The most dominant Carolina Hurricane, season by season
I decided to take a look at who the most dominant player for the Carolina Hurricanes was by season. Each season's highest PPG total is shown at an 82 game pace. Here are the results.
Obviously this doesn't take most defenseman and goalies into account. Not sure how to account for that properly.
1979-80 - Mike Rogers (107.63pts): 5.13 point lead over Blaine Stoughton
1980-81 - Mike Rogers (107.63pts): 23.03 point lead over Mark Howe
1981-82 - Ron Francis (94.51pts): 1.23 point lead over Blaine Stoughton
1982-83 - Ron Francis (93.42pts): 6.86 point lead over Blaine Stoughton
1983-84 - Ron Francis (94.53pts): 4.23 point lead over Mark Johnson
1984-85 - Ron Francis (83.03pts): 3.59 point lead over Sylvain Turgeon
1985-86 - Ron Francis (119.13pts): 21.31 point lead over Kevin Dineen
1986-87 - Ron Francis (101.68pts): 18.63 point lead over Kevin Dineen
1987-88 - Ron Francis (76.88pts): 13.1 point lead over John Anderson
1988-89 - Kevin Dineen (92.38pts): 0.87 point lead over Ron Francis
1989-90 - Ron Francis (103.53pts): 12.3 point lead over Pat Verbeek
1990-91 - Ron Francis (93.01pts): 8.96 point lead over Pat Verbeek
1991-92 - John Cullen (82pts): 9.41 point lead over Murray Craven
1992-93 - Geoff Sanderson (89pts): 6.02 point lead over Andrew Cassels
1993-94 - Pat Verbeek (73.21pts): 6.21 point lead over Geoff Sanderson
1994-95 - Andrew Cassels (65.96pts): 4.9 point lead over Darren Turcotte
1995-96 - Brendan Shanahan (86.43pts): 17.87 point lead over Andrei Nikolishin
1996-97 - Geoff Sanderson (67pts): 0.19 point lead over Andrew Cassels
1997-98 - Gary Roberts (65.87pts): 2.09 point lead over Sami Kapanen and Keith Primeau
1998-99 - Keith Primeau (65.18pts): 0.91 point lead over Ray Sheppard
1999-00 - Ron Francis (76.74pts): 12.16 point lead over Jeff O'Neill
2000-01 - Jeff O'Neill (67pts): 2 point lead over Ron Francis
2001-02 - Ron Francis (78.93pts): 5.45 point lead over Sami Kapanen
2002-03 - Rod Brind'Amour (63.21pts): 2.21 point lead over Jeff O'Neill
2003-04 - Josef Vasicek (45pts): 1.95 point lead over Erik Cole
2005-06 - Eric Staal (100pts): 13.44 point lead over Cory Stillman
2006-07 - Rod Brind'Amour (86.21pts): 2.19 point lead over Ray Whitney
2007-08 - Eric Staal (82pts): 6.21 point lead over Ray Whitney
2008-09 - Ray Whitney (77pts): 2 point lead over Eric Staal
2009-10 - Eric Staal (82pts): 16.2 point lead over Jussi Jokinen
2010-11 - Eric Staal (76.94pts): 13.94 point lead over Jeff Skinner
2011-12 - Eric Staal (70pts): 13.62 point lead over Jeff Skinner
2012-13 - Eric Staal (90.54pts): 8.54 point lead over Alexander Semin
2013-14 - Eric Staal (63.32pts): 0.95 point lead over Jeff Skinner
2014-15 - Eric Staal (57.51pts): 8.51 point lead over Justin Faulk
2015-16 - Jeff Skinner (51pts): 1.8 point lead over Victor Rask
2016-17 - Jeff Skinner (65.39pts): 16.19 point lead over Elias Lindholm
#Top Five Most Dominant Seasons
- 1980-81 - Mike Rogers: 23.03 point lead over next highest scorer
- 1985-86 - Ron Francis: 21.31 point lead over next highest scorer
- 1986-87 - Ron Francis: 18.63 point lead over next highest scorer
- 1995-96 - Brendan Shanahan: 17.87 point lead over next highest scorer
- 2009-10 - Eric Staal: 16.2 point lead over next highest scorer
#Players With Most Dominant Seasons
- Ron Francis: 11
- Eric Staal: 8
- Mike Rogers/Geoff Sanderson/Rod Brind'Amour/Jeff Skinner: 2
- Kevin Dineen/John Cullen/Pat Verbeek/Andrew Cassels/Brendan Shanahan/Gary Roberts/Keith Primeau/Jeff O'Neill/ Josef Vasicek/Ray Whitney: 1
Posted Aug 16, 2017, 4:00 AM UTC