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If Rantanen scores 80 points is he the worst player to score 80 points in the last 20 years?

If Rantanen scores 80 points is he the worst player to score 80 points in the last 20 years?

  • No, 2000-01 Robert Lang is the worst

    Votes: 5 5.4%

  • No, 2002-03 Glen Murray is the worst

    Votes: 7 7.6%

  • No, 2003-04 Cory Stillman is the worst

    Votes: 16 17.4%

  • No, 2006-07 Andrew Brunette is the worst

    Votes: 25 27.2%

  • No, 2006-07 Michael Nylander is the worst

    Votes: 6 6.5%

  • Yes, 2017-18 Mikko Rantanen will be the worst

    Votes: 12 13.0%

  • Could be, it depends how Rantanen finishes the season...

    Votes: 1 1.1%

  • I still think Rantanen won't make it to 80 points this season...

    Votes: 7 7.6%

  • Another player is the worst to hit 80 points in the last 20 years, who?

    Votes: 13 14.1%
  • Total voters
    92

Mulletman

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So it looks more and more like Rantanen will actually make it to 80 Points this season as he's only 1 Point short and still has 9 games to play. Nobody saw this comming as MacKinnon has carried Rantanen to numbers that Rantanen was never supposed to hit. But we've seen this Before were players put up numbers they've got no business putting up and it remains a fluke. So the question then becomes is if Rantanen scores 1 more point is Rantanen the worst player in the last 20 years to score at least 80 Points?

I've looked through the stats and found 5 other guys that could give Rantanen a run. And here they are:

2000-01 Robert Lang: 32+48=80 Points playing on a stacked Penguins team with Art Ross winning Jaromir Jagr

2002-03 Glen Murray: 44+48=92 Points while getting carried by Joe Thornton. Murray was a career Jussi Jokinen player otherwise during his career...

2003-04 Cory Stillman: 25+55=80 Points on a cup winning Tampa team playing with St Louis, Richards and Lecavalier.

2006-07 Andrew Brunette: 26+57=83 Points while mooching off of 100 Point scoring Joe Sakic...

2006-07 Michael Nylander: Never the pretty boy star player like his son is turning out to be, benefiting immensely from playing with Jaromir Jagr in a high scoring year.

So can 2017-18 Mikko Rantanen top this list, or do you have an even worse candidate for worst player to score 80 Points in the last 20 years?
 
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Mulletman said:
So it looks more and more like Rantanen will actually make it to 80 Points this season as he's only 1 Point short and still has 9 games to play. Nobody saw this comming as MacKinnon has carried Rantanen to numbers that Rantanen was never supposed to hit. But we've seen this Before were players put up numbers they've got no business putting up and it remains a fluke. So the question then becomes is if Rantanen scores 1 more point is Rantanen the worst player in the last 20 years to score at least 80 Points?

I've looked through the stats and found 5 other guys that could give Rantanen a run. And here they are:

2000-01 Robert Lang: 32+48=80 Points playing on a stacked Penguins team with Art Ross winning Jaromir Jagr

2002-03 Glen Murray: 44+48=92 Points while getting carried by Joe Thornton. Murray was a career Jussi Jokinen player otherwise during his career...

2003-04 Cory Stillman: 25+55=80 Points on a cup winning Tampa team playing with St Louis, Richards and Lecavalier.

2006-07 Andrew Brunette: 26+57=83 Points while mooching off of 100 Point scoring Joe Sakic...

2006-07 Michael Nylander: Never the pretty boy star player like his son is turning out to be, benefiting immensely from playing with Jaromir Jagr in a high scoring year.

So can 2017-18 Mikko Rantanen top this list, or do you have an even worse candidate for worst player to score 80 Points in the last 20 years?
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How does a 4th year player that scored at a .646 PPG rate last year supposedly carry a rookie player that scored at .507 PPG rate to unsustainable heights when both have similarly improved substantially to match last year's numbers.
 
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How does a 4th year player that scored at a .646 PPG rate last year supposedly carry a rookie player that scored at .507 PPG rate to unsustainable heights when both have similarly improved substantially to match last year's numbers.
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MacKinnon is a 1st overall pick with Art Ross potential and he's finally showing it. Rantanen is just along for the ride...
 
Mulletman said:
MacKinnon is a 1st overall pick with Art Ross potential and he's finally showing it. Rantanen is just along for the ride...
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1st overall doesn't mean all that much. Look at the 2015 draft, the most productive players are coming later in the draft than earlier in the draft players not named 97. 2003 draft is another good example of this.
 
You don't hit 80 points in today's (or the last couple decades) NHL without having some really high skill yourself. Every player you mentioned peaked around the seasons you picked out, but they were still really good players. And all of them were pretty old.

This is Rantanen's second full season, he's 21 years old.

There's literally no argument to be made here and just a bunch of salty hot air.
 
Too early to tell. If this is his career year then yeah you can call it a fluke, but I mean he's not some journeyman having a crazy season like Hudler did a few seasons ago.
 
Someone seems sore that he's outscoring your favourite player.

Answer is no.
 
Mulletman threads are the best threads. I voted that he won't even hit 80 points out of respect for the thread author.
 
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HF in 2018 is basically just saying "player x could have been drafted here, imagine him with player y!", and "who is the worst player to achieve X"
 
he has obviously benefited a ton from MacKinnon, but you don't get even close to 80 without being a good player yourself

Kunitz got a ton of time on the Stamkos and Kucherov line and barely did anything
 
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Interesting aspect... You can be worst at something when you achieve something uncommon.

Like... The worst Cup winning team or the worst player ever to win a Hart. Genious.
 
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