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S1E64 - Episode 64: Hall of Fame Class of 1996

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Salming: 1973-90; 17 seasons, all quality

  • Totals:
  • 150G (17th D All Time at his retirement),
  • 637A (15th D All Time, 6th at his retirement) for
  • 787P (17th D All Time, 7th at his retirement),
  • +170 in
  • 1148 games (8th D All Time at his retirement);
  • 112.8 PS (9th D at his retirement)
  • Salming was 10th All Time in Offensive Point Shares among D at his retirement
  • Salming was 16th All Time in Defensive Point Shares at his retirement
  • Per game: Among D, Salming is
  • 18th All time in APG
  • 20th All Time in PPG
  • Era: Of the 12 D to play in at least 902 games (11 modern seasons) between 1973 and 1990, Salming is
  • 5th in Goals
  • 6th in GPG
  • 3rd in Assists
  • 3rd in APG
  • 3rd in Points
  • 4th in PPG
  • 4th in Plus/Minus
  • 3rd in Offensive Point Shares
  • 3rd in Defensive Point Shares
  • 3rd in Point Shares
  • 82-game average: 11G, 45A for 57P, +12
  • 3-year peak (1976-79): 80-game average of 15G, 62A for 78P, +36
  • No possession stats
  • Playoffs:
  • 12G (25th D All Time at his retirement),
  • 37A for
  • 49P,
  • -11 in
  • 81 Games
  • Per Game: At his retirement, Salming was
  • 23rd All Time among D in playoff APG
  • Era: Of the 112 D to play in at least 41 playoff games between 1973 and 1990, Salming is
  • 19th in Goals
  • 21st in GPG
  • 19th in Assists
  • 18th in APG
  • 19th in Points
  • 22nd in PPG
  • 92nd in Plus/Minus

    • Bauer: 1936-1942, 1945-47 (plus a 1 game comeback in 1951-2); 8 seasons, 7 quality

    Totals:
    123G, 
    137A for 
    260P in 
    327 games; 
    32 PS
    Per Game: Bauer doesn’t qualify; however, if the qualifier is set at 300 games played, at his initial retirement in 1947, Bauer was 
    18th in GPG, 
    11th in APG and 
    13th in PPG
    Era: Of the 48 players to have played in at least 300 games between 1936 and 1947, Bauer is 
    18th in Goals, 
    11th in GPG and APG, 
    21st in Points and PS, 
    13th in PPG, 
    14th in OPS, and 
    40th in Games
    82-game average: 31G, 34A for 66P
    3-year peak (1939-42): 48-game average of 17G, 26A for 44P
    Playoffs: 
    11G, 
    8A for 
    19P in 
    48 games

    • Per Game: doesn’t qualify
    • Era: Of the 38 skaters to play in at least 41 playoff games between 1936 and 1947, Bauer is
    • 18th in Goals
    • 16th in GPG
    • 30th in Assists
    • 30th in APG
    • 22nd in Points
    • 25th in PPG
    • 24th in Games

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