Episode Notes

Stan Mikita: 1958-80; 22 seasons, 19 quality

• Totals:
• 541G (6th All Time at his retirement)
• 926A (18th All Time, 2nd All Time at his retirement - Howe) for
• 1467P (15th All Time, 3rd All Time at his retirement - Howe, Esposito)
• +329 (20th All Time, 10th at his retirement)
• 1394 games (7th at his retirement);
• 143.5 PS (5th at his retirement - Howe, Esposito, Orr, Kelly);
• Mikita is 22nd All Time in Offensive Point Shares (3rd at his retirement - Howe, Esposito)
• Per Game: At his retirement, Mikita was
• 9th All Time in APG
• T-12th All Time in PPG
• Era: Of the 13 skaters to play in at least 1066 games (13 modern seasons) between 1958 and 1980, Mikita is
• 2nd in Goals (behind by 169)
• 3rd in GPG
• 1st in Assists (ahead by 66)
• 2nd in APG
• 2nd in Points (behind by 103)
• 2nd in PPG (behind by .22)
• 1st in Plus/Minus (ahead by 62)
• 2nd in Offensive Point Shares
• 2nd in Defensive Point Shares (1st Forward)
• 2nd in Point Shares
• 1st in Games
• 82-game average: 32G, 54A for 86P, +19
• 3-year peak (1966-69): 74-game average of 36G, 60A for 96P, +19
• Playoffs: 
• 59G (8th All Time at his retirement), 
• 91A (3rd All Time at his retirement - Beliveau, Howe) for 
• 150P (3rd All Time at his retirement - Beliveau, Howe),
• -8 in 
• 155 games (5th All Time at his retirement - Henri Richard, Kelly, Beliveau, Howe)
• Per Game: At his retirement, Mikita was
• T-24th All Time in playoff GPG
• T-14th All Time in playoff APG
• 7th All time in playoff PPG
• Era: Of the 76 skaters to play in at least 82 playoff games between 1958 and 1980, MIkita is
• 5th in playoff Goals
• 10th in playoff GPG
• 1st in playoff Assists
• 4th in playoff APG
• 1st in playoff Points
• 7th in playoff PPG [played WAY more games than all but one player ahead of him]
• T-63rd in playoff Plus/Minus
• 1st in Games
• Adjustment for Era:
• Hockey Reference:
• 541G, 
• 937A (14th All Time) for 
• 1478P
• Adjusted 82-game average: 32G, 55A for 87P (+1P per 82 games)
• Adjusted Per Game: Doesn’t qualify, however, if the qualifier is raised to 820 games, Mikita is
• 20th All Time in Adjusted APG
• 23rd All Time in Adjusted PPG;
• If the qualifier is raised to 1230 games, Mikita is
• 23rd All Time in Adjusted GPG
• 10th All Time in Adjusted APG
• 10th All Time in Adjusted PPG
• VsX:
• 670G (14th All Time)
• 1231A (7th All Time)
• 1610P (5th All Time - Howe, Gretzky, Jagr, Messier)
• Per Game: Doesn’t qualify but if the qualifier is set to 820 games, Mikita is
• 22nd All Time in VsX Adjusted GPG
• 7th All Time in VsX Adjusted APG
• 11th All Time in VsX Adjusted PPG;
• If the qualifier is raised to 1230 games, Mikita is
• 7th All Time in VsX GPG
• 3rd All Time in VsX APG (Gretzky, Howe)
• 4th All Time in VsX PPG (Gretzky, Howe, Esposito)

