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Originally Posted by Landslide
Another Red Wing cup, fantastic!
Yzerman rarely shows up (points) in the regular season, why is that? injuries?
Keep up the work!
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Injuries have certainly cost Yzerman some games and appearances on the top scorers list in several seasons but overall he has had an outstanding career. Presently (I have just finished simming 1997-98 regular season) at age 32 he sits 23rd all-time in points with 1467 and only Mario Lemieux of the 22 players ahead of Stevie Y has played less games than Yzerman. Lemieux has 1785 points in 932 games while Yzerman's 1467 came in 984 games. Yzerman has scored 597 regular season goals which is good for 20th all-time.
Here is a season by season comparison of his real life totals vs the sim. The numbers compare very well especially considering I had the game engine talent development on instead of recalculating ratings each year. My game as a whole has had a little bit more offense than real life in the 1990's and it reflects in Yzerman's totals here.
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REAL LIFE SIM
GP G A PTS GP G A PTS
1983-84 80 39 48 87 80 32 66 98
1984-85 80 30 59 89 79 35 57 92
1985-86 51 14 28 42 51 23 43 66
1986-87 80 31 59 90 79 39 56 95
1987-88 64 50 52 102 80 69 66 135
1988-89 80 65 90 155 26 10 29 39
1989-90 79 62 65 127 80 58 78 136
1990-91 80 51 57 108 65 44 61 105
1991-92 79 45 58 103 77 53 63 116
1992-93 84 58 79 137 84 68 99 167
1993-94 58 24 58 82 29 14 32 46
1994-95 47 12 26 38 42 26 48 74
1995-96 80 36 59 95 82 46 70 116
1996-97 81 22 63 85 48 20 36 56
1997-98 75 24 45 69 82 60 62 122
TOTALS 1098 563 846 1409 984 597 866 1463
1998-99 80 29 45 74
1999-00 78 35 44 79
2000-01 54 18 34 52
2001-02 52 13 35 48
2002-03 16 2 6 8
2003-04 75 18 33 51
2005-06 61 14 20 34
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1514 692 1063 1755
He is showing no signs of slowing down his point production so I would think he has an outside chance at 2000 points if he stays healthy. The 2000 point club will certainly add Lemieux in the next couple of seasons but even with Mario it will still only have 4 members: Gretzky, who has 2426 and is rapidly declining at age 37 along with the long since retired Stan Mikita (2129) and Bobby Hull (2032).
Below are screenshots of Yzerman's career regular season and playoff stats as well as a third image that shows Detroit's franchise point leaders as well as their current depth chart.