I can't help but notice how Brayden Point is becoming the new playoff-Mike Bossy! That guy is just money in big games the past two seasons. I thought Point was the real Conn Smythe winner last year (not that Hedman wasn't deserving). Point put up 14 goals, 33 points, and a +12 (and missed two games), while winning 57% of face-offs. He was a beast! (So was Kucherov, with 34 points.)

In samples of more than 15 games, Point in 2020 had the highest playoff PPG from 2010 to now.

So, anyway, I was wondering how people would rank the top playoff-season performances from 2010 to now?

In terms of PPG of players (who made the third round) or better, the tops have been:
1.64 Kucherov 2021 (still in progress)
1.43 Point 2020
1.36 Kucherov 2020
1.33 Kuznetsov 2018
1.32 Toews 2010
1.30 Briere 2010

In terms of total scoring points in a playoff year, the tops have been:
34 Kucherov 2020
33 Point 2020
32 Kuznetsov 2018
30 Couture 2016
30 Briere 2010

In terms of top-scoring defencemen (total points), the tops have been:
26 Heiskanen 2020
24 Burns 2016
22 Hedman 2020
21 Klingberg 2020
21 Keith 2015

In terms of goalies' save-percentage (those who made at least the third round), the tops have been:
.946 Quick 2012
.944 Smith 2012
.940 Thomas 2011
.940 Rask 2013
.935 Vasilevsky (still in progress)

In terms of plus/minus (making the third round at least), the tops have been:
+20 Horton 2013
+17 Orpik 2018
+16 Keith 2015
+16 Chara 2011
+16 Brown 2012
+16 Kopitar 2012

And, of course, the Conn Smythe winners have been:
2010 Toews
2011 Thomas
2012 Quick
2013 Kane
2014 Williams
2015 Keith
2016 Crosby
2017 Crosby
2018 Ovechkin
2019 O'Reilly
2020 Hedman


What would be your top 5?
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