Matsun
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- Aug 15, 2010
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Mt Overrated:
Howe
Lemieux
Orr
Morenz
Unlike Gretzky I can actually see Orr, Mario and Howe be surpassed so they are not actually in the same tier as Gretzky as players for me. Orr and Mario had massive injuries and not that much playoff success and you could argue that some of Howes peak seasons were nearly matched by other players in his era so he can be surpassed on peak value.
Based on his stats we can see that Morenz lead the league in points 2 times and was top 3 5 times. Over his prime from 24-32 he won 3 Stanley Cups but is only 6th in playoff PPG, well behind Frank Boucher. I feel Morenz is rated in a different way than basically any other player. Journalists and players liked him and voted him highly so therefor we have to because we don't have any footage.
Mt Underrated
Kucherov
Jagr
Geoffrion
Coffey
Kucherov might not apply here anymore, but for a time people felt like Point was the better player even though Point has literally been outscored by Kucherov in every single season and playoff they've been in, even when Kucherov only played half the season in 2022. I also feel like Kucherovs 2019 season was kind of forgotten. Will be interesting to see where he ranks on the next project, I have him very high.
Jagr is underrated because he has so incredible durability and longevity that people miss that he had some bad injury luck that robbed him of some huge seasons and MVPs. I feel like Jagr has been rising thanks to McDavid though so Jagr will probably rise on the next historical ranking.
Geoffrion in 1961: 64-50-45-95, Bobby Hull in his legendary 1966: 65-54-43-97. also a playoff god.
Coffey is not appreciated enough because of Orr.
Howe
Lemieux
Orr
Morenz
Unlike Gretzky I can actually see Orr, Mario and Howe be surpassed so they are not actually in the same tier as Gretzky as players for me. Orr and Mario had massive injuries and not that much playoff success and you could argue that some of Howes peak seasons were nearly matched by other players in his era so he can be surpassed on peak value.
Based on his stats we can see that Morenz lead the league in points 2 times and was top 3 5 times. Over his prime from 24-32 he won 3 Stanley Cups but is only 6th in playoff PPG, well behind Frank Boucher. I feel Morenz is rated in a different way than basically any other player. Journalists and players liked him and voted him highly so therefor we have to because we don't have any footage.
Mt Underrated
Kucherov
Jagr
Geoffrion
Coffey
Kucherov might not apply here anymore, but for a time people felt like Point was the better player even though Point has literally been outscored by Kucherov in every single season and playoff they've been in, even when Kucherov only played half the season in 2022. I also feel like Kucherovs 2019 season was kind of forgotten. Will be interesting to see where he ranks on the next project, I have him very high.
Jagr is underrated because he has so incredible durability and longevity that people miss that he had some bad injury luck that robbed him of some huge seasons and MVPs. I feel like Jagr has been rising thanks to McDavid though so Jagr will probably rise on the next historical ranking.
Geoffrion in 1961: 64-50-45-95, Bobby Hull in his legendary 1966: 65-54-43-97. also a playoff god.
Coffey is not appreciated enough because of Orr.