Maurice Richard Trophy Tournament (1995-Present) Round 1: 1999 Teemu Selanne vs 1998 Peter Bondra vs 1998 Teemu Selanne

[blundluntman]

MATCHUP #16 (Round 1): Teemu Selanne (1999) vs Peter Bondra (1998) vs Teemu Selanne (1998)

Teemu Selanne (1998-99):

Games Played	Goals	Even Strength Goals	Power Play Goals	League Wide Goals Per Game
75	47	22	25	2.63

Peter Bondra (1997-98):

Games Played	Goals	Even Strength Goals	Power Play Goals	League Wide Goals Per Game
76	52	36	11	2.64

Teemu Selanne (1997-98):

Games Played	Goals	Even Strength Goals	Power Play Goals	League Wide Goals Per Game
73	52	41	10	2.64

Round 1 Matchups
24 Matthews vs 97 Tkachuk Thread
23 McDavid vs 17 Crosby Thread
22 Matthews vs 06 Cheechoo Thread
21 Matthews vs 16 Ovechkin Thread
20 Pastrnak vs 20 Ovechkin Thread
19 Ovechkin vs 18 Ovechkin Thread
15 Ovechkin vs 12 Stamkos Thread
14 Ovechkin vs 09 Ovechkin Thread
13 Ovechkin vs 95 Bondra (Still Active) Thread
11 Perry vs 00 Bure Thread
10 Stamkos vs 10 Crosby Thread
08 Ovechkin vs 01 Bure Thread
07 Lecavalier vs 02 Iginla Thread
04 Nash vs 04 Iginla vs 04 Kovalchuk Thread
03 Hejduk vs 96 Lemieux Thread
99 Selanne vs 98 Bondra vs 98 Selanne

Note: Due to the Richard Trophy not having a tiebreaker, I will conduct one myself in the first round to avoid matchup complications in later rounds.

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[tabness]

Selanne 1997-1998 saw him do this without Kariya for much of the year so him over Bondra by a little

 

[Regal]

Agree with Selanne in ‘98 doing it with Kariya missing a good chunk of the year and little else to play with. Also played the fewest games despite having the same/more goals that the others

As a side note it’s so strange that Selanne’s ES numbers fell so much from ‘98 to ‘99 but his PP numbers skyrocketed as the team’s PP nearly doubled in efficiency

 

[Slapshot Sultan]

delete

 

[GRob83]

I would make the argument that Selanne scored 52 Goals in 97-98 because Kariya was injured. Kariya scored 17 Goals in the 22 games he played that season which is close to a 64 goal pace. Whereas Bondra was the only goal scorer Washington had for nearly his entire career and would regularly have 30+ more goals over his next closest teammate.

 

[Albatros]

I would make the argument that Selanne scored 52 Goals in 97-98 because Kariya was injured. Kariya scored 17 Goals in the 22 games he played that season which is close to a 64 goal pace. Whereas Bondra was the only goal scorer Washington had for nearly his entire career and would regularly have 30+ more goals over his next closest teammate.

Of course. But it was still a bigger challenge with NPC linemates, just with Kariya their roles were different for mutual benefit which resulted in somewhat lower individual goal scoring.