The Panther
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Just for fun, what would be your top-5 player seasons of the 1990s? Let's ignore goaltenders, as I personally find it too difficult to compare. So, skaters only.
Then, this is for regular seasons only. Let's ignore playoffs. We're looking at 80-84 game regular seasons in isolation here. (You can personally decide how much a player's missing games contributes, or not, to his lowered ranking.)
By "1990s", I am going to include 1990-91 through 1999-00 (ten seasons), which I think is the more technically correct way to do it.
So, here are some obvious candidates to start you off:
1990-91
Wayne Gretzky: 164 points (41G + 122A), +30, Team 1st place, scoring race 1st, 1st team All Star
Brett Hull: 131 points (86G + 45A), +23, Team 2nd place, scoring race 2nd, 1st team All Star, Hart trophy
Ray Bourque: 94 points (21G + 73A), +33, Team 1st place, 1st team All Star, Norris trophy
Adam Oates [only 61 GP]: 115 points (25G + 90A) +15, Team 2nd place, 2nd in points-per-game, 2nd team All Star
1991-92
Mario Lemieux [only 64 GP]: 131 points (44G + 87A), +27, scoring race 1st, 2nd team All Star
Brian Leetch: 102 points (22G + 80A), +25, Team 1st overall, 1st team All Star, Norris trophy
1992-93
Mario Lemieux [only 60 GP]: 160 points (69G + 91A), +55, Team 1st overall, scoring race 1st, 1st team All Star, Hart trophy
Pat Lafontaine: 148 points (53G + 95A), +11, scoring race 2nd, 2nd team All Star
Adam Oates: 142 points (45G + 97A), +15, Team 1st place, scoring race 3rd
Teemu Selänne: 132 points (76G + 56A), +8, scoring race 5th, 1st team All Star, Calder
Alex Mogilny: 127 points (76G + 51A), +7, 2nd team All Star
Doug Gilmour: 127 points (32G + 95A), +32, Selke trophy
1993-94
Sergei Fedorov: 120 points (56G + 64A), +48, Team 1st place, scoring race 2nd, 1st team All Star, Hart trophy, Selke trophy
Ray Bourque: 91 points (20G + 71A), +26, Team 2nd place, 1st team All Star, Norris trophy
1995
Eric Lindros: 70 points (29G + 41A), +27, Team 1st place, 1st team All Star, scoring race 1st, Hart trophy
Jaromír Jágr: 70 points (32G + 38A), +23, Team 2nd place, scoring race 1st, 1st team All Star
1995-96
Mario Lemieux [only 70 GP]: 161 points (69G + 92A), +10, Team 1st place, scoring race 1st, 1st team All Star, Hart trophy
Jaromír Jágr: 149 points (62G + 87A), +31, Team 1st place, scoring race 2nd, 1st team All Star
Chris Chelios: 72 points (14G + 58A), +25, Team 2nd place, 1st team All Star, Norris trophy
1996-97
Mario Lemieux: 122 points (50G + 72A), +27, Team 2nd place, scoring race 1st, 1st team All Star
Teemu Selänne: 109 points (51G + 58A), +28, scoring race 2nd, 1st team All Star
Jaromír Jágr [only 63 GP]: 95 points (47G + 48A), +22, 3rd points per game
1997-98
Jaromír Jágr: 102 points (35G + 67A), +17, Team 1st place, scoring race 1st, 1st team All Star
1998-99
Jaromír Jágr: 127 points (44G + 83A), +17, scoring race 1st, 1st team All Star, Hart trophy
Teemu Selänne: 107 points (47G + 60A), +18, scoring race 2nd, 2nd team All Star
Al MacInnis: 62 points (20G + 42A), +33, Team 2nd place, 1st team All Star, Norris trophy
Joe Sakic [only 73 GP]: 96 points (41G + 55A), +23, Team 1st place, 3rd in points per game
Eric Lindros [only 71 GP]: 93 points (40G + 53A), +35, Team 2nd place, 4th in points per game
1999-00
Chris Pronger: 62 points (14G + 48A), +52, Team 1st overall, 1st team All Star, Hart trophy, Norris trophy
Nicklas Lidström: 73 points (20G + 53A), +19, Team 2nd place, 1st team All Star (2nd Norris voting)
Jaromír Jágr [only 63 GP]: 96 points (42G + 54A), +25, scoring race 1st, 1st team All Star
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So, I just hit the obvious ones there, but still left off several, such as some Norris winners, Selke winners, defensive players, Bure, Francis, Recchi, etc.
As far as top scoring seasons go (because scoring levels varied a lot from '91 to 2000), the Hockey Reference flawed-but-good-for-shorthand "adjusted" scoring shows the top seasons of this period as:
156 - Lemieux 1995-96
146 - Gretzky 1990-91
145 - Jágr 1998-99
144 - Jágr 1995-96
129 - Lemieux 1992-93 [only 60GP]
127 - Lemieux 1996-97
122 - Selänne 1998-99
121 - Lindros 1995
121 - Jágr 1995
( I *think* those are the only seasons that "adjust" to 120 points in the nineties, but someone correct me if I'm wrong.)
