Crosby the only player to score more than 90 points in the 2016 calendar year

[Empoleon8771]

Rewind 1 full calendar year and he is not even PPG and Ovi is #2 to Benn.

Cool story bro. What a groundbreaking discovery: Crosby didn't produce well under Mike Johnston.

 

[Son Goku]

Rewind 1 full calendar year and he is not even PPG and Ovi is #2 to Benn.

Yeah too bad that was a year ago.

 

[Shrimper]

Cool story bro. What a groundbreaking discovery: Crosby didn't produce well under Mike Johnston.

Just remember, illpucks thought the Penguins should have kept Johnston and/or that he was a good coach for us.

 

[Knave]

Just remember, illpucks thought the Penguins should have kept Johnston and/or that he was a good coach for us.

He's not wrong - keeping Johnston would have been good for him. By him he means himself (illpucks) and not Crosby.

 

[realtalk11]

old joe is still really good at hockey

 

[pcruz]

Here's the one I find most impressive:

9 Phil Kessel PIT R 82 26 48 74

Isn't that the guy so many people were harping on for being completely useless and ready to be out of the league after the terrible start to the season in Pittsburgh?

Ended up having a decent 2016 he did!

 

[Wood Stick]

Yeah but what's his corsi in that time?

 

[Son Goku]

Here's the one I find most impressive:

9 Phil Kessel PIT R 82 26 48 74

Isn't that the guy so many people were harping on for being completely useless and ready to be out of the league after the terrible start to the season in Pittsburgh?

Ended up having a decent 2016 he did!

He's been a great playmaker here this year. Really underrated IMO.

 

[412 Others]

Has ovechkin made it to page 1 of the scoring leaders sheet? I'm starting to worry...

 

[Hank Plank]

Rewind 1 full calendar year and he is not even PPG and Ovi is #2 to Benn.

Great stuff now go off and make a thread all about it.

 

[veedubn1]

I was really worried concussions were going to derail his career. Glad to see the extra precaution he/The Pens took when he got those concussions paid off.

 

[binop7]

He's been a great playmaker here this year. Really underrated IMO.

Made JVR look better than he was here. He's a fantastic playmaker and awesome on the PP. Glad he's doing well there he was nothing but classy here.

 

[BillyOcean]

I think one of the more overlooked things on that list is that Kris Letang leads all defensemen in PPG.

For all the accolades given to bigger names like Crosby on the Penguins and defenders from the around the league like Karlsson, Subban, and Burns, Letang had probably one of the more successful calendar years for NHL players. He had the game-winning goal in the Stanley Cup and was playing the best hockey of his career in the second half of regular season last year. Injuries and his ten-cent brain (especially on the power play) are the only things that hold back such a great talent.

The Penguins got Crosby, Letang, and Joe Vitale in the same draft. Wow!

 

[Ogrezilla]

I think one of the more overlooked things on that list is that Kris Letang leads all defensemen in PPG.

For all the accolades given to bigger names like Crosby on the Penguins and defenders from the around the league like Karlsson, Subban, and Burns, Letang had probably one of the more successful calendar years for NHL players. He had the game-winning goal in the Stanley Cup and was playing the best hockey of his career in the second half of regular season last year. Injuries and his ten-cent brain (especially on the power play) are the only things that hold back such a great talent.

The Penguins got Crosby, Letang, and Joe Vitale in the same draft. Wow!

Letang was unreal once Sully got here last year. I'm hoping he can get back to near that level this year. A lack of consistency has always been Letang's problem. That and injuries. But for 2/3 of the season, Letang was the best D-man in the league last year. He has not been near that level this year so far.