The Most ABSURD Records In NHL History 

What is the most ABSURD stat you can think of?

After Matthews played his first NHL game he was on pace for 328 goals

There are many players in my pickup league who are trying to beat Joe Malone's Goal/Assist ratio record.

Rob: We would see goaltender blunders when they try to play the puck Steve Dangle: IF YOU'RE A GOALTENDER, TEND THE GOAL!!!

Patrick Roy is not the only goalie to take the puck from his own end Gary “Suitcase” Smith did it first and got laid out which is the whole reason that rule that goaltenders can’t carry the puck past center exists

As of today (6-16-2022) the last team to eliminate the reigning Stanley Cup Champion from the playoffs: the Vancouver Canucks (4-2 series win vs St Louis) in the 2020 Bubble playoffs.

CORRECTION: Roy did not ask to be traded because the fans booed him. 1: He asked to be traded because of the escalating tension between Roy and head coach Mario Tremblay. 2: He asked to be traded when the head coach Mario Tremblay left him in goal for one if not the worst games of his career, where he got scored on over and over and Tremblay waited until he had been scored on nine times before calling him to the bench.

The sponsorship system in Quebec had ended in the 60s and only through the wits of GM Sam Pollock (who pulled a rather quick one on the California golden seals) did the Canadiens acquire their first Round pick and ultimately chose Guy Lafleur. So showing him at the moment of the video talking about “the French Canadian rule” is unfortunately erroneous. Guy Lafleur sadly passed away this year and the story of his draft year has been making the rounds a lot in Quebec since. Thanks for the great content, I’ve been a follower for a couple of years now (has it been that long already!?), but I just had to point this one out :)

Love Roy. From when he joined the Avs, to coaching the Avs, through today. If Roy was involved with a game, it was never boring. GO AVS GAME 6 BABY!!!

I feel bad for Nik Antropov. Stuck on one of the worst hockey teams of all time in Toronto during the 2000s. imagine if he was able to get moved early on in his career, he would have had some great success.

The only reason Joe Malone's goals to assists ratio is so out of whack is because of the rules at the time forbid forward passing and, oh yeah... assists were almost NEVER awarded for anyone. The Denneny brothers were two of the four league leaders in assists in Malone's rookie year... they both had 10.

Joe Malone played when there was no second assist awarded.

9:12 Brett Hall played with Adam Oates and they were a great duo. Clearly they complemented each other perfectly, as the graph shows. 6/22/22, 8:25 p.m.

8:08 Expected Rick Nash to be up there.

Those early NHL seasons were something else 😂 with the goals to assists ratios.

brandon pirri ties joe malone in the goals to assists ratio thing. he had 22 goals and 2 assists in 2015

Can't believe you didn't mention Peter Bondra in the end. He is the purest goal scorer in NHL history, he had 503 goals but only 389 assists. In one season he had also 52 goals with 26 assists.

Your account of the French Canadian rule is wildly off the mark. It wasn't created during the Great Depression and came about in the early 60's when the NHL draft system was created to replace all the team's scouting/development networks across the continent to create more parity at attracting young talent - the sponsorship system. The Habs were just really good at it, especially attracting and keeping local talent from Quebec itself. The fact no other team ever complained about this fabled bias and unfair measure speaks volumes. It should be reiterated EVERY team had similar systems in varying forms and size and, as such, the absolute gross majority of rising young talent was spoken for by the time this rule came into effect. Few players were drafted for some time and examples can be seen where other teams found very talented NHLers in Quebec despite the Canadiens' domination of the region. From 1963 to 1967, the Canadiens never once used the rule, which was choice of picking in the determined order or having first choice of two French Canadian players and effectively not getting a pick. While they used it in 68 and 69, it hardly contributed to any measurable on-ice success in the dynasty days of that insane team from the 70s.

Crossing the red line is not end to end. It's end to middle

if a goalie wants to carry the puck over the red line... he should be allowed to do it xD

You know your videos are good when i had to reset my router to see it! Love it

Golden eye soundtrack in the background 👍

Malones "44 g and 4 assists" ratio is not as impressive when you notice that A) they had no forward passing and B) second assists were not counted. (His goals per game ratio is though). Bondras 94-95 ratio of 34 goals to lead the league with a mere 9 assists with modern rules is the greatest record of all time in that category... i mean wow!

I remember watching Nic learn how to skate while playing for the Leafs. Man, how I don’t miss the 2000’s.

