steve141
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II. For just one season (1927-28), Howie Morenz approached a Gretzky level of domination
1. Howie Morenz*-MTL 51
2. Aurele Joliat*-MTL 39
3. Frank Boucher*-NYR 35
George Hay*-DTC 35
5. Nels Stewart*-MTM 34
Morenz scored 23.53% more than second place, his linemate Joliat. His lead over his nearest non-teammate was 31.37%.
I'm not sure these numbers should be taken at face value. If you compare the number of assists per goal of the teams in 1928 you will see that it varies greatly from about 0.6 A/G to 0.33 A/G. All of the players with high assist counts happen to be from the teams with high A/G.
I suspect that there was some under-counting of assists taking place in the early NHL, and that the goal totals are more useful for single season comparison of players.