The most dominant New Jersey Devil, season by season
I decided to take a look at who the most dominant player for the New Jersey Devils 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.
1974-75 - Guy Charron (67.53pts): 1.47 point lead over Simon Nolet
1975-76 - Guy Charron (74.64pts): 12.78 point lead over Wilf Paiement
1976-77 - Wilf Paiement (85.15pts): 4.52 point lead over Paul Gardner
1977-78 - Paul Gardner (92.7pts): 3.52 point lead over Wilf Paiement
1978-79 - Wilf Paiement (75.69pts): 12.91 point lead over Paul Gardner
1979-80 - Lanny McDonald (80.22pts): 5.35 point lead over Rene Robert
1980-81 - Lanny McDonald (83.03pts): 9.35 point lead over Merlin Malinowski
1981-82 - Bob MacMillan (71.93pts): 2.44 point lead over Don Lever
1982-83 - Aaron Broten (61.78pts): 5.01 point lead over Jeff Larmer
1983-84 - Mel Bridgman (63.32pts): 3.48 point lead over Jan Ludvig
1984-85 - Dave Pichette (65.83pts): 3.3 point lead over Mel Bridgman
1985-86 - Greg Adams (80.95pts): 10.66 point lead over Kirk Muller
1986-87 - Aaron Broten (80.98pts): 2.09 point lead over Kirk Muller
1987-88 - Kirk Muller (96.35pts): 9.86 point lead over Pat Verbeek
1988-89 - John MacLean (96.41pts): 9.36 point lead over Patrik Sundstrom
1989-90 - Kirk Muller (88.15pts): 3.93 point lead over Patrik Sundstrom
1990-91 - John MacLean (82pts): 9.84 point lead over Brendan Shanahan
1991-92 - Peter Stastny (77.03pts): 1.68 point lead over Claude Lemieux
1992-93 - Claude Lemieux (86.26pts): 7.26 point lead over Alexander Semak
1993-94 - Scott Stevens (77.06pts): 3.26 point lead over Stephane Richer
1994-95 - Neal Broten (76.53pts): 5.46 point lead over Stephane Richer
1995-96 - Steve Thomas (61.75pts): 7.08 point lead over Petr Sykora
1996-97 - Bobby Holik (62pts): 1 point lead over Dave Andreychuk
1997-98 - Doug Gilmour (68.98pts): 3.98 point lead over Bobby Holik
1998-99 - Petr Sykora (73.8pts): 6.52 point lead over Bobby Holik
1999-00 - Patrik Elias (82pts): 11.42 point lead over Petr Sykora
2000-01 - Patrik Elias (96pts): 5.01 point lead over Petr Sykora
2001-02 - Patrik Elias (66.69pts): 12.02 point lead over Bobby Holik
2002-03 - Jamie Langenbrunner (57.82pts): 0.12 point lead over Patrik Elias
2003-04 - Patrik Elias (81pts): 9.25 point lead over Scott Gomez
2005-06 - Brian Gionta (89pts): 5 point lead over Scott Gomez
2006-07 - Patrik Elias (75.44pts): 7.11 point lead over Scott Gomez
2007-08 - Zach Parise (65.8pts): 4.13 point lead over Patrik Elias
2008-09 - Zach Parise (94pts): 10.94 point lead over Patrik Elias
2009-10 - Zach Parise (83.01pts): 15.15 point lead over Patrik Elias
2010-11 - Patrik Elias (62.77pts): 2.03 point lead over Ilya Kovalchuk
2011-12 - Ilya Kovalchuk (88.39pts): 9.43 point lead over Patrik Elias
2012-13 - Ilya Kovalchuk (68.7pts): 7.2 point lead over Patrik Elias
2013-14 - Jaromir Jagr (67pts): 0.14 point lead over Patrik Elias
2014-15 - Michael Cammalleri (50.65pts): 2.58 point lead over Scott Gomez
2015-16 - Michael Cammalleri (74.19pts): 17.19 point lead over Kyle Palmieri
2016-17 - Taylor Hall (60.36pts): 6.03 point lead over Kyle Palmieri
#Top Five Most Dominant Seasons
- 2015-16 - Michael Cammalleri: 17.19 point lead over next highest scorer
- 2009-10 - Zach Parise: 15.15 point lead over next highest scorer
- 1978-79 - Wilf Paiement: 12.91 point lead over next highest scorer
- 1975-76 - Guy Charron: 12.78 point lead over next highest scorer
- 2001-02 - Patrik Elias: 12.02 point lead over next highest scorer
#Players With Most Dominant Seasons
- Patrik Elias: 6
- Zach Parise: 3
- Guy Charron/Wilf Paiement/Lanny McDonald/Aaron Broten/Kirk Muller/John MacLean/Ilya Kovalchuk/Michael Cammalleri: 2
- Paul Gardner/Bob MacMillan/Mel Bridgman/Dave Pichette/Greg Adams/Peter Stastny/Claude Lemieux/Scott Stevens/Neal Broten/Steve Thomas/Bobby Holik/Doug Gilmour/Petr Sykora/Jamie Langenbrunner/Brian Gionta/Jaromir Jagr/Taylor Hall: 1
Posted Aug 19, 2017, 6:36 PM UTC