cupface52
Registered User
Everyone around here holds those players to extremely high standards, however, a lot of the worlds best talent, wasn't playing in the NHL. They were playing in their native European countries, with a couple Euro's playing in NA. Is it really fair to compare a players dominance of the 60's, to a players dominance to the 90's or 2000's, when they weren't even competing against the worlds best?
For example, looking at Thornton's '05-06 year, where he scores 125 points, the next two scorers are Jagr (123 points) and Ovechkin (106 points), neither who'd be playing in the 80's or earlier. All of a sudden Thornton's 2 point margin Art Ross is 22 points, which would make it one of the biggest landslide wins. Or looking at Crosby, he wins the Art Ross in '09, in '07, and would also have a top 3 finish as a rookie(As Alfredsson(very likely), JJ, Ovechkin aren't in the league). The only time he doesn't finnish in the top 3, is the year he gets injured (And he'd still end up in the top 20 scorers despite playing 30 games less)
For example, looking at Thornton's '05-06 year, where he scores 125 points, the next two scorers are Jagr (123 points) and Ovechkin (106 points), neither who'd be playing in the 80's or earlier. All of a sudden Thornton's 2 point margin Art Ross is 22 points, which would make it one of the biggest landslide wins. Or looking at Crosby, he wins the Art Ross in '09, in '07, and would also have a top 3 finish as a rookie(As Alfredsson(very likely), JJ, Ovechkin aren't in the league). The only time he doesn't finnish in the top 3, is the year he gets injured (And he'd still end up in the top 20 scorers despite playing 30 games less)