sure I agree.... the GPG avg difference between 07-08 and 23-24 is quite small anyway
but then AM had the better team quite easily as I outlined earlier.
But then you have to account for positional as well, Ovi is not as responsible defensively.
I don't think either team's D is overly offensive and their most common linemates are comparable to me... but sure, edge to Matthews there.
Matthews was with Marner/Knies most
Ovechkin was with Backstrom/Kozlov most
Does it matter which team had people that scored more on the 2nd line?
Ovi had 43 ESG and 22 PPG, he played 1879 at ES and 460 on the PP.
Matthews had 51 ESG and 18 PPG, he played 1698 at ES and 276 on the PP.
ESG/60
Ovi = 1.37
Matthews = 1.80
PPG/60
Ovi = 2.87
Matthews = 3.91
we should do some "ice-time adjusted stats" just like our era-adjusted.
Matthews had 56 ESG and 30 PPG using Ovi's TOI.
So Matthews' new ice-time adjusted goals is 86, which you can now era-adjust and tell me who had the better season.
Can also linemate adjust and then adjust for defensive impact if you'd like.