Ryan Getzlaf has long been considered one of the best playmakers in the National Hockey League. He’s easily been the best passer on the Anaheim Ducks for the last decade.
How does he really stack up against the best of the best over the same period? That’s the question we are going to try and answer, to determine if Ryan Getzlaf really the is the best passer of the last decade.
Charting the Evidence
We can’t just look at total assists when analyzing this question. If we did then players like Connor McDavid and Johnny Gaudreau would be at a severe disadvantage because of the difference in games played between them and players like Getzlaf and Nicklas Backstrom.