Outstanding content as per usual. Most fans know about Darryl Sittlers 10 point game (6g, 4a) and figured even for a hall of famer that was an explosive anomaly. But 39 points? In one game? By one guy? If I’d heard it anywhere else, I’d be calling bs right now.

Nhl '07, 5 min periods on rookie, I was potting ~20+ goals a game, Ovi, Crosby, Iginla on the Flames with Kipper in net

Nice vids as always! Could it be possible if you make a video on Seider?

How TF does someone score 39 points in ONE game?!

Great video. Enjoy your work.

Video idea: Weirdest NHL award Example: The NHL/Sheraton Road Performer Award

Roy on the thumbnail and Goldeneye music def got my attention! Miss old mcnichols arena for the avs!

You need to get a hockey history book and look up Fred Brophy, a goalie who played for Montreal and skated end to end twice scoring both times. Of coarse this predates the redline rule you mention.

Lanny MacDonald, 66G 32A as a Calgary Flame should be on that last list! Most goals without scoring 100 points too, fewest points with over 60 goals…can’t believe that slipped past Rob!

I’m 1993 AHL playoffs Bill McDougall had 52 points in 16 games, insane! 26 goals 26 assists

Roy didn't demand to be traded because the fans booed him, he demanded to be traded because his coach hung him out to dry solely for personal reasons. The boos didn't help but he knew he was bad that night and that wasn't what bothered him.

nice to see Tony Hand get a mention

Jeff Skinner's Contract is pretty absurd

When you're talking about pure goal-scorers if Mike bossy does not come to mind you don't know your hockey!

Dang i thought for sure highest goal to assist ratio would've been Brandon Pirri!

John Davidson the legend laughing during the Roy call. 🙌😂

The 007 Golden Eye music really hit me in the nostalgia. Not sure if you knew if it was from there or not but god damn that brings me back to my childhood...

Thank you for shouting out Kazakhstan:) we are getting good trust me 😆

Patrick Roy really crossed the line on that first clip

Anyone else notice the James Bond Goldeneye for N64 music in the background? That is clutch lol

I remember watching Roy skate the puck past center right around Gretz. hahahaha. Man the dead puck era had some real moments

7:24 LOL that Brett Hull image is definitely his canon imagery, the only true Brett Hull

Might not be that impressive of a fact but a Finnish player Jari Kesti put up 226 points(116 goals and 110 assists)in 21 games in Norway’s 3rd division 01-02 season. He had another decent season the next year in Norway’s 2nd division with 150 points(69 goals and 81 assists) in 36 games

hockey and nathan for you? exquisite taste

During the 1970-71 season Bobby Orr had a career best 139 points and had a +/- rating of +124.

That malone stat is great😂

Love the outro

I like how Crosby wasn’t mentioned once in the video

I don't think I've ever seen a Bobby Orr defensive highlight.

Lol James Bond music brings back memories 😂

Patrick Roy may be the only goalie to ever be penalized for it but there were goalies who crossed the center line before him. The rule was put in place because Gary Smith did it one time too many.

I got 2 goals (also Gamewinner) and one assist in a game as a goalie because a teammate weared my jersey where the taped number was gone and refs didn't notice 😅😅

Don’t know why but I feel like playing golden eye 64 for some reason 🤔

Cesare Maniago gave up Bobby Hull's 51st goal when that broke Maurice Richard's single season goal record and a few years later gave p Stan Mikita's 500th goal, so the Black Hawks liked playing against Cesare. I seem top remember that there were a couple of other big landmark goals he gave up, but can't remember exaclty what they were. As for goal/assist ration, I always liked Ron Sedlbauer's 40 goal season when he had only 14 assists.

At 2:40 you show a picture of Guy Lafleur as an exemple of the french rule Lafleur was draft early 79's by a genius move made by Sam Pollock, in wich he acquired the pick 2 years ago I dont critic your videos because they are usualy very well made, but i can't let this one slip as a french canadian

Gotta love the clickbait. Roy skated it to the half line lmao

I was at the game when Roy tried to take it passed the center line lol

The 007 music! Lol

How there isn't a moviee about Bobby Orr's life. It's insane and the things he did in such a short amount of time is what is so astounding. He's like a rockstar who died at 27 and still did more than most did with a full career

Yeah, I kind of expected Malone or one of the early NHL stars to be at the top

Patrick Roy such a GOAT

Is this Nintendo 64 James Bond pause music in the background?

