Best AHL forwards with more than 100 AHL GP that were successful in NHL?
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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
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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
Though the difference is that many of those players chose to play in those leagues over the NHL.
Chaos2k7
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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.
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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.
2) Marcel Goc
Never really more than a 3rd or 4th liner, but he carved out a career of 600+ games in 11 years.
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.
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| Years | GP | G | A | TP | PPG | PIM | +/- | Years | GP | G | A | TP | PPG | PIM | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | 181 | 35 | 42 | 77 | 0.43 | 75 | 29 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.20 | 2 | 1 |
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| 2 | 18 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 0.83 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0.60 | 6 | 3 |
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| 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.
It's not that 'too much AHL is bad' nearly as much as it is that good players who reach the NHL separate themselves quickly moving up levels, and if you spend 2+ years in the AHL without forcing a callup it usually means you aren't very good.
People act like playing 2-3 years in the AHL is normal/positive development for a high pick when in fact once you hit 150 games at that level you basically belong on the junkheap. I've been saying this for 20 years on the Canucks board for Nathan Smith/Jordan Schroeder/Niklas Jensen/Kole Lind etc. when people are like 'he's doing just fine' and then get confused when the player hits age 23 and is on waivers.
GettingYourMoms
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Holy schnapps, Verhaeghe! He reminds me of Kulich so much, its like watching same player, but in different jersey. I´ve compared Kulich to Verhaeghe for nearly two years!
