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FlamesAddiction · 02-20-2024, 01:48 AM

One thing I like to do when thinking about the history of the NHL, is to see how many degrees of separation there are between payers now and players then. I usually just use arbitrary and specific points in time, like how many degrees separate Jarome Igina for Maurice Richard. This time I will try to figure out the least degrees of separation from 1917 to the current players in the NHL.

Joe Malone played with Howie Morenz
Howie Morenz played with Toe Blake
Toe Blake played with Maurice Richard
Maurice Richard played with Henri Richard
Henri Richard played with Guy LeFfeur
Guy Lefleur played with Joe Sakic
Joe Sakic played with Owen Nolan
Owen Nolan played with Jarome Iginla
Jarome Iginla played with Mikael Backlund.

So there is 9 degrees of separation between Backlund and Joe Malone. Which seems like a lot until could consider it's been over 100 year.

I am sure if I had the time to really focus on it, I could probably cut down by a couple of degrees. I was adamant for it to have a Flames angle in the end.

02-20-2024, 01:48 AM	#56
FlamesAddiction Franchise Player Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Vancouver Exp:	One thing I like to do when thinking about the history of the NHL, is to see how many degrees of separation there are between payers now and players then. I usually just use arbitrary and specific points in time, like how many degrees separate Jarome Igina for Maurice Richard. This time I will try to figure out the least degrees of separation from 1917 to the current players in the NHL. Joe Malone played with Howie Morenz Howie Morenz played with Toe Blake Toe Blake played with Maurice Richard Maurice Richard played with Henri Richard Henri Richard played with Guy LeFfeur Guy Lefleur played with Joe Sakic Joe Sakic played with Owen Nolan Owen Nolan played with Jarome Iginla Jarome Iginla played with Mikael Backlund. So there is 9 degrees of separation between Backlund and Joe Malone. Which seems like a lot until could consider it's been over 100 year. I am sure if I had the time to really focus on it, I could probably cut down by a couple of degrees. I was adamant for it to have a Flames angle in the end. __________________ "A pessimist thinks things can't get any worse. An optimist knows they can."