The Back Check

Episode Notes Clarke: 1969-84; 15 seasons, all quality Totals: 358G, 852A (25th All Time, 4th at his retirement) for 1210P (11th All Time at his retirement), +507 (5th All Time, 3rd at his retirement) in 1144 Games (25th All Time at his retirement); 106.1 Point Shares (22nd All Time at his retirement); At his retirement, Clarke was 21st All Time in Offensive Point Shares; At his retirement, Clarke...

Episode Notes Buddy O'Connor: 1941-51; 10 seasons, 9 quality Totals: 140G, 257A (9th All Time at his retirement) for 397P (24th All Time at his retirement) in 509 Games; 33.3 PS; Per Game: O’Connor doesn’t quality for the leader-boards, but if the qualifiers are lowered to half of what they normally are,at his retirement  O’Connor was 7th All Time in APG 82-game average: 23G, 41A for 64P 3-year pe...

Episode Notes Herbie Lewis: 1928-39; 11 seasons, 7 quality Totals: 148G (21st All Time at his retirement),  161A (12th) for  309P (15th) in  483 games Per Game: Lewis obviously doesn’t qualify but if you set the qualifier to 300 Games, at his retirement, Lewis was  19th All Time in GPG,  11th in APG and  16th in PPG Era: Of the 19 players to play in at least 450 games between 1928 and 1939, Lewis...

Episode Notes Barber: 1972-84; 12 seasons, all quality Totals: 420G (17th All Time at his retirement), 463A for 883P (24th All Time at his retirement), +312 (15th All Time at his retirement) in  903 Games; 81.3 PS Per Game: At his retirement, Barber was 25th All Time in GPG Draft: Drafted 7th overall in 1972, Barber is 2nd in Goals 1st in Assists 1st in Points 2nd in Plus/Minus 1st in Point Shares...

Episode Notes Bossy: 1977-87; 10 seasons, all quality Totals: 573G (21st All Time, 5th All Time at his retirement[),  553A for  1126P (16th at his retirement),  +380 (15th All Time, 10th at his retirement) in 752 games;  110.9 PS (23rd All Time at his retirement) At his retirement, Bossy was 16th All Time in Offensive Point Shares Per Game: 1st All Time in GPG and  3rd in PPG Era: Of the 8 players...

Episode Notes Dionne: 1971-1989; 18 years, 17 quality Totals: 731G (5th All Time, 2nd at his retirement - Howe) 1040 Assists (11th All Time, 3rd at his retirement - Gretzky, Howe) 1771 Points (6th All Time, 3rd at his retirement, Gretzky, Howe) +27 in 1348 Games (11th All Time at his retirement) 155.5 PS (6th All Time at his retirement); Dionne is 10th All Time in Offensive Point Shares (4th at hi...

Episode Notes Billy Smith: NHL: 1971-89; 18 seasons, 7 as a starter, 9 as a 1A Totals: 305W (8th All Time at his retirement), 233L (13th All Time at his retirement), 105T (18th All Time, 11th at his retirement) in 38,369 minutes (9th All Time at his retirement) over 679 Games (9th Goalie All Time at his retirement); 22 Shutouts; 124.1 PS (25th Goalie All Time); 230.8 GSAA (9th All Time) Steve Shut...

Episode Notes Lionel Conacher: NHL: 1925-37; 12 seasons, 10 quality Totals: 78G (10th D All Time at his retirement), 108A (5th D All Time at his retirement) for 186P (7th D All Time at his retirement) in 498 Games (16th All Time at his retirement, 4th D); 65.5 PS (9th All Time at his retirement, 5th D) At his retirement, Conacher was 8th All Time in Defensive Point Shares and 4th All Time in Offen...

Episode Notes Larry Robinson: 1972-1992; 20 seasons, 19 quality Totals: 208G (20th D All Time, 10th D at his retirement), 750A (9th D All time, 2nd D at his retirement) for 958P (9th D All Time, 4th D at his retirement), +722 (1st All Time) in  1384 Games (15th D All Time, 3rd D at his retirement); 169.5 PS (21st All Time, 1st D All Time at his retirement)  4th All Time in Defensive Point Shares (...

