Is Peter Forsberg underrated?

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There's nothing special about picking 7 years. If you have another timeframe that you want to see, let me know - it's trivial to change the parameters for that report.

I would be really curious to see something as short as 2 years whenever you get a chance if for no other reason than to compare it to the 7.

 

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I would be really curious to see something as short as 2 years whenever you get a chance if for no other reason than to compare it to the 7.

No worries, it's all automated so it's trivial to run these reports:

Top 25, expansion onwards, best two seasons

Wayne Gretzky	2.16
Phil Esposito	2.00
Mario Lemieux	1.88
Bobby Orr	1.81
Connor McDavid	1.75
Sidney Crosby	1.66
Jaromir Jagr	1.58
Guy Lafleur	1.55
Joe Sakic	1.47
Peter Forsberg	1.47
Bryan Trottier	1.46
Leon Draisaitl	1.45
Evgeni Malkin	1.45
Nikita Kucherov	1.41
Marcel Dionne	1.41
Nathan MacKinnon	1.40
Adam Oates	1.40
Jari Kurri	1.38
Paul Kariya	1.37
Mike Bossy	1.37
Joe Thornton	1.36
Patrick Kane	1.35
Eric Lindros	1.35
Brett Hull	1.34
Alex Ovechkin	1.34

Under this time period, Forsberg is tied for 9th (fittingly, he's tied with Sakic).

I mentioned this before but keep in mind these are intended as approximations. Nobody should be arguing (for example) that Oates is definitely better than Kurri because 1.40 > 1.38 (nor does it take defensive play, or playoff performances into account - two areas where Kurri would clearly be better)

 

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No worries, it's all automated so it's trivial to run these reports:

Top 25, expansion onwards, best two seasons

Wayne Gretzky	2.16
Phil Esposito	2.00
Mario Lemieux	1.88
Bobby Orr	1.81
Connor McDavid	1.75
Sidney Crosby	1.66
Jaromir Jagr	1.58
Guy Lafleur	1.55
Joe Sakic	1.47
Peter Forsberg	1.47
Bryan Trottier	1.46
Leon Draisaitl	1.45
Evgeni Malkin	1.45
Nikita Kucherov	1.41
Marcel Dionne	1.41
Nathan MacKinnon	1.40
Adam Oates	1.40
Jari Kurri	1.38
Paul Kariya	1.37
Mike Bossy	1.37
Joe Thornton	1.36
Patrick Kane	1.35
Eric Lindros	1.35
Brett Hull	1.34
Alex Ovechkin	1.34

Under this time period, Forsberg is tied for 9th (fittingly, he's tied with Sakic).

I mentioned this before but keep in mind these are intended as approximations. Nobody should be arguing (for example) that Oates is definitely better than Kurri because 1.40 > 1.38 (nor does it take defensive play, or playoff performances into account - two areas where Kurri would clearly be better)

Where would Bobby Hull and Howe be here?

 

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Where would Bobby Hull and Howe be here?

Top two seasons only? Howe is 1.76, and Hull is 1.56.

 

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Top two seasons only? Howe is 1.76, and Hull is 1.56.

What about 7?

 

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What about 7?

Howe is at 1.55 (which puts him above McDavid, Jagr and Crosby - though McDavid could conceivably pass him). Hull is at 1.35 (which isn't bad, but it's not quite as good as I expected - if you take the position that goals are significantly more valuable than assists, then he looks better - the same would be true of Ovechkin, for example).