Sebastian Aho eight consecutive playoffs with more than 10 points

[tabness]

I am tired of waiting for @Mulletman to get home from the discotheque and post about this historic accomplishment. Sebastian "Seabass" Aho, the pride and joy of somewhere in Finland, has now had eight consecutive playoffs with more than 10 points. This is more noteworthy than it seems, as very few other late greats have had eight straight. Aho, of course, broke the record of beginning one's career with consecutive double digit points playoff runs from the Quebecois mythological Paul Bunyan figure known to us as Jean Beliveau. One would think it was Wayne Gretzky who Aho stole this record from, but Gretzky had a disgusting legacy destroying 3 point performance in the 1980 playoffs to kick of his career which basically tarnishes the rest of it. For eight straight double digit playoff runs including not from the start of their career, Mark Messier has the lead with 14 straight and 10 straight if you are counting more than 10 points like Aho always achieves. However, Mark Messier missed the playoffs once in that stretch so the true numbers are actually 10 or 6 straight. There is Wayne Gretzky as usual who had 11 or 9 straight. So basically, Aho only needs one more playoff run of more than 10 points next year to tie Wayne Gretzky and two to completely take this record from him. Brad Marchand of all people has 8 straight double digit playoff runs as well but he has two in that 8 at exactly 10 points so his consecutive more than 10 point playoff numbers are actually a mediocre 5.

Players like Sidney Crosby, Nathan MacKinnon, Evgeni Malkin, Nikita Kucherov, and Alex Ovechkin barely reach or fail to reach double digit playoff runs eight non consecutive times which just shows how special this Aho streak is.

Aho has obviously sucked ass this entire playoffs but his play will be forgotten and the stats and records will remain for him to be judged more favorably in the future. His only competition was his countryman Mikko Rantanen who also had 7 straight going into this playoffs, but first of all had exactly 10 points one playoff run and second of all broke even the double digit streak this year. This settles the age old Aho vs. Rantanen debate forever, and I'm sure Mikko Rantanen weeps with regret for not sticking with Carolina now.

 

[SeanVT395]

Hes pretty good.

 

[BigDaddyLurch]

 

[Big Daddy Cane]

2026 is not a reflection of the player he’s been in the past. Sad that he’s playing some of his worst hockey in such a visible moment.

 

[Grifter3511]

As much as this is an individual stat, its also a team stat.

 

[Pestilence]

2026 is not a reflection of the player he’s been in the past. Sad that he’s playing some of his worst hockey in such a visible moment.

Injuries or what is the reason? He still was over PPG in the regular season.

 

[Sol]

So he’s just going to be aho his whole life?

 

[Kuz]

As much as this is an individual stat, its also a team stat.

Yeah play on a good team that genereally goes far and it makes it possible.

Still his production isnt actually that far off what you expect of him. 14-15 points instead and he would be right around where most would expect him. Hes also never been a minus player any of the 8 years and only one year with 0.

This is his worst year production wise and hes 6 points off being PPG. He have three years he was 3 points away from being PPG before. Those 3 + this one is also the ones he has the lowest shooting percentage. Still the line doesnt look to be 100 %, but they are still doing okay defensively and arent getting destroyed 5v5 and are keeping things even when they are on.

 

[Faterson]

So he’s just going to be aho his whole life?

Like you're never gonna be anything other than sol.

 

[tarheelhockey]

Injuries or what is the reason? He still was over PPG in the regular season.

It’s a case where you expect to hear a week from now that he’s got a detached ligament or something. This is the worst he’s looked in his career, with the whole world watching.

 

[Chrysalis99]

Aho has never been a strong playoff performer. With his TOI average he should easily be PPG but he's barely noticeable this year. The best thing about Aho is he doesnt make costly mistakes. He doesnt regularly give the puck away, he doesn't let men get behind him on breaks and he eats critical PK minutes. He's a good passer and he's playing fine but he's leading this stat mainly because the number of games Carolina has played in their playoff runs.

 

[heksagon]

Aho has never been a strong playoff performer. With his TOI average he should easily be PPG but he's barely noticeable this year. The best thing about Aho is he doesnt make costly mistakes. He doesnt regularly give the puck away, he doesn't let men get behind him on breaks and he eats critical PK minutes. He's a good passer and he's playing fine but he's leading this stat mainly because the number of games Carolina has played in their playoff runs.

I have to disagree. Aho has 96 points and +26 in 106 career playoff games, is solid defensively and very consistent (prior to this year). This year he is barely noticeable and very underwhelming, yes, but that is such a recency biased take.

"Easily" PPG? It's never easy to be PPG in the Stanley Cup playoffs. Many elite players don't reach that mark in their career playoff stats no matter the TOI. For example, Aho has the exact same career playoff PPG pace Ovechkin has: 0,91. Brayden Point also has 0,91, and Jonathan Toews has 0,87. Points are not everything, and these are just a few examples, but still. If it's just due to the many games Carolina has played, why are none of the other long time Canes close to Aho in this stat?

