Three or more 50 Goal Seasons

[SnowblindNYR]

Not super related to this thread, but what a bummer a couple of years ago Ovechkin getting 49 was. This would have been a super impressive record to have by himself.

 

[Duffy13]

Besides Kerr's injuries, he suffered mentally a lot after his wife died suddenly due to infection a couple weeks after their child was born. He couldn't do it anymore, which is understandable, and explains a lot that the injuries don't.

 

[VanIslander]

Why 3?

 

[MadLuke]

Why 3?

My guess would be that 2 become a bit too common (both the number of player and those will not end up in the hall)

NHL Records

records.nhl.com

Matthews never scoring 50 without reaching 60 is currently a strange trivia

 

[carjackmalone]

Pierre Larouche is the only player to score 48 goals with 3 teams 50 with Pittsburgh 50 with Montreal and rangers 48

Rick Martin had two and 4 consecutive post season all star selections

 

[pandro]

Had Tim Kerr been luckier with injuries, stringing together 7 consecutive 50+ goal-scoring seasons seems entirely plausible for him. It is also more likely than not he'd reach 60 goals in both 1986 and 1987 had he played full regular seasons.

 

[TheStatican]

Had Tim Kerr been luckier with injuries, stringing together 7 consecutive 50+ goal-scoring seasons seems entirely plausible for him. It is also more likely than not he'd reach 60 goals in both 1986 and 1987 had he played full regular seasons.

Which would have put him in a select group of only 10 players to do such. He may also have taken the crown as the greatest power play goal scorer of all time, or at least second behind Ovechkin. Even now, his single-season total of 34 power play goals stands the test of time.

 

[TheStatican]

Aside from Kerr, the other most under-appreciated player on the OP's list has got to be Michel Goulet who might also have had two 60g years if not for losing some time due to a couple of minor injuries. Nobody seems to care or know that he was the number #3 goal scorer over a 15 year period of time or that he would have a scoring title to his name without Gretzky when he popped in 122pts in '84(in only 75gm).

Honorable mention to Robitaille as well in this regard.

 

[Staniowski]

LeClair was quite a lot better than Kerr and Vaive, both of whom have zero chance of making the Hall. I think LeClair will likely be inducted. In addition to his years in Philly, he was a significant star for Team USA in best-on-best tournaments.