McDavid 674 assists in 672 games

[ottawa]

Probably not thread worthy but it's late and I'm bored.

I can't think of many players that have more assists than games. Gretzky and Lemieux are the obvious ones. I thought Bobby Orr would have been on that list too but he had 645 assists in 657 games.

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[JoVel]

QuantHockey only allows me to search 1000 players (forwards and defensemen seperately), but at least no forward with more than 154 assists, or defenseman with more than 39 assists has managed assist per game or more, other than the three you mentioned.

 

[Video Nasty]

He’s led the league in assists four times.

Finished second three times.

The two times he hasn’t been top 2 was his rookie season when he missed 37 games and 2017-2018 when he finished 1 assist shy of tying both Giroux and Wheeler for first.

The only players who have led the league in assists more times than McDavid are Gretzky (16) and Orr (5). Yes, he’s already done it more times than Mario Lemieux, who picked up two of his three firsts at age 30 and 31.

His four times leading are two more than Crosby, Malkin, and Ovechkin combined.

Through nine seasons, he already has eight 60+ assists seasons, good for 7th most all-time. Assuming he picks up 33 more this season, he’ll equal Lemieux and Francis’s nine.

If he gets to 70 this season, only Gretzky (16) and Lemieux (8) would have more than his seven.

 

[TheLegend27]

Sometimes I wish he was a bit more selfish lmao. He has at-least another 60 goal season in him if he really commits to it. He was feeding Hyman at the beginning of the season, then decided to do it himself after it wasn’t working and had 11 goals in his next 14 games.

 

[SI90]

He really is absurd.

 

[Albatros]

Peter Šťastný was above after 4 seasons and one short after 6.

 

[BallardEra]

That Jordan guy must tell us that McDavid is regressing.

 

[Bouboumaster]

I learned that assists are worth shit in the Lane Hutson thread, so I guess that makes McDavid a bum!!

 

[Koivu11]

 

[The Gr8 Dane]

I learned that assists are worth shit in the Lane Hutson thread, so I guess that makes McDavid a bum!!

Surely somebody else had an assist per game when they turned 27-28 no?

 

[vaspa]

Grezky played 696 games for Oilers and got 1086 assists.

McDavid can equal that, he needs only about 17 assists per game for the next 24 games.

 

[Bouboumaster]

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Surely somebody else had an assist per game when they turned 27-28 no?

I'm confuse, are you trying to argue that he ain't a suck ass player?
Because assists are apparently not good and goals can be scored without them!!1

 

[BallardEra]

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Surely somebody else had an assist per game when they turned 27-28 no?

At first glance, I'd say Peter Stastny came the closest with Bobby Orr second.

 

[ottawa]

Grezky played 696 games for Oilers and got 1086 assists.

McDavid can equal that, he needs only about 17 assists per game for the next 24 games.

Gretzky is truly insane.

It's too bad hockey isn't appreciated much outside of your typical hockey countries (which is not that many)...Gretzky would have been a global superstar.

 

[Video Nasty]

Peter Šťastný was above after 4 seasons and one short after 6.

True. In a sample size that’s 50% smaller in a scoring environment 30% higher. Take away Gretzky and even Lemieux, and he only ever led once.