Best AHL forwards with more than 100 AHL GP that were successful in NHL?

[Skinnyjimmy08]

Joel Ward

 

[Nico Hischier]

Paul was a late bloomer/project but I am confident he will have a long and accomplished career. I would certainly rate him above Dzingel and wouldnt be surprised if he accomplishes more than Hoffman when all is said and done.


Others since 2005-2006
- Brad Marchand
- JT Miller
- Nazem Kadri
- Jonathan Marchessault
- Brandon Montour
- Gus Nyqvist
- Kevin Fiala
- Tomas Tatar
- Brian Boyle
- Clarke MacArthur
- Kyle Palmieri
- Kris Versteeg
- Mav Bourque
- Andrew Mangiapane
- Andrei Kostitsyn
- Tommy Novak
- Matt Moulson
- Connor Brown
- Jonathan Cheechoo
- Vlad Namestnikov
- Curtis Glenncross
- Tanner Pearson
- Mat Perreault
- Rich Peverley
- Tyler Johnson
- Michael Amadio
- Frans Nielsen
- Stefan Noesen
- Pat Maroon
- Teddy Purcell
- PA Parenteau
- David Desharnais

I sorted by PPG so am probably missing a bunch of D and role players, too

JT Miller is a good one just over 100 ahl games and very successful nhl career

 

[Nevins]

David Desharnais.

 

[Tube Skates]

That JT Miller guy has done alright

 

[Dempsey]

Vaclav Prospal

 

[bazawiggle]

Jonathan Marchessault

 

[Pavels Dog]

This thread seems to disprove the theory.

I would also add that if we count pro-games in KHL/SHL/etc. the list of good-to-great-to-elite players with >100GP at those levels would rise exponentially.

 

[villacco]

The first name, that came to mind was Martin St. Louis.
Pretty surprised, that he only played 95 games in the AHL. But he was very productive (114 points)

 

[SECRET SQUIRREL]

Jason Pominville GP 235
Derek Roy GP 101
Clarke MacArthur GP 163

 

[Hinterland]

Ross Colton
Scott Laughton

 

[alko]

Tomas Kopecky
- 264 regular season + 33 playoff AHL games
- 578 regular season + 37 playoff NHL games

2 Stanley Cups

Not a star, but had a nice NHL career.

 

[Leafshater67]

Mike Keane did it in reverse, going to the Manitoba moose to mentor young players after his NHL career came to an end.

 

[vlady]

Tomas Tatar, 265 AHL games, has had a decent NHL career
the late Marek Svatos,102 AHL games, career plagued by injuries, but 30-goal scorer at his best

Martin Pospisil hopefully joins the bunch and has a good NHL career. He has 113 AHL games

 

[Took a pill in Sbisa]

Marty Reasoner went on to play nearly 800 NHL games after playing 124 AHL games over his first few years

 

[GoBoltz56]

Kronwall. To a lesser extent, Hudler.

Edit. Missed the "forward" part for Kronwall.

 

[dgibb10]

An international prospect that can join the AHL at age 18 playing 100 AHL games is very reasonable (See David Jiricek, he has 84 AHL games already).

But a guy who comes out of college, or the OHL, or out of a euro league after a few years over there is very different.

 

[Czechboy]

The first name, that came to mind was Martin St. Louis.
Pretty surprised, that he only played 95 games in the AHL. But he was very productive (114 points)

He was my initial answer... I was surprised too

 

[Czechboy]

An international prospect that can join the AHL at age 18 playing 100 AHL games is very reasonable (See David Jiricek, he has 84 AHL games already).

But a guy who comes out of college, or the OHL, or out of a euro league after a few years over there is very different.

Jiricek is a dman. They take longer. So do goalies. In fact.. I suspect a lot of NHL dman have spent over 100 games in AHL.

 

[Michael Farkas]

Here's a few 700 point NHLers...

Mike Ribeiro Mike Ribeiro - Stats, Contract, Salary & More
Steve Sullivan Steve Sullivan - Stats, Contract, Salary & More
Cory Stillman Cory Stillman - Stats, Contract, Salary & More
Dave Gagner Dave Gagner - Stats, Contract, Salary & More

 

[raymond23]

Gustav Nyquist and Tomas Tatar

 

[19 for president]

Stars or guys with 1000+ game careers I think you could make that point. But good NHLers less so. Sometimes you have players that just get stuck with the numbers games on good teams, which happened a lot on those Dats/Z led Wings teams. There is also the college/Europe factor where these guys get AHL time but are already significantly older than Junior guys coming to the AHL. Euro guys may only play 1 season in the AHL but they have more pro development time.

Guys with Wings ties

500 Games + at the NHL Level
Tomas Tatar
Gus Nyquist
Tomas Kopecky
Justin Abdelkader
Darren Helm
Jiri Hudler
Tomas Fleischmann
Riley Sheahan
Luke Glendenning (over 100 with playoffs at 99 reg season AHL/ECHL)

Guys close to that 500 game bench
Anthony Mantha
Tyler Bertuzzi
Andreas Athanasiou

 

[Gaylord Q Tinkledink]

Doss St. Louis kind of count ? 95 AHL games + 56 in the IHL ?

 

[Wats]

I think there's a lot: Desharnais, Ryder, Ribeiro, Higgins, and Cammalleri from the Habs at least.

 

[CheckingLineCenter]

Sprong

 

[phrenssoa]

First name that came to mind was Mike Keane.

443 AHL games & 1,161 NHL games played. That’s a lot of games! Though most of his time in the AHL was spent following his NHL career.