Rhiessan71
Just a Fool
It's frustrating that Art Ross counting for Crosby still gets thrown around when the three best forwards outside of the Big Four (Hull, Richard, and Beliveau) have four between them. Even more frustrating when the standards are then moved from raw points-only to PPGs for the playoffs.
It should be beneath the HOH to have this claim thrown out there.
Seriously...pot meet kettle.
You are one of the very last people that should be admonishing anyone for supposedly "moving goal posts".
The bottomline is that in Crosby's 8 full seasons, for as dominant as he gets portrayed as, he only has 2 Art Ross.
That's without the consistent competition like a Howe or a Mikita and he sure as hell wasn't dealing with Hull vs Beliveau vs Richard vs Howe all competing without each other at the same time.
In Crosby's first 12 seasons, 10 different names have gone on the Art Ross trophy.
That is the most names in any 12 year block in NHL history by a mile.
The closest you can come is counting from the beginning of the Art Ross where you have 7 and even then, Howe won it 5 times.
I mean what's the argument going to be?
That Crosby has had to deal with more parity and been more diverse competition?
That argument will last all of about 2 seconds until OV with his 6 Rockets, 2 runner-ups and 9 top-3 goal scoring finishes during the exact same 12 seasons is brought up heh.