Jean Ratelle’s NHL Splits Still Tell the Real Story

Jean Ratelle’s NHL splits offer the kind of snapshot that front offices love and casual fans usually skip right past. The numbers can show where a player was most dangerous, which situations tilted his way, and how his production held up when the matchup got tougher. For a player with Ratelle’s reputation, the splits are the kind of detail that helps separate memory from reality, and reality is usually where the good stories live.