TheGuiminator
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- Oct 23, 2018
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The question might already been asked, but let’s go more in deep here.
For the first 9-10 years of his career, Sidney Crosby had no problem hitting 100 points each season, in fact, he was doing it relatively easily. It’s interesting to see how his offensive production declined since the past 4-5 years compare to pre 2014. It seems like his career has been split in two parts : for the first part, he was a regular 100 points player and the second part, a regular 85-90 points player :
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[/TBODY]Crosby has been a point per game player throughout all his career, which is great on every standard. But considering that he’s a generational player and doesn’t show any sign of decline, it’s kinda disappointing to see him as a 80-85 points scorer. It’s surprising that he hasn’t hit 100 points in 5 years.
Crosby is actually on pace for 97 points (missed 3 games), so I guess the odds are about 50/50 that he’ll reach 100 points by the end of the season.
Here’s the main reasons why I think he’ll hit 100 points and why he likely won’t :
Yes because :
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That being said, if he can score 100 points throughout an whole calendar year, why not in a reg season?
For the first 9-10 years of his career, Sidney Crosby had no problem hitting 100 points each season, in fact, he was doing it relatively easily. It’s interesting to see how his offensive production declined since the past 4-5 years compare to pre 2014. It seems like his career has been split in two parts : for the first part, he was a regular 100 points player and the second part, a regular 85-90 points player :
| PPG | On pace for (82 games) | |
| From 05-06 to 13-14 | 1,40 | 115 pts |
| Since 2014-15 | 1,11 | 91 pts |
Crosby is actually on pace for 97 points (missed 3 games), so I guess the odds are about 50/50 that he’ll reach 100 points by the end of the season.
Here’s the main reasons why I think he’ll hit 100 points and why he likely won’t :
Yes because :
- Sid already proved in recent years that he can produce on a 100 points pace. Look at the 2016 & 2018 calendar years :
| Year | PTS | GP |
| 2016 | 100 | 76 |
| 2018 | 102 | 79 |
That being said, if he can score 100 points throughout an whole calendar year, why not in a reg season?
- Better linemates : Jake is possibly the best winger that Crosby had over his career. It sure helps Crosby’s point production to have a potential elite player on his side able to finish his plays.
- Lack of puck luck : it sounds silly but Crosby might have the worst puck luck I’ve ever seen from a Superstar player. He has to bust his ass for every single points he gets. He can’t take it easy and pick up 3 points like Malkin and Kessel do sometimes. The lack of puck luck is what separate a 1-2 points game from those 4-5 points game he used to have back then.
- Streaky player : did you notice in the past few seasons that Crosby can be inconsistent at times? He can put up 20 points in 10 games and then all of a sudden go on a slump for 10 games. Didn’t happen yet this season, but it tended to happen in the last several years. At the end, that’s what separate a 100 points season from a 85 points season.
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