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Arbour vs Laviolette

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LavioletteWinner
83.0

Laviolette wins: Dominance, Peak

Arbour
82.9

Arbour wins: Longevity

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇨🇦 Jack Laviolette
83.0

Laviolette leads in 4 of 5 weighted categories. Founder and Stanley Cup winner of the Montreal Canadiens in 1916.

1. Jack Laviolette
83.0
2. Al Arbour
82.9

Category breakdown

Season form · Points per season

Career timeline · Points per season

Cumulative output season by season — the shape of each career against the other.

GOAT pace tracker

Career stage · GOAT pace

Through season 5 · Points per season
1. 🇨🇦 Jack Laviolette5 seasons played · career day 1,826317 points
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇨🇦 Al Arbour5 seasons played · career day 1,825297 points
-6.3% vs Laviolette at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇨🇦 Arbour0050105297618
🇨🇦 Laviolette0052110242662

Careers are aligned at debut, so a rookie's first 5 seasons are measured against the same window in a legend's career — Yamal against Messi at the same age-stage, a tour rookie against Tiger Woods in 1996.

MetricArbourRetiredLavioletteRetired
Stanley Cups as player4
NHL games626
NHL points70
Professional seasons1915
Cup finals6
Stanley Cups1
NHA games178
Franchise founding roles1
Hall of Fame inductions1
Dominance w25%7678
Peak w20%8688
Longevity w20%8682
Honours w20%8686
Statistics w15%8282

Fan vote — data vs the people

GOAT Rank · the data
Laviolette83.0
Arbour82.9
The people
Arbour
Laviolette

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