 

[superstars]

Aho has never been a strong playoff performer. With his TOI average he should easily be PPG but he's barely noticeable this year. The best thing about Aho is he doesnt make costly mistakes. He doesnt regularly give the puck away, he doesn't let men get behind him on breaks and he eats critical PK minutes. He's a good passer and he's playing fine but he's leading this stat mainly because the number of games Carolina has played in their playoff runs.

his performances track with the caliber of player that he is. he produces like the star he is but he's not a franchise cornerstone

 

[BoHorvat 53]

his performances track with the caliber of player that he is. he produces like the star he is but he's not a franchise cornerstone

He's someone who doesn't need to score to have an impact on the game, he's a very good two-way player.

PPG, two-way centers are franchise cornerstones.

 

[Bozo Nicholson]

 

[superstars]

He's someone who doesn't need to score to have an impact on the game, he's a very good two-way player.

PPG, two-way centers are franchise cornerstones.

ppg selke winners are, he is not. clear step below Eichel Barkov Matthews

 

[HavingACow4Cowan]

He's lowkey been a consistently productive playoff scorer for years.

But this year, he's been disappointing offensively. How does a one C surpass ten points this late into a playoff run? CAR's offense has been carried by their second line in the playoffs and by the Staal line in the SCF.

 

[To Be Determined]

I'm still waiting for my six pack.

 

[tarheelhockey]

He's lowkey been a consistently productive playoff scorer for years.

But this year, he's been disappointing offensively. How does a one C surpass ten points this late into a playoff run? CAR's offense has been carried by their second line in the playoffs and by the Staal line in the SCF.

To be fair to Aho, he’s skated almost entirely with Jarvis and Svechnikov who have been in similar slumps/probable injuries. Normally a 1C would pick up a certain number of points just by virtue of skating with top line wingers, but that is not the case here.

 

[Jocke1]

Hes pretty good.

Mulletman, yes of course. But what about Aho?

 

[Hockeyholic]

Pretty good. Not a top tier Centre. But certainly good enough.

 

[Mulletman]

I am tired of waiting for @Mulletman to get home from the discotheque and post about this historic accomplishment. Sebastian "Seabass" Aho, the pride and joy of somewhere in Finland, has now had eight consecutive playoffs with more than 10 points. This is more noteworthy than it seems, as very few other late greats have had eight straight. Aho, of course, broke the record of beginning one's career with consecutive double digit points playoff runs from the Quebecois mythological Paul Bunyan figure known to us as Jean Beliveau. One would think it was Wayne Gretzky who Aho stole this record from, but Gretzky had a disgusting legacy destroying 3 point performance in the 1980 playoffs to kick of his career which basically tarnishes the rest of it. For eight straight double digit playoff runs including not from the start of their career, Mark Messier has the lead with 14 straight and 10 straight if you are counting more than 10 points like Aho always achieves. However, Mark Messier missed the playoffs once in that stretch so the true numbers are actually 10 or 6 straight. There is Wayne Gretzky as usual who had 11 or 9 straight. So basically, Aho only needs one more playoff run of more than 10 points next year to tie Wayne Gretzky and two to completely take this record from him. Brad Marchand of all people has 8 straight double digit playoff runs as well but he has two in that 8 at exactly 10 points so his consecutive more than 10 point playoff numbers are actually a mediocre 5.

Players like Sidney Crosby, Nathan MacKinnon, Evgeni Malkin, Nikita Kucherov, and Alex Ovechkin barely reach or fail to reach double digit playoff runs eight non consecutive times which just shows how special this Aho streak is.

Aho has obviously sucked ass this entire playoffs but his play will be forgotten and the stats and records will remain for him to be judged more favorably in the future. His only competition was his countryman Mikko Rantanen who also had 7 straight going into this playoffs, but first of all had exactly 10 points one playoff run and second of all broke even the double digit streak this year. This settles the age old Aho vs. Rantanen debate forever, and I'm sure Mikko Rantanen weeps with regret for not sticking with Carolina now.

Nice to see someone else post this historic stat. @Mulletman has already made like 3 threads about Aho this postseason, but @Summer Rose has been merging them with other lesser threads discussing Carolina. Aho is seriously one of the most underrated modern NHL players. The dude is compiling his way towards greatness and when it's all said and done he's most likely going to be the highest scoring scandinavian player of all time, both in the regular season and playoffs. Hopefully losing in the cup finals will force him to find a new gear and actually top 90 points next year...

 

[Summer Rose]

Nice to see someone else post this historic stat. @Mulletman has already made like 3 threads about Aho this postseason, but @Summer Rose has been merging them with other lesser threads discussing Carolina. Aho is seriously one of the most underrated modern NHL players. The dude is compiling his way towards greatness and when it's all said and done he's most likely going to be the highest scoring scandinavian player of all time, both in the regular season and playoffs. Hopefully losing in the cup finals will force him to find a new gear and actually top 90 points next year...

I’ve done no such thing.

 

[Mulletman]

I’ve done no such thing.

Ah OK, just assumed it was you since you posted in one of the threads right after it was merged...

 

[Shark Finn]

The late great has reawakened.