The Panther
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Here's one: Which NHL rookies -- if any (?) -- have led the NHL in scoring?
Then, which NHL rookies have led their teams in scoring?
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The former must obviously be extremely rare in any circumstance (except maybe in the 1920s?). The only one that comes to mind is Teemu Selanne co-leading the NHL in goals in 1992-93 (with 76). But of course, he was well off leading in overall scoring.
Gretzky must be the only one to sort-of do this, co-leading the NHL in scoring as a "rookie" (though the NHL didn't consider him a rookie).
I am assuming there is no other post-1920s rookie who has the League in scoring, but is there another Selanne-type who may have led in goals or in assists? (Auston Matthews, of course, was 2nd in goals scored in 2017.)
Any close calls in scoring?
McDavid's 1.06 PPG in 2016, if projected to a full un-injured season, would have put him around 3rd in NHL scoring. Who knows if he would have actually done that.
Mario Lemieux was "only" 9th in PPG as a rookie; Crosby 6th. Hawerchuk wasn't even top-10.
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Then, which rookies have led NHL teams in scoring? I think there must have been several.
Some:
G. Perreault (72 PTS) -- Buffalo, 1970-71
D. Potvin (54 PTS) -- NY Islanders, 1973-74
B. Smith (79 PTS) -- Minnesota, 1978-79
W. Gretzky (137 PTS) -- Edmonton, 1979-80
P. Stastny (109 PTS) -- Quebec, 1980-81
D. Hawerchuk (100 PTS) -- Winnipeg, 1981-82
S. Yzerman (87 PTS) -- Detroit, 1983-84
M. Lemieux (100 PTS) -- Pittsburgh, 1984-85
L. Robitaille (84 PTS) -- Los Angeles, 1986-87
T. Selänne (132 PTS) -- Winnipeg, 1992-93
D. Alfredsson (61 PTS) -- Ottawa, 1995-96
A. Ovechkin (106 PTS) -- Washington, 2005-06
S. Crosby (102 PTS) -- Pittsburgh, 2005-06
P. Kane (72 PTS) -- Chicago, 2007-08
A. Matthews (69 PTS) -- Toronto, 2016-17
Must be many more!
Then, which NHL rookies have led their teams in scoring?
_______
The former must obviously be extremely rare in any circumstance (except maybe in the 1920s?). The only one that comes to mind is Teemu Selanne co-leading the NHL in goals in 1992-93 (with 76). But of course, he was well off leading in overall scoring.
Gretzky must be the only one to sort-of do this, co-leading the NHL in scoring as a "rookie" (though the NHL didn't consider him a rookie).
I am assuming there is no other post-1920s rookie who has the League in scoring, but is there another Selanne-type who may have led in goals or in assists? (Auston Matthews, of course, was 2nd in goals scored in 2017.)
Any close calls in scoring?
McDavid's 1.06 PPG in 2016, if projected to a full un-injured season, would have put him around 3rd in NHL scoring. Who knows if he would have actually done that.
Mario Lemieux was "only" 9th in PPG as a rookie; Crosby 6th. Hawerchuk wasn't even top-10.
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Then, which rookies have led NHL teams in scoring? I think there must have been several.
Some:
G. Perreault (72 PTS) -- Buffalo, 1970-71
D. Potvin (54 PTS) -- NY Islanders, 1973-74
B. Smith (79 PTS) -- Minnesota, 1978-79
W. Gretzky (137 PTS) -- Edmonton, 1979-80
P. Stastny (109 PTS) -- Quebec, 1980-81
D. Hawerchuk (100 PTS) -- Winnipeg, 1981-82
S. Yzerman (87 PTS) -- Detroit, 1983-84
M. Lemieux (100 PTS) -- Pittsburgh, 1984-85
L. Robitaille (84 PTS) -- Los Angeles, 1986-87
T. Selänne (132 PTS) -- Winnipeg, 1992-93
D. Alfredsson (61 PTS) -- Ottawa, 1995-96
A. Ovechkin (106 PTS) -- Washington, 2005-06
S. Crosby (102 PTS) -- Pittsburgh, 2005-06
P. Kane (72 PTS) -- Chicago, 2007-08
A. Matthews (69 PTS) -- Toronto, 2016-17
Must be many more!