Bobby Hull: 1957-72, 1979-80; 16 seasons, 15 quality

• Totals:
• 610G (18th All Time, 4th LW - 2nd All Time at his departure to the WHA)
• 560A (9th All Time, 2nd LW, at his departure) for
• 1170P (4th All Time, 1st LW, at his departure),
• +249 (3rd All Time, 1st Winger, at his departure) in
• 1063 games (25th in Games at his departure);
• 136.3 PS (4th All Time, 1st LW, at his departure)
• Hull is 25th All Time (3rd LW) in Offensive Point Shares (3rd All Time at his departure, 1st LW)
• Per Game: Hull is
• 10th All Time (3rd LW)  in GPG (3rd All Time at his departure);
• At his departure, Hull was
• 11th All Time in APG (2nd LW)
• 3rd All Time in PPG (1st LW)
• Era: Of the 11 skaters to play in 984 games (12 modern seasons) between 1957 and 1972, Hull is
• 1st in Goals (ahead by 141 goals)
• 1st in GPG (ahead by .13)
• 4th in Assists (2nd LW)
• 4th in APG (2nd LW)
• 1st in Points (ahead by 153)
• 1st in PPG (ahead .16)
• 1st in Plus/Minus
• 1st in Offensive Point Shares (ahead by 30.5)
• 3rd in Defensive Point Shares (1st Forward)
• 1st in Point Shares (ahead by 31.4)
• 3rd in Games Played
• 82-game average: 47G, 43A for 90P, +19
• 3-year peak (1963-66): 70-game average of 49G, 42A for 91P, +20
• Playoffs: 
• 62G (4th All Time at his departure, 1st LW), 
• 67A (5th All Time at his departure, t-1st LW) for 
• 129P (3rd All Time at his departure, 1st LW),
• +21 (5th All Time at his departure) in 
• 119 games (17th All Time at his departure)
• Per Game:
• 12th All Time (2nd LW) in playoff GPG (2nd at his departure, 1st LW)
• At his departure, Hull was 9th All Time in playoff APG (2nd LW)
• 20th All Time (1st LW) in playoff PPG (3rd at his departure, 1st LW);
• Era: Of the 26 skaters to play in at least 82 playoff games between 1957 and 1972, Hull is
• 1st in playoff Goals
• 1st in playoff GPG
• 2nd in playoff Assists
• T-3rd in playoff APG (1st LW)
• 1st in playoff Points
• 1st in playoff PPG
• 4th in playoff Plus/Minus
• Adjusted:
• Hockey Reference:
• 644G (12th All Time, 3rd LW), 
• 595A for 
• 1219P (5th LW)
• Adjusted 82-game average: 50G, 45A for 94P (+4P per 82 games)
• VsX:
• 829G (3rd All Time, 1st LW)
• 809A
• 1376P (21st All Time)
• Per Game:
• 12th All Time in VsX Adjusted GPG
• If you raise the qualifier to 820 games, Hull is
• 2nd All time in VsX Adjusted GPG
• 23rd All Time in VsX Adjusted APG
• 6th All Time (1st LW) in VsX Adjusted PPG

Ken Dryden: 1970-73, 1974-79; 8 seasons, 7 as a starter

• Totals:
• 258W (12th All Time at his retirement)
• 57L
• 74T (20th All Time at his retirement);
• 46 Shutouts (17th All Time at his retirement);
• 98.6 PS (13th All Time at his retirement) in
• 23,330 Minutes over
• 397 Games;
• 317.2 Goals Saved Above Average (5th All Time - Esposito, Roy, Hasek, Parent - 3rd at his retirement)
• Averages:
• t-.922 SV% (3rd All Time - Hasek, Bower)
• 2.24 GAA (8th All Time, 7th at his retirement)
• Draft: 
• Era: Of the 27 goalies who played in at least 205 games between 1970 and 1979, Dryden, is
• 2nd in Wins
• 25th (3rd last, which is good) in Losses
• 3rd in Ties
• 12th in Goals Against
• 5th in Shots Against
• 4th in Saves
• 1st in Save Percentage (by 0.06)
• 1st in GAA (by 0.11)
• 2nd in Goals Saved Above Average
• 2nd in Shutouts (4 behind Esposito)
• 4th in Minutes
• 2nd in Goalie Point Shares
• 4th in Games Played (169 games behind Esposito)
• 82-game average: 53-12-15, 10 SO
• Season average: 32-7-9, 6 SO, 12.3 GPS
• Playoffs: 
• 80W (7th All Time, 1st at his retirement)
• 32L (11th All Time at his retirement)
• 10 SO (11th All Time, 4th at his retirement - Plante, Broda, Sawchuk)
• .915 SV%; (t-5th All Time at his retirement - Bower, Plante, Resche, Parent)
• 2.41 GAA (12th All Time at his retirement);
• 71.7 GSAA (7th All Time, 2nd at his retirement - Plante) in 
• 6,826 Minutes (15th All Time, 2nd at his retirement) over
• 112 Games (t-15th All Time, 2nd at his retirement)
• Era: Of the 13 goalies to play in at least 21 playoff games between 1970 and 1979, Dryden is
• 1st in Wins (by over double second place)
• 2nd in Losses
• Last in Goals Against
• 1st in Shots Against (by over 1,000)
• 1st in Saves (by nearly 1,000)
• 3rd in Save Percentage (but he played 3 times as many minutes as 1st place, 4 times as many as 2nd, and faced nearly 4 times as many shots as 1st place and over 5 times as many shots as 2nd)
• 2nd in GAA (played over 3 times as many games as 1st place goalie)
• 1st in GSAA (by over double second place)
• 1st in Shutouts (by nearly double second place)
• 1st in Minutes (by over 2300)
• 1st in Games (by over 40)
• Adjusted for Era:
• .934 Adjusted SV% (1st All Time)
• 331.2 Goals Vs Average (4th All Time - Esposito, Roy, Hasek)
• 586.9 Goals Vs Threshold (23rd All Time)

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