He's clinched this now. Provided he doesn't miss a game the rest of the way, he'll max at 51 games played and has 52 points on the year currently.
Been a strong campaign for Sid. Really done a great job pulling the weight while Malkin has been out the past month.
Obviously had some years with limited games (08, 11, 12, 13, and last year) but the only year I think you could legitimately question whether he'd have finished over a PPG was last season. He had 47 in 41 but didn't really have a good year. The whole team sucked to be honest.
07- 08 - Had 72 in 53 so he wasn't going to finish under a PPG.
10-11 - This was the biggest what if. Had 66 in 41 (32 goals). He would have ran away with the Ross, Hart, and Richard. Real strong chance he hits 60+ goals.
11-12 - Had 37 in 22 so again, very unlikely he's under a PPG, especially at that age/point of his career.
12-13 - Like 2010-11, a year he was dominating everyone. It took the field like 3/4 week to pass him in scoring despite him missing the entire last 5 weeks of the season due to the slap shot to the jaw. Clearly lost the Hart as he won the Pearson. Really wish he'd been given the Hart here.
19-20 - 47 in 41 games, this being the one year you might have seen him under a PPG over 82 games.
I definitely think Sid is one of the biggest "what if" players as it pertains to hardware. I mean look how much time he missed during his absolute prime. He was posting some fantastic per game numbers. And even still he's got enough on his resume to generally rank in the 10-15 range all time for a lot of people.
Generally I look at him as having lost out on 2 clear cut Hart's and Ross's (11 and 13). He would have easily won the Richard in 2010-11.
So really you're probably looking at a 4 time Hart winner w/4 Ross's, 3 Richard's, and another couple of 1st team AS nods to his name.
