Troubadour
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he absolutely was, but it was only for 40 games.
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there is no string of games in the 2001-2002 season when anyone, whether it was iginla or naslund, came close to that kind of production.
for reference, mario scored 31 points in 24 games that season. his best sustained stretch was 21 points in 12 games to close out the season. iginla's best stretches were 31 points in 15 games at the beginning of the year, and 25 points in 15 games near the end. bertuzzi, who after january 1 outscored naslund every step of the way, ended the season on a 33 points in 17 game run.
Ho ho ho hold it!
It wasn't Iginla or Naslund, but it was not no-one, either.
There was a stretch from early February till the end of March where Kovalev actually outproduced Bert. What made Alex evade your acknowledgement is that he only picked up about five points in the final seven games whereas Bertuzzi got almost three times as many during that stretch.
I mean, yeah, he had a great start to the year, the Todd guy, but it was not otherworldly enough to just claim him the best, period, nonpareil.
EDIT: Here's the stretch during which Kovalev definitely came close to a 1,5 PPG pace for a while:
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