Here's Milt Schmidt:
Points – 1st(1940), 4th(1947), 4th(1950), 10th(1941), 10th(1952)
Goals – 2nd(1940), 6th(1947), 9th(1950), 12th(1939), 13th(1952)
Assists – 1st(1940), 3rd(1947), 4th(1941), 4th(1950), 12th(1949), 13th(1952), 13th(1953)
That's pretty easy to evaluate. He played in an era where there's no need to adjust anything. The only question is whether you account for the War Years or not.
Here's Frank Nighbor:
Points – 1st(1917), 3rd(1915), 3rd(1919), 3rd(1920), 4th(1913), 5th(1921), 7th(1916), 8th(1924), 8th(1926), 9th(1918)
Goals – 1st(1917), 2nd(1915), 3rd(1919), 3rd(1920), 4th(1913), 5th(1921), 7th(1916), 10th(1924)
Assists – 1st(1920), 1st(1926), 2nd(1917), 2nd(1919), 2nd(1921), 3rd(1924), 4th(1915), 6th(1918), 7th(1916), 8th(1922)
The problem here is that all of these totals were achieved during an era where talent was split between more than one league. The NHA, I think we can mostly agree, was about as strong as whatever was going on out west. There are 2 things we can do - we can double all his totals or we can use a some formula. Since I spend like a month working out my formula, I'll use that
Points - 1st, 5th, 5th, 6th, 10th
Goals - 1st, 5th, 6th, 7th, 10th
Assists - 2nd, 2nd, 3rd, 6th, 9th, 9th, 10th
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You know what... they turned out much closer than I though they would. Based on the number, I would give Nighbor a slight edge.... but then there's the War Years. I would have to call it about even.
I'm very surprised!