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E95 Episode 95: Hall of Fame Class of 1970

Hockey Hall of Fame Class of 1970: Babe Dye, Bill Gadsby, Tom Johnson

Episode Notes

Babe Dye: 1921-1931; 11 seasons, 8 quality

  • Totals:
  • 201G (3rd All Time at his retirement - Denneny, Morenz),
  • 47A for
  • 248P (4th - Denneny, Morenz, Noble) in
  • 271 games (13th);
  • 46.6 PS (10th)
  • At his retirement, Dye was 5th All Time in Offensive Point Shares (Morenz, Nels Stewart, Joliat, Denneny)
  • Per Game:
  • Dye is 4th All Time in GPG (Bossy, Lemieux, Denneny)
  • Dye doesn’t qualify for the APG or PPG leader-boards. However, if the qualifier is set at 82 games
  • Dye was 9th All Time in PPG at his retirement
  • 82-game average of 61G, 14A for 75P
  • 3-year peak (1920-23): 24-game average of 31G, 8A for 39P
  • Playoffs: 
  • 2G for 
  • 2P in 
  • 10 games
  • Per Game: Dye scored 2 points in 10 games so there is no point
  • Era: Of the 77 skaters who played in at least 10 playoff games between 1919 and 1931, Dye is
  • T-34th in playoff Goals
  • T-21st in obviously GPG (a joke, obviously)
  • T-last in playoff Assists (obviously)
  • T-51st in playoff Points
  • T-68th in playoff Games
  • T-47th in playoff PPG

Gadsby: 1946-66; 21 seasons, 16 quality (by DPS)

  • Totals:
  • 130G (11th/3rd D All Time at his retirement - Clancy, Hollett),
  • 438A (7th All Time, 2nd/1st D, at his retirement - Kelly) for
  • 568P (16th All Time, 3rd/1st D, at his retirement - Kelly, Schmidt???)
  • -62* in
  • 1248 Games (3rd All Time, 2nd/1st D, at his retirement - Howe, Kelly);
  • 100.3 Point Shares (9th All Time, 4th/3rd D, at his retirement - Kelly, Harvey, Clancy);
  • At his retirement, Gadsby was 12th All Time in Defensive Point Shares
  • At his retirement, among D, Gadsby was t-4th/t-1st in Offensive Point Shares (Kelly, Clapper, Schmidt???)
  • Per Game:
  • T-25th All Time in APG at his retirement (last among qualifying players)
  • 4th/2nd D All Time in PPG at his retirement (Schmidt, Kelly, Harvey; last among qualifying players);
  • Gadsby doesn’t qualifying for GPG, but if the qualifier is lowered enough so he qualifies (125G), among D, he was
  • 11th/3rd All Time in GPG (last among qualifying players - Hollett, Clancy)
  • Era: Of the 11 D* to play in at least 820 Games (10 modern seasons) between 1946 and 1966, Gadsby is
  • 3rd in Goals
  • 3rd in GPG (doesn’t actually qualify, less than half of 1st)
  • 2nd in Assists
  • 3rd in APG
  • 2nd in Points
  • 4th in PPG
  • 8th in Plus/Minus
  • 2nd in Offensive Point Shares
  • 8th in Defensive Point Shares
  • 3rd in Point Shares
  • 2nd in Games
  • 82-game average: 8G, 29A for 38P, -4*; 6.6 PS
  • 3-year peak (1955-58): 70-game average of 10G, 38A for 64P; 7.9 PS
  • Playoffs:
  • 4G,
  • 23A (8th/6th D All Time at his retirement) for
  • 27P (13th/9th D All Time at his retirement);
  • +5* (7th D All Time at his retirement) in
  • 67 Games (18th/15th D at his retirement)
  • Per Game:
  • 6th/5th D in APG All Time at his retirement (Pilote, Harvey, Tremblay, Stanley);
  • Gadsby doesn’t qualify for the playoff GPG and PPG leaderboards, but if we lower the qualifiers (absurdly) so he does (4G, 25P), at his retirement, among D, he was
  • Last in playoffs GPG
  • 12th/9th in playoffs PPG
  • Era: Of the 34 D* to play in at least 41 playoff games between 1946-66, Gadsby is
  • t-15th/12th in playoff Goals
  • T-13th in playoff GPG
  • 6th/5th in playoff Assists
  • 7th in playoff APG
  • 8th/6th in playoff Points
  • 9th in playoff PPG
  • T-5th in playoff Plus/Minus
  • 12th in Games

Johnson: 1947-48, 1950-65; 16 seasons, 14 quality

  • Totals:
  • 51G,
  • 213A (13th D All Time at his retirement) for
  • 264P (21st D All Time at his retirement),
  • +56* (24th All Time at his retirement, 11th D) in 
  • 978 Games (8th All Time at his retirement, 6th D)
  • 81.6 Point Shares (17th All Time at his retirement, 9th D);
  • At his retirement, Johnson was 2nd All Time in Defensive Point Shares (Harvey)
  • Per Game: Johnson doesn’t qualify for the per game leaderboards but if we lowered the qualifiers so that he does (50G, 200A, 250P), among D at his retirement, Johnson was
  • T-13t/10th (last) All Time in APG
  • 21st/17th (last) All Time in PPG
  • Era: Of the 10 D* to play in at least 820 games (10 modern seasons) between 1950 and 1965, Johnson is
  • 9th (2nd last) in Goals
  • 9th (2nd last) in GPG
  • 8th (3rd last) in Assists
  • T-7th (3rd last) in APG
  • 8th (3rd last) in Points
  • 8th (3rd last) in PPG
  • 8th (3rd last) in Offensive Point Shares
  • 2nd in Defensive Point Shares
  • 7th in Point Shares
  • 6th in Games
  • 82-game average: 4G, 18A for 22P, +5*; 6.8 PS
  • 3-year peak (1957-60): 70-game average of 6G, 25A for 31P, +26*; 7.4 PS
  • Playoffs:
  • 8G (t-11th/6th D All Time at his retirement), 
  • 15A (t-17th/14th D All Time at his retirement) for
  • 23P (t-15th/9th D All Time at his retirement);
  • +4* (t-8th D All Time at his retirement) in
  • 111 Games (11th All Time, 5th/4th D - Kelly, Harvey, Pronovost, Bouchard - in his retirement)
  • Per Game: Johnson doesn’t qualify but if we lower the qualifier so he does (5G, 15A, 20P), among D, at his retirement, he was
  • 18th (last) in playoff APG
  • 18th (last) in playoff PPG

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