Kr55 wrote on Wed, 28 October 2020 16:50

smyth260 wrote on Wed, 28 October 2020 16:19 Adam wrote on Wed, 28 October 2020 14:45 NetBOG wrote on Wed, 28 October 2020 13:52 He was the best player on the team post-Weight, pre-Pronger. *cough, cough* Hemsky *cough* I think Comrie was better than him in his prime too - and arguably even Marchant the one season. I know that Adam likes to do everything he can to diminish Ryan Smyth's wonderful hockey career in Edmonton, but this is just an awful take. 01-02 - Comrie leads team in scoring (career year), Smyth is 3rd. Smyth plays 22 less games, and has a better PPG. Comrie 33G 27A 60P 82GP -> 0.73 PPG Smyth 15G 35A 50P 60GP -> 0.83 PPG 02-03 - Smyth leads team in scoring and goals despite only playing 66 games. Marchant is 2nd in scoring on the team for his career year. Comrie and Hemsky aren't worth talking about. Marchant 20G 40A 60P 77GP -> 0.78 PPG Smyth 27G 34A 61P 61GP -> 0.92 PPG 03-04 - Smyth leads team in scoring and goals. A pretty lackluster year for everyone. Marchant and Comrie are gone. Hemsky is in his 2nd year. Smyth - 23G 36A 59P 82GP -> 0.72 PPG Hemsky - 12G 22A 34P 71GP -> 0.48 PPG 05-06 - Hemsky is more productive than Smyth this year as Pronger joins the Oilers, and scoring goes way up in the NHL after the lockout. Smyth leads the team in goals. Smyth - 36G 30A 66P 75GP -> 0.88 PPG Hemsky - 19G 58A 77P 81GP -> 0.95 PPG 06-07 - Smyth leads the team in scoring and goals despite being traded this year. Smyth - 31G 22A 53P 53GP -> 1.0 PPG with Oilers Hemsky - 13G 40A 53P 64GP -> 0.83 PPG The only year after Weight where Smyth was not the most productive player for the Oilers was the Pronger year. Otherwise, Smyth is absolutely the best player on the Oilers post-Weight. It's certainly not Comrie or Marchant... He was really good at scoring goals in the dead puck era. Picture of Adam after reviewing this excellent analysis that proves once and for all Smyth's quality:

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