Your exact quote was "Looking at his career numbers Forsberg's ppg avarage was generally higher the more games he played in a season. So his per game numbers during his prime would likely see a raise had he played all the games."
My response was - no, that's factually incorrect. Here are three tables that show that when you examine Forsberg's prime, regardless of games played, he scored a remarkably consistent number of points per game:
Seasons where Forsberg missed a significant amount of time (1995-2004)
Season|Games|Points|Missed GP|PPG
2003-04 | 39 | 55 | 43 | 1.41
1999-00 | 49 | 51 | 33 | 1.04
1996-97 | 65 | 86 | 17 | 1.32
Total
|
153
|
192
| |
1.25
Seasons where Forsberg missed a moderate amount of time (1995-2004)
Season|Games|Points|Missed GP|PPG
1997-98 | 72 | 91 | 10 | 1.26
2000-01 | 73 | 89 | 9 | 1.22
2002-03 | 75 | 106 | 7 | 1.41
Total
|
220
|
286
| |
1.30
Seasons where Forsberg missed little or no time (1995-2004)
Season|Games|Points|Missed GP|PPG
1998-99 | 78 | 97 | 4 | 1.24
1994-95 | 47 | 50 | 1 | 1.06
1995-96 | 82 | 116 | 0 | 1.41
Total
|
207
|
263
| |
1.27
Why did I exclude 2006 and 2007? You specifically said in post 49 that's "hard to determaine exactly when his prime was since his per game numbers were so damn consistent from entering the league at 21 till the injuries got the better of him at 32-33 y o." So, I assumed you excluded his age 32 and 33 seasons (2006 and 2007) from your analysis.
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f your the statement you made was incorrect, and you didn't exclude those two seasons in your assessment, I can revise the numbers, but don't ascribe an ulteryior motive to me. You were the one who set the parameters, and now that the numbers prove your assertion wrong, you're moving the goal posts.