Episode Notes 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...

Episode Notes Trottier: 1975-94; 18 seasons, 15 quality Totals: 524G (15th All Time at his retirement), 901A (19th All Time, 6th at his retirement) for 1425P (17th All Time, 6th at his retirement), +449 (9th All Time, 8th at his retirement) in 1279 Games (17th at his retirement); 120.2 PS (23rd at his retirement) Trottier was 18th All Time in Offensive Point Shares at his retirement) Per Game: 23r...

Episode Notes Stastny: 1980-95; 15 seasons, 13 quality Totals: 450G, 789A  (18th All Time at his retirement) for 1239P (17th All Time at his retirement), -15 in 977 Games; 94.1 PS Per Game: 7th All Time in APG 8th All Time in PPG Undrafted - of the hundreds of undrafted players since expansion, Stastny is 5th in Goals 9th in GPG 3rd in Assists 4th in APG 4th in Points 4th in PPG Who knows in Plus/...

Episode Notes NHL: 1979-99; 20 seasons, all quality Totals: 894G (1st All Time - Gretzky is ahead by 93 goals), 1963A (1st - Gretzky is ahead by over 700 assists) for 2857P (1st - Gretzky is head by nearly 1000 points),  +518 (4th) in 1487 games (18th); 251 PS (1st) Gretzky is the career leader in Offensive Point Shares (he’s ahead by nearly 40 OPS, which is a decent NHL career) Per Game: 7th All...

Episode Notes Savard: 1980-97; 17 seasons, 16 quality Totals: 473G, 865A (24th All Time, 13th at his retirement) for 1338P (17th All Time at his retirement), +103 in 1196 Games; 105.2 PS Per Game: 20th All Time in APG 19th All Time in PPG Draft: Drafted 3rd overall in 1980, Savard is 3rd in Goals 3rd in Assists 3rd in Points 8th in Plus/Minus 6th in Point Shares (4th Forward) 5th in Games Played E...

Episode Notes Goring: 1969-85; 16 seasons, 14 quality Totals: 375G, 513A for 888P, -26 in 1107 Games; 69.5 PS Draft: Drafted 51st overall in 1969, Goring is 1st in Goals 2nd in Assists 2nd in Points 31st in Plus/Minus 4th in Point Shares 2nd in Games Era: Of the 9 skaters to play in at least 984 Games (12 modern seasons) between 1969 and 1985, Goring is 5th in Goals and GPG 6th in Assists 7th (3rd...

Hall of Fame Class of 2001: Does Fetisov belong in the Hall of Fame? How great was Jari Kurri? Does Mike Gartner actually belong in the HHOF? How great was Dale Hawerchuk (RIP)?

Hall of Fame Class of 2002: Rod Langway, Bernie Federko, Clark Gillies

Is Pat LaFontaine the American GOAT? Does Grant Fuhr belong even though his stats are actually pretty bad?

Hall of Fame Class of 2004: Does Larry Murphy belong in the Hockey Hall of Fame? Is Paul Coffey a GOAT? Is Ray Bourque the GOAT?

Hall of Fame Class of 2005: Cam Neely and Valer Kharlamov. Plus, we talk about Peter Bondra just because.

Why are we talking about Matt Cullen??? Dick Duff has 6 Cups and he's in the Hall of Fame. But Claude Provost has 9 Cups, a similar career to Duff's, and he's not. What gives?

Is The Dominator the GOAT? Wherre does Belfour rank among his contemporaries? Does Rogie Vachon belong in the Hall of Fame?

Goalies, finally! Is Patrick Roy the Goalie GOAT or is it Martin Brodeur? And does Cujo belong in the Hockey HOF?

How the @#$%&! is Kevin Lowe in the Hall of Fame. Also, how would we view Scott Stevens today? And does JG Talbot belong given he has more Cups than Kevin Lowe?

Did Doug Wilson deserve to get inducted? How great was Al MacInnis? Who was Bert Corbeau?