now display adjusted stats. It is a good way to add context if one is going to compare across eras though, especially ones with vastly different scoring rates.
And if all you're trying to do is add context then do so.
Here's 2 different statements...
A) Adjusted stats shows Jagr's 98/98 season at 144 points while Yzerman's 88/89 season is only 128. Obviously Jagr's season was more dominant.
or
B) Yzerman's 88/89 season was the highest scoring season by a player not name Gretzky or Lemieux and Yzerman won the Pearson over both of them to boot.
Adjusted stats assigns a value that season of 128 points. Jagr's 98/99 season has an AS's value of 144 and should get some consideration moving forward.
Statement A is what was used and it ignores any other information, comparison or situation.
Statement B uses AS's as part of the process while still acknowledging that there are even more factors to be considered such as team strength, support, role on the team ect, ect.
There really aren't that many people that are totally against Adjusted Stats. What there is is a a lot of people that are against how they are used and the amount of weight they are given in far too many conversations.
I really can't be any clearer.
Your O6 comparison trips up this crowd everytime and always will. How a relatively low scoring era of the NHL with basically only Canadians from the pre-baby boom generation is generally held in a higher regard than the current NHL by some blows my mind everytime. It's nonesense and will never pass the sniff test when one starts poking their nose around the subject.
According to you?
Smaller rosters and longer shifts, protective equipment, skates and straight sticks that weighed 10x what they do now. A unwillingness for coaches to allow Dmen to jump into the play. Playing each other a whopping 14 times a season.
Do I need to go on to show how narrow-minded and ignorant your rhetoric is on this?
Like did you know that the 18 skater/2 goalie roster has only been around since 1982?
That between WWII and 1971 roster size was 15 or 16 skaters and pre-WWII it was as low as 12 in uniform total including goalies.