Adam wrote on Thu, 20 June 2024 21:07

Kr55 wrote on Thu, 20 June 2024 16:24 Jobs not finished, but still Paul Pidutti @AdjustedHockey #LetsGoOilers Connor McDavid has officially broken the era adjusted points record (44) in a single playoffs. With 2 potential games to play, he could put some serious distance on it. McDavid also has the era adjusted assist mark (36) by 8(!) over Gretzky (30 in 1987). I always think era-adjusted stats are just full-on bullcrap and hopelessly biased. I imagine most of them are done by disillusioned penguins fans who want to find a way to pretend that 66>99. I mean, Gretzky had 47 points in 18 games but sure - Brad Richards run was almost as impressive. I’m afraid if McDavid wants the real record he’s going to need to score 6 more points. It ain’t out of the realm of possibility either!!!

Gretzky still blows away everyone in ppg, and playoff hockey is much more situational than regular season games. I don't think ppl go too nuts with era adjustment. Think just tries to find how many goals are getting scored by how many players overall in the seasons and how hard it is to do something far off the norm.

Needing 5,7,6 and hopefully 7 games obviously helps McDavid keep racking up more points. But it's also amazing how much he is still bringing in games so late now, especially since he likely started the playoffs with an injury.

One thing for sure, we are watching something very special that we may never see again from 1 player in the playoffs.

[Updated on: Thu, 20 June 2024 21:19]

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