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

[Elitersson]

JT Miller, Dan Hamhuis, Kevin Bieksa, Willie Mitchell, Ryan Kesler, Chris Tanev

 

[izzy]

Gustav Nyquist

Tatar as well

I remember it seemed like those two (and brendan smith) would never get called up no matter what lol

Derek Roy is another name, but he was close

 

[WhatTheDuck]

"Hard mode" of this would be to disqualify players who played in the A during a lockout

Drake Batherson is one - 103 games played, 116 pts

Nick Paul is another one from Ottawa. Mike Hoffman, too... he played during a lockout but pretty sure he would have hit 100 AHL games anyways.

I thought Mark Stone did, too, but he only hit 91 games (98 if you count playoffs). He did make me think of Ryan Dzingel, who while a marginal NHLer for the most part had a pretty successful career and I am sure played well over 100 AHL games. JG Pageau is another one.

I remember watching the BSens during Paul's last tenure there and wondering what the heck the org was still needing him to prove. Very clearly looked like an NHL player

 

[Albatros]

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.

Though the difference is that many of those players chose to play in those leagues over the NHL.

 

[ThatGuy22]

Marco Rossi hit 116 in the AHL, and while his career is still young is looking like a long time top 6 or top 9 at worst player.

 

[Chaos2k7]

Verhaeghe is another

Carter Verhaeghe Hockey Stats and Profile at hockeydb.com

Statistics of Carter Verhaeghe, a hockey player from Toronto, ONT born Aug 14 1995 who was active from 2011 to 2024.

www.hockeydb.com

 

[Maverick41]

Two borderline cases from Germany:

1) Tom Kühnhackl
His NHL career may have been a little too short to qualify (though he played in quite a few playoff games), but he lucked into and also contributed to winning two Stanley Cups. Some of his AHL games came after he fizzled out of the NHL.

League	Years	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM	+/-	Years	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM	+/-
AHL	7	181	35	42	77	0.43	75	29	2	10	0	2	2	0.20	2	1
ECHL	2	18	8	7	15	0.83	14	12	1	10	6	0	6	0.60	6	3
NHL	5	232	18	36	54	0.23	60	2	5	58	3	8	11	0.19	10	5

2) Marcel Goc
Never really more than a 3rd or 4th liner, but he carved out a career of 600+ games in 11 years.

League	Years	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM	+/-	Years	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM	+/-
AHL	2	154	32	55	87	0.56	52	9	0
NHL	11	636	75	113	188	0.30	157	-21	9	63	5	10	15	0.24	14	-1