So, what are your top-5 seasons??
Then, this is for regular seasons only. Let's ignore playoffs. We're looking at 80-84 game regular seasons in isolation here. (You can personally decide how much a player's missing games contributes, or not, to his lowered ranking.)
By "1990s", I am going to include 1990-91 through 1999-00 (ten seasons), which I think is the more technically correct way to do it.
So, here are some obvious candidates to start you off:
1990-91
Wayne Gretzky: 164 points (41G + 122A), +30, Team 1st place, scoring race 1st, 1st team All Star
Brett Hull: 131 points (86G + 45A), +23, Team 2nd place, scoring race 2nd, 1st team All Star, Hart trophy
Ray Bourque: 94 points (21G + 73A), +33, Team 1st place, 1st team All Star, Norris trophy
Adam Oates [only 61 GP]: 115 points (25G + 90A) +15, Team 2nd place, 2nd in points-per-game, 2nd team All Star
1991-92
Mario Lemieux [only 64 GP]: 131 points (44G + 87A), +27, scoring race 1st, 2nd team All Star
Brian Leetch: 102 points (22G + 80A), +25, Team 1st overall, 1st team All Star, Norris trophy
1992-93
Mario Lemieux [only 60 GP]: 160 points (69G + 91A), +55, Team 1st overall, scoring race 1st, 1st team All Star, Hart trophy
Pat Lafontaine: 148 points (53G + 95A), +11, scoring race 2nd, 2nd team All Star
Adam Oates: 142 points (45G + 97A), +15, Team 1st place, scoring race 3rd
Teemu Selänne: 132 points (76G + 56A), +8, scoring race 5th, 1st team All Star, Calder
Alex Mogilny: 127 points (76G + 51A), +7, 2nd team All Star
Doug Gilmour: 127 points (32G + 95A), +32, Selke trophy
1993-94
Sergei Fedorov: 120 points (56G + 64A), +48, Team 1st place, scoring race 2nd, 1st team All Star, Hart trophy, Selke trophy
Ray Bourque: 91 points (20G + 71A), +26, Team 2nd place, 1st team All Star, Norris trophy
1995
Eric Lindros: 70 points (29G + 41A), +27, Team 1st place, 1st team All Star, scoring race 1st, Hart trophy
Jaromír Jágr: 70 points (32G + 38A), +23, Team 2nd place, scoring race 1st, 1st team All Star
1995-96
Mario Lemieux [only 70 GP]: 161 points (69G + 92A), +10, Team 1st place, scoring race 1st, 1st team All Star, Hart trophy
Jaromír Jágr: 149 points (62G + 87A), +31, Team 1st place, scoring race 2nd, 1st team All Star
Chris Chelios: 72 points (14G + 58A), +25, Team 2nd place, 1st team All Star, Norris trophy
1996-97
Mario Lemieux: 122 points (50G + 72A), +27, Team 2nd place, scoring race 1st, 1st team All Star
Teemu Selänne: 109 points (51G + 58A), +28, scoring race 2nd, 1st team All Star
Jaromír Jágr [only 63 GP]: 95 points (47G + 48A), +22, 3rd points per game
1997-98
Jaromír Jágr: 102 points (35G + 67A), +17, Team 1st place, scoring race 1st, 1st team All Star
1998-99
Jaromír Jágr: 127 points (44G + 83A), +17, scoring race 1st, 1st team All Star, Hart trophy
Teemu Selänne: 107 points (47G + 60A), +18, scoring race 2nd, 2nd team All Star
Al MacInnis: 62 points (20G + 42A), +33, Team 2nd place, 1st team All Star, Norris trophy
Joe Sakic [only 73 GP]: 96 points (41G + 55A), +23, Team 1st place, 3rd in points per game
Eric Lindros [only 71 GP]: 93 points (40G + 53A), +35, Team 2nd place, 4th in points per game
1999-00
Chris Pronger: 62 points (14G + 48A), +52, Team 1st overall, 1st team All Star, Hart trophy, Norris trophy
Nicklas Lidström: 73 points (20G + 53A), +19, Team 2nd place, 1st team All Star (2nd Norris voting)
Jaromír Jágr [only 63 GP]: 96 points (42G + 54A), +25, scoring race 1st, 1st team All Star
____________________________________
So, I just hit the obvious ones there, but still left off several, such as some Norris winners, Selke winners, defensive players, Bure, Francis, Recchi, etc.
As far as top scoring seasons go (because scoring levels varied a lot from '91 to 2000), the Hockey Reference flawed-but-good-for-shorthand "adjusted" scoring shows the top seasons of this period as:
156 - Lemieux 1995-96
146 - Gretzky 1990-91
145 - Jágr 1998-99
144 - Jágr 1995-96
129 - Lemieux 1992-93 [only 60GP]
127 - Lemieux 1996-97
122 - Selänne 1998-99
121 - Lindros 1995
121 - Jágr 1995
( I *think* those are the only seasons that "adjust" to 120 points in the nineties, but someone correct me if I'm wrong.)
So, what are your top-5 seasons??