33% more assists , if you look at 3 years. The difference in the 4 prior years was 1 assist. So the recent difference could easily be quality of line mates.
And yes, recent data is more important, but that wasn't what Flash was going for. He chose 5 years because that created the largest discrepancy between the players. Over the last 3 years, and 7 years, their goal totals are almost identical.
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