What are the biggest "huh" seasons of all time?

[MadLuke]

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No that fair....

But comparing first in the league in points (both in the regular season, more in the playoff) going up to 30 years old with someone that was 8th in scoring during his 25-26 years old would be absolute peak.

Other way to say this, he was scoring a Jonathan Toews and Kopitar pace, exactly those years.

Crosby was hanging out at the very top:

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Ovechkin bounce back that make it look "huh" is winning like 5 rocket after missing the top 10 and what will be a career worst top 10 for a long time 5th position, what would be post 30 years old Crosby bounce back to make those look strange in hindsight ?

 

[Midnight Judges]

No that fair....

But comparing first in the league in points (both in the regular season, more in the playoff) going up to 30 years old with someone that was 8th in scoring during his 25-26 years old would be absolute peak.

Other way to say this, he was scoring a Jonathan Toews and Kopitar pace, exactly those years.

Crosby was hanging out at the very top:

NHL Stats

The official source for NHL Stats including skaters, goalies, teams stats and more.

www.nhl.com

Has an older post peek player.

Ovechkin bounce back that make it look "huh" is winning like 5 rocket after missing the top 10 and what will be a career worst top 10 for a long time 5th position, what would be post 30 years old Crosby bounce back to make those look strange in hindsight ?

Relying on the top 5 or so players to be constant is much more volatile than relying on league-wide averages. You are relying on the volatile thing to overrule the less volatile thing.

 

[Bear of Bad News]

Turning every thread into violent warfare every time the name "Ovechkin" appears is becoming spam at this point. FYI.

Not every thread in this subforum should require posters to skip 40-50 sidebar posts that are the same damn thing.

(And I don't need to hear others' opinions about this.)

 

[Crosby2010]

Ovie, but just 2012. 2011 was not strong compared to 2010, but 2012 was just awful overall. This was the time Boudreau found a way to have the Caps score less than 100 goals from 2010. He gets fired and they make a strange hire in Dale Hunter who was basically just there as an interim coach.

How about Gretzky in 1995? It sort of makes sense, the Kings were terrible, he missed half the season due to the lockout and he was 33, not a spring chicken. But him getting a point a game after a 130 campaign was weird. His 1996 season was better, and he was closer to being amongst the elite. But 1995 was that weird year where he wasn't. And then led the NHL in assists in 1997 and 1998.

Wow, Ratelle in 1967 as someone mentioned. I assume the 41 games with 11 points is aided by the fact that in those games he was hobbled with whatever was hurting him. He did fine in previous seasons in the original 6, so it wasn't like he couldn't hack it.

Ron Francis in 1992. Strange. 1990 he has 101 points. 1991 he has 87 points in a season that he is traded to the Pens. 1992 he has 54 points in 70 games, but a good postseason and won a 2nd Cup. Then 100 points in 1993 and he's back to normal.

Bill Barber in 1977. Has 112 points in 1976, 55 in 1977, then 72 in 1978 and a few 80+ point seasons afterwards. That's a 57 point drop in 1977. I don't get it. The Flyers were still a great team. Clarke had a bit of a drop, but he still had 90 points.

Malkin in 2010, but more pronounced in 2011. This was sandwiched in between Art Ross seasons.