Top Players Under 1000: Centers

[Hogan 1,423]

People commonly look back on the best players to be the ones with the high TPE totals. But today, I will be looking into who I think are the top 5 centers from the portal era who never reached 1000 TPE.

 

#5- Kyl Oferson 979 TPE @Nykonax

 

Career Stats/Highlights

 

269 Goals 364 Assists  633 Points 65 Power Play Goals 2 Continental Cups

 

Oferson is the most recent player on the list, only retiring in season 78. After having a rough rookie season with 40 points, Oferson started to pick up the points. In his next 2 seasons he had 74 and 94 respectively before hitting his career high of 100 in S74. After that season, he settled into a pretty solid 81 points per season until his retirement.

 

#4- Vyacheslav Smirnov TPE 813 @Banackock

 

Career Stats/Highlights

360 Games Played 223 Goals 286 Assists 509 Points 48 Powerplay goals 44 Points in 33 Playoff Games S62 Christian Stolzschweiger Award 200 Career +/-

 

Smirnov sits in a peculiar situation,a short yet amazing career. In his rookie year, S62, Smirnov put up 63 goals and 86 assists to easily win the Stolzschweiger award. 149 Points was good enough for third in the league in S62. Following such a great season, regression is to be expected. For the next four seasons Smirnov averaged 90 points before retiring early. The most impressive fact about Smirnov is his points per game, an outstanding 1.42. Had Smirnov played all 8 seasons, he would’ve been on pace for 817 points.

 

#3-  Marc Alexandre Leblanc TPE 919 @Pandar

 

Career Stats/Highlights

 

504 Games Played 297 Assists 327 Goals 624 Points 278 +/- 57 Points in 55 Playoff Games

 

Similar to Smirnov, Leblanc did not play all 8 seasons that he was able to, but he still put up great numbers. In his 7 seasons, Leblanc played for Riga, Calgary, Toronto and Helsinki. Despite changing multiple teams Lebanc remained consistent in his scoring other than a dip in his second season. His final 5 years ranged from 89-104 points and a below average number of penalty minutes. Leblanc managed to have 7 consistently good seasons despite never crossing the 1000 TPE mark.

 

#2- Fook Yu 996 TPE @tfong

 

Career Stats/Highlights

 

264 Goals                     350 Assists                     614 Points 2682 Hits 309 +/-

 

Yu is the only player on this list to not have a single 100 point season, with his highest being 98 in season 56. Out of the players showcased, Yu also has the most individual trophies. Yu won both the Scott Boulet and the Dustin Funk in season 55, which are given to the top two way forward and the most improved player. The next year he added a Daisuke Kanou, awarded to the best player in the playoffs and a Continental cup. Yu was a force at both ends of the ice, capable of doing it all.

 

#1- Shawn Gretzky 895 TPE @TheLastOlympian07

 

Career Stats/Highlights

 

281 Goals 393 Assists                        674 Points                          288 +/-

 

It was a tough decision to choose who number 1 would be, but it’s hard to beat a guy with 674 points. Gretzky never had any outstanding years. In season 57 and 58 he would see the peak of his career after hitting 113 points and 108 respectively. Following those seasons, he went on to put up 73 before finishing his career off with 81 and 82. Gretzky was one of the final recipients of the Grimm Jonsson trophy, awarded to the best leader in the league. Overall, Gretzky was an offensive powerhouse who can't be beat with only 895 TPE.

 

[Baozi 1,658]

Dark mode ruined this for me I can't read anything wtf.

[Hogan 1,423]

10 minutes ago, tfong said:

Dark mode ruined this for me I can't read anything wtf.

Thanks for liking it anyway

 

[Baozi 1,658]

Just now, Hogan said:

Thanks for liking it anyway

 

 

I turned off darkmode.

[Banackock 8,044]

Ya baby