The original post I replied to was saying how obviously no one would've had 100 assists in the season Benn scored 87, I said only Gretzky at his peak could've done that. They then responded saying Thornton could've since he had 96 assists in a lower scoring era, I then explained that 2005-06 was closer to this season in scoring than the one Benn won the Ross with 87 points, and 16 players in 2005-06 had more points than the Art Ross winner that season.
I'm talking about the one where Benn won the Art Ross with 87 points. That was the original post I responded to.
Adjusted to
2014-15: EVG: 2.02, PPG: 0.57, SHG: 0.07
86 Gretzky: 80 GP: 108 A (111 pace)
88 Gretzky: 64 GP: 77 A (99 pace)
91 Gretzky: 78 GP: 92 A (97 pace)
85 Gretzky: 80 GP: 92 A (94 pace)
86 Gretzky: 79 GP: 87 A (90 pace)
89 Lemieux: 76 GP: 77 A (83 pace)
90 Lemieux: 59 GP: 54 A
92 Lemieux: 64 GP: 63 A
93 Lemieux: 60 GP: 64 A (87 pace)
96 Lemieux: 70 GP: 72 A (84 pace)
91 Oates: 61 GP: 67 A (90 pace)
21 McDavid: 56 GP: 68 A (100 pace)
24 McDavid: 76 GP: 88 A (95 pace)
24 Kucherov: 81 GP: 87 A (88 pace)
Gretzky was the only one legitimately capable of 100 assists in 2014-15. McDavid 21 and 24 are incredible. Can add Thornton and Orr but they don’t hit 100 or pace for it.