Most former 30+ goal-scorers on one club
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MadLuke
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1989 flames
66 -- McDonald
51 -- Nieuwndyk
50 -- Loob
47 -- Mullen
42 -- Gilmour
31 -- MacLellan
Maybe missing someone, outside McDonald it was recents season and that does not include the:
Roberts
MacInnis
Fleury
Suter
Really loaded team, yet not that close, the 2002 Red Wings had less than I thought has well,.
1992 Pens maybe.
85 -- Mario
51 -- Mullen
50 -- Trottier
48 -- Coffey
40 -- Stevens
40 -- Reechi / 45 -- Tocchet ( not at the same time)
32 -- Francis
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27 -- Jagr about to score 32 that year
66 -- McDonald
51 -- Nieuwndyk
50 -- Loob
47 -- Mullen
42 -- Gilmour
31 -- MacLellan
Maybe missing someone, outside McDonald it was recents season and that does not include the:
Roberts
MacInnis
Fleury
Suter
Really loaded team, yet not that close, the 2002 Red Wings had less than I thought has well,.
1992 Pens maybe.
85 -- Mario
51 -- Mullen
50 -- Trottier
48 -- Coffey
40 -- Stevens
40 -- Reechi / 45 -- Tocchet ( not at the same time)
32 -- Francis
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27 -- Jagr about to score 32 that year
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The 2004 Leafs had eight: Sundin, Nieuwendyk, Nolan, Roberts, Mogilny, Reichel, Renberg, Francis
The 1994 Pens had eight or nine, depending on how the question is interpreted - Lemieux, Jagr, Trottier, Francis, Stevens, Mullen, Tocchet, and Sandstrom. Plus Straka reached 30 goals for the first time that season.
EDIT - one more option. How about the 2003 Stars? They had nine players - Modano, Turgeon, Lemieux, Muller, Arnott, Guerin, Barnes, Young and Dahlen. Plus Lehtinen reached 30 goals that season.
The 1994 Pens had eight or nine, depending on how the question is interpreted - Lemieux, Jagr, Trottier, Francis, Stevens, Mullen, Tocchet, and Sandstrom. Plus Straka reached 30 goals for the first time that season.
EDIT - one more option. How about the 2003 Stars? They had nine players - Modano, Turgeon, Lemieux, Muller, Arnott, Guerin, Barnes, Young and Dahlen. Plus Lehtinen reached 30 goals that season.
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BigBadBruins7708
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1975-76 Bruins had:
Orr
Esposito
Hodge
Bucyk
Ratelle
Marcotte
Cashman
Schmautz
Sheppard
Orr
Esposito
Hodge
Bucyk
Ratelle
Marcotte
Cashman
Schmautz
Sheppard
Salsa Shark
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I count 9 on the 94 Rangers. Although that's including Gartner and Anderson who bever played on the same squad. & Eddy O, another late acquisition.
Messier
Graves
Larmer
Amonte
Anderson
Eddy O
Gartner
Tikkanen
Nemchinkov
Messier
Graves
Larmer
Amonte
Anderson
Eddy O
Gartner
Tikkanen
Nemchinkov
mrhockey193195
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I figured a few Rangers teams would do well in this category, but I wasn't expecting the 95-96 Rangers team to do so well. I'm counting 8:
- Messier
- Graves
- Verbeek
- Robitaille
- Nemchinov
- Wayne Pressley
- Ferraro
- Kurri (deadline acquisition)
mrhockey193195
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93-94 Pens are also very strong here:
- Lemieux
- Jagr
- Francis
- Stevens
- Mullen
- Trottier
- Sandstrom (midseason acquisition)
- Tocchet
1984-85 Islanders
Bossy
Sutter
Tonelli
Potvin
Trottier
Gilbert
Gillies
Goring
Nystrom
Kallur
That's 10 guys, and all 10 were playing for the team at the same time until Goring was dealt to Boston mid-season.
Doesn't include Lafontaine who hit 30 the next year.
Bossy
Sutter
Tonelli
Potvin
Trottier
Gilbert
Gillies
Goring
Nystrom
Kallur
That's 10 guys, and all 10 were playing for the team at the same time until Goring was dealt to Boston mid-season.
Doesn't include Lafontaine who hit 30 the next year.
mrhockey193195
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90-91 Kings:
EDIT: Actually, the 89-90 Kings do even better with 11 players at one time (12 if you count everyone who played for them that season, i.e., counting each of Nicholls, Sandstrom, and Granato):
- Gretzky
- Robitaille
- Sandstrom
- Granato
- Dave Taylor
- Sinisalo (acquired midseason) / Krushelnyski (traded away midseason) - not traded for each other, but they did not overlap
- Tonelli
- Scott Bjugstsad (!!!)
EDIT: Actually, the 89-90 Kings do even better with 11 players at one time (12 if you count everyone who played for them that season, i.e., counting each of Nicholls, Sandstrom, and Granato):
- Gretzky
- Robitaille
- Sandstrom (acquired midseason for Nicholls)
- Granato (acquired midseason for Nicholls)
- Taylor
- Tonelli
- Krushelnyski
- Scott Bjugstsad (!!!)
- Keith Crowder
- Jim Fox
- Mikko Mäkelä
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mrhockey193195
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95-96 Blues are pretty interesting because of all the midseason roster moves. Esa Tikkanen was on the team but traded early on in November so we won't count him. They acquire Gretzky in February, Steve Leach on March 8, Glenn Anderson on March 12, and then trade Dale Hawerchuk on March 15. So for three days, you can count all those players as overlapping.