Ken Dryden..most cups in the shortest time played. 6 in eight years.

Joe Malone was a stud, people forgot about him because no trophies named after him

Roy really outskilled Wayne

Nice Goldeneye music

I mean there has to be some obscure league in some probably not hockey related country where that one wiz kid never left home and produced like 16 000 points.

Antropov looked like Pastrnak in his draft photo

assists back then were scored very very differently and Almost not at all. Even Montreal had a huge disparity of assists many years later in the Richard era. He used to bitterly refer to assist players on other teams had as “paper assists”. In his perception, we allow a lot of “paper assists” now when he thought an assist was more like How they score it in basketball. So now you know when that guy years before Richard was probably closer to 1-1 than Brett Hull.

When I was about 1 years old I had lunch with Bobby orrs parents.. my grandparents are from the P. Sound and I went with them.. apparently, cause I obviously don't remember it

Nobody ever mention Teemu Selänne as a goal scorer... 😭

I had to stop the video and reflect on my life after seeing those Nik Antropov stats

Another was when Val Nichishkin had zero goals and pims in 52 games

Gary smith skated the puck up the ice every time there was a empty net.

I wish there were a video to compare Wayne Gretzky's stats to any other team sports player...the only other player I think that would come close is Wilt Chamberlain in basketball and this was mainly due to 1 season...Gretzky was pretty consistent at least from 1980 - 1995. Also he won a few cups and made a few others HOFers. Sure you have the Jordan/Pippen combo or the Stockton/Malone duo but how about Gretzky, Messier, Kurri, Coffey, Lowe, Fuhr, Robitaille, hell McSorley (all these guys were teammates of the Great One and all but McSorley (because we're not including PIM) are within the top 50 greatest NHLers of all-time). All I have to say is Wayne Gretzky (2857 pts/1487 GP) next is Jaromir Jagr (1921 pts/1733 GP). In other words, Jags...one of the best ever would have to play another 10 seasons IN HIS PRIME to even come close to this record. Name another team sport athlete with such a record....other than Wilt.

Malone also scored his 44 goals in 20 games. That's 2.2 goals per game.

I had flashbacks of playing golden eye 007 for the Nintendo 64 with that background music around 4:20 - 4:30 ish mark in this vid. Anyone else or am I just trippin or perhaps time traveled?

Patrick Roy INVENTED butterfly goaltending. Accept it. It's become the norm and why goalies now have to giants.

The OO7 music is a banger

how do you get away with the james bond theme as the background music?

Everyone likes to refer to Gretzky as a pure goal scorer because he as the most goals... The man has 714 more assists than second place....

Dang, kinda hoping to hear something about Datsuk.

Peter Bondra & Mike Gartner deserve a mention for G/A ratio ;)

4:21 nope. Not better than Nick Lidstrom. Orr may have points but that just means he’s a true star winger playing defense. Like that one guy (bowman, was it?) said that if he put Sergei Federov on defense, he’d be a Norris contender. Not to detract from Orr and his talent, but as a pure DEFENSIVE talent Nick Lidstrom is unrivaled

The only reason no one challenged him is you don’t mess with the goalie from the other team. That’s rule number one in hockey. Don’t mess with the other team goalie or you will get messed up six ways from Sunday. Rule number two states clearly to see rule number one.

5 months later that 27k contract is 50,000 or more

Patrick’s deke was amazing lol. Deked freaking Wayne Gretzky

2:21 now go look again for 100,200,300,400 you are amazed

No fucking way we’re pulling out rookie stats for players on the Hamilton Tigers 😂

I actually played against a little Caesars team and patrick Roy was the coach

I'm not a fan of Roy due to me being a leaf fan , but wow Roy was something special. Terry Sawchuk & Martin Brodeur & Patrick Roy ! Top 3 Goats , Terry Sawchuk at #1 !

Having Adam Oates as a line mate definitely didn’t hurt Brett Hull’s goals-to-assists ratio. Not to say he wouldn’t have still been a goal scoring monster...just not as much.

July 1st man, I think smith is gonna be LTIR

As a lifelong Wings fan, I don’t have a whole lot of love for Patrick Roy. But seeing him deke out two dudes and do a spin past Gretzky...Lmao after that, I’m finding it a bit harder to dislike the guy.

Holy fuck. The clickbait here is on satirical levels.

One-eyed Jack McGee