Who is the best multi-cat stud over the past decade?

[bondon]

Just a random question for a groggy Monday morning.

I'm curious who everyone's favourite multi-cat stud is from the past decade (anecdotally), as well as if anyone knows who the best is statistically over the past decade (David Backes? Scott Hartnell? Wayne Simmonds?).

For the purposes of this discussion, I'm talking about players that consistently did well across the board.

I personally have a soft spot for Scott Hartnell. In 2011-2012 (my first year having him on a fantasy team) he started the year horribly and found himself on the third line with a significant chunk of his ice time cut. After almost a month he stormed back to put up a career year with 37G 30A 67 Points +19 136 PIM 188 Hits 23 PPP and 232 SOG

[Jouko-Pouko]

If there's been someone more valuable than Ovechkin, then there's something weird with the categories that are used...

[RizzeeDizzee]

You're overthinking this - it's Ovechkin, 100%.

[Pengwin7]

Statistically, Ovechkin, yes... especially since just about every multi-cat league uses SOG.
I'd love to see the disparity between Ovechkin and whoever is #2 in SOG over past 10 years.
It would be a Gretzky-like lead.

As for "favourite"... I've been a Backes guy. He's a fun/tough player to watch play.
I can see many liking Corey Perry and Hartnell has been a fun cookie to watch too.
Speaking of Cookes or Ott-guys... if you really enjoyed your gooning, those were a couple to roster!

[gainerama]

Ovi for forwards and big Buff for defense.

[newfcollins]

Aside from Ovi, I would also put Byfuglien up there. Shots, hits, PIM, blocked shots (the last couple of years), points, etc.

Kris Letang is also underrated for these categories, but he doesn't stay healthy enough.

[2014olympicgold]

I only did the last 3 seasons, and only selected players with a minimum 200SOG in that season to be eligible for the list.

Player	SOG
Alex Ovechkin	1106
Brent Burns	918
Max Pacioretty	873
Tyler Seguin	859
Vladimir Tarasenko	842
Patrice Bergeron	818
John Tavares	788
Phil Kessel	783
Jeff Skinner	774
Blake Wheeler	759
Erik Karlsson	758
Sidney Crosby	740
Filip Forsberg	718
Joe Pavelski	718
Jeff Carter	710
Jamie Benn	701
Patric Hornqvist	700
Dustin Byfuglien	697
James Neal	691
Jakub Voracek	687
Cam Atkinson	678
Torey Krug	657
Brandon Saad	646
Patrick Kane	579
Evander Kane	531
Taylor Hall	524
Claude Giroux	520
Radim Vrbata	500
Nathan MacKinnon	496
Nazem Kadri	496
Zach Parise	493
Oliver Ekman-Larsson	492
Jack Eichel	487
James van Riemsdyk	486
Steven Stamkos	484
Brad Marchand	476
Daniel Sedin	474
Mike Hoffman	466
Justin Faulk	463
Patrick Sharp	456
Eric Staal	455
Nikita Kucherov	455
Wayne Simmonds	453
Patrick Marleau	449
Jakob Silfverberg	442
Henrik Zetterberg	441
Boone Jenner	436
Corey Perry	430
Roman Josi	418
Tyler Toffoli	413
Michael Frolik	408
Matt Duchene	407
Jason Spezza	406
Rick Nash	304
Auston Matthews	279
Logan Couture	263
David Pastrnak	262
Brendan Gallagher	254
Craig Smith	252
Jason Pominville	252
Connor McDavid	251
Tomas Plekanec	248
Marian Hossa	247
Viktor Arvidsson	246
Shea Weber	237
Nathan Gerbe	235
Keith Yandle	232
Vincent Trocheck	230
Daniel Sedin	226
Aaron Ekblad	225
Andrew Ladd	224
Alexander Steen	223
Dougie Hamilton	222
Kyle Palmieri	222
Bobby Ryan	221
Dylan Larkin	221
Drew Doughty	219
Dustin Brown	218
Kris Letang	218
Johnny Gaudreau	217
Kyle Turris	215
Gabriel Landeskog	214
Sebastian Aho	214
Evgeni Malkin	212
Mark Giordano	212
Artemi Panarin	211
Tomas Tatar	211
Derek Stepan	209
Patrick Eaves	209
Jordan Eberle	208
Nick Bjugstad	207
Ryan Kesler	205
William Nylander	205
Nikolaj Ehlers	204
Patrik Laine	204
Scott Hartnell	204
Jake Muzzin	203
Tyler Johnson	203
Kyle Okposo	202
Rasmus Ristolainen	202
Ryan Johansen	202
Tomas Hertl	202
Alex Galchenyuk	201
Justin Williams	201
Oscar Klefbom	201
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins	200

[butch]

ovey for sure , Marchand , Eric Staal before he started to decline was a beast for a long stretch

[newfcollins]

I'd love to see the disparity between Ovechkin and whoever is #2 in SOG over past 10 years.
It would be a Gretzky-like lead.

In the past 10 years, Ovi has taken 3,724 shots. Kessel is second at 2,611. That's 111 more shots every year.

Top 25, according to Hockey Reference.

1 Alex Ovechkin 3724
2 Phil Kessel 2611
3 Rick Nash 2573
4 Eric Staal 2553
5 Jeff Carter 2539
6 H. Zetterberg 2509
7 Zach Parise 2433
8 Corey Perry 2351
9 Joe Pavelski 2325
10 Patrick Marleau 2314
11 Daniel Sedin 2314
12 Patrick Kane 2305
13 Jarome Iginla 2291
14 Dustin Byfuglien 2241
15 Patrick Sharp 2212
16 Evgeni Malkin 2206
17 Marian Hossa 2185
18 J. Pominville 2132
19 Dustin Brown 2120
20 Radim Vrbata 2093
21 Sidney Crosby 2068
22 Shea Weber 2037
23 Brent Burns 2024
24 James Neal 1978
25 Tomas Plekanec 1959

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That was actually nicer-looking before I hit post.

[pmorrow]

Don't know the exact numbers but I started fantasy hockey about 11 years ago and I'd say the top names everyone wanted were Ovechkin, Perry, Hartnell, Backes, Simmonds; on defense Byfuglien, Chara, Weber...guys like that. That's for multicat h2h formats at least.

[ericdaoust]

Ovechkin is king here. Benn showed a glimpse of reaching Ovy multi-cat status but has taken a step back.

[PenguinHunter]

Is there an echo in here...

Ovy....Ovy...Ovy....Ovy....Ovy.

[Laendarian]

If we're talking any player, it would have to be Ovechkin in a landslide.

If we're going with someone that typically isn't a round 1 or 2 selection, I'd say Byfuglien would be up there for me. Pretty deadly combo of stats, from the standard league ones like SOG, Pim to stuff like HITs/BLKS he's a beast.

[jdreed3184]

A few more, assuming HITS, PIM, SOG:
- Dubinsky
- Kesler
- Hornqvist
- Pavelski
- Iginla
- Erik Cole
- Kunitz
- Burrows
- Doan

[FinnishFlash]

Ovy is legendary when it comes to multi cat. Look at his 2008 season:

110 pts, 528 SOG, 72 PIM, 243 Hits, 46 PPP

....and all from the LW

Has there ever been a better fantasy year than that since Mario or Gretzky ??