Mark Stone has always felt like one of the most underappreciated talents in the NHL.



Case in point: dating back to the start of the 2002-03 season, here is a list of the players – thanks to Sportsnet’s stats department — who scored at least 100 goals and recorded more than 400-plus takeaways before their 30th birthday (note: this list is sorted by takeaways):



Nobody accomplished the feat faster than the 322 games Stone needed to reach these two thresholds.



According to NHL.com’s real-time stats data for players who recorded more than 400 takeaways since the NHL started recording that data during the 1997-98 season, only Pavel Datsyuk and Stone have averaged more than a takeaway per game.



Stone’s defensive acumen and hand-eye coordination have put him in elite company, but that he’s doing it all as a winger makes for an incredibly unique player who should receive more attention and fanfare for his...