- Gretzky
- Hull
- Hawerchuk
- Anderson
- Leach
- Corson
- Zezel
- Greg Gilbert
- Geoff Courtnall
- Adam Creighton
You missed Greg Gilbert and Darren Turcotte so actually 11 30-goal scorers played for the Rangers at some point that season but with all the ins/outs there was never more than 9 on the team at once.
Greg Gilbert is one of the most random 30-goal scorers in NHL history and turns up on a whole bunch of these lists because he scored 30 early in his career and then spent the rest of it as a depth guy on top teams.
Salsa Shark
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nice grab! was going from memory Greg Gilbert was not on my radar haha
mrhockey193195
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To that end, the 92-93 Blackhawks look pretty good thanks largely to one-time top scorers turned depth players (including Gilbert):
- Troy Murray
- Rob Brown
- Greg Gilbert
- Dirk Graham
- Joe Murphy
- Dave Christian
- Michel Goulet
- Brent Sutter
- Steve Larmer
- Jeremy Roenick
EDIT: going back to 91-92, the Blackhawks lose Murray, Christian, and Joe Murphy, but gain Steve Thomas, John Tonelli, and Adam Creighton (all on the team at least in October of 91) so it's a wash.
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The Panther
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BarnabyJones PI
I'd kindly settle for a tall glass of milk.
1986-87 Edmonton Oilers
Also to point out, that Napier and Nilsson were both technically with the Oilers from March 2nd through to March 6th of 1987. The Oilers played on March 4th and the 6th (the day that Napier was traded), though Napier didn't play in either game. Nilsson did play in both of those games.
The last time Danny Gare suited up for a regular season game (or playoffs), was on February 18th, 1987. He announced his retirement in March 3rd of 1987 (UPI archives).
"I've decided to retire at this time because with Kent Nilsson coming to the Oilers, it's become a numbers game," Gare said. "I don't want to leave this game as a practice players."
Dave Lumley announced his retirement, November 5th, 1986.
You could swap out Lumley for Tikkanen though, as Tikkanen registered his 30th goal on March 6th, 1987. In which case, day of, Gare and Napier were on the roster, and Tikkanen had already touched 30 goals. So, you could say that it was in the past the moment he scored the goal at the 2:01 mark of the 1st period.
- Wayne Gretzky
- Jari Kurri
- Mark Messier
- Glenn Anderson
- Paul Coffey
- Mike Krushelnyski
- Mark Napier
- Kent Nilsson
- Danny Gare
- *Dave Lumley (1981-82)
Also to point out, that Napier and Nilsson were both technically with the Oilers from March 2nd through to March 6th of 1987. The Oilers played on March 4th and the 6th (the day that Napier was traded), though Napier didn't play in either game. Nilsson did play in both of those games.
The last time Danny Gare suited up for a regular season game (or playoffs), was on February 18th, 1987. He announced his retirement in March 3rd of 1987 (UPI archives).
"I've decided to retire at this time because with Kent Nilsson coming to the Oilers, it's become a numbers game," Gare said. "I don't want to leave this game as a practice players."
Dave Lumley announced his retirement, November 5th, 1986.
You could swap out Lumley for Tikkanen though, as Tikkanen registered his 30th goal on March 6th, 1987. In which case, day of, Gare and Napier were on the roster, and Tikkanen had already touched 30 goals. So, you could say that it was in the past the moment he scored the goal at the 2:01 mark of the 1st period.
MadLuke
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Bertuzzi would score 30 for the first time years later, Naslund has yet to do it has well I think.
MadArcand
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Highly unusual suspects that tie the Oilers are 90-91 Whalers:
Verbeek
Francis
Dineen
Cullen
Brown
Ferraro
Cunneyworth
Wilson
Hunter
Verbeek
Francis
Dineen
Cullen
Brown
Ferraro
Cunneyworth
Wilson
Hunter
BarnabyJones PI
I'd kindly settle for a tall glass of milk.
1988-89 Philadelphia Flyers
- Tim Kerr
- Rick Tocchet
- Brian Propp
- Mike Bullard
- Dave Poulin
- Murray Craven
- Peter Zezel
- Keith Acton
- Ilkka Sinisalo
- Al Secord
BarnabyJones PI
I'd kindly settle for a tall glass of milk.
1990-91 Toronto Maple Leafs
- Vincent Damphousse
- Mike Krushelnyski
- Wendel Clark
- Daniel Marois
- Gary Leeman
- Peter Zezel
- Lucien DeBlois
- Doug Shedden
- Mike Foligno
- Paul Fenton
- Eddie Olczyk
- Tom Fergus
BarnabyJones PI
I'd kindly settle for a tall glass of milk.
BarnabyJones PI
I'd kindly settle for a tall glass of milk.
1986-87 Minnesota North Stars
- Dino Ciccarelli
- Brian MacLellan
- Brian Bellows
- Neal Broten
- Kent Nilsson
- Dennis Maruk
- Keith Acton
- Scott Bjugstad
- Willi Plett
- Steve Payne
- Mark Pavelich
- Tony McKegney
The Panther
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Holy cow, I think we have a winner!!
This one is really unexpected. Especially in that some of these past 30-goal seasons are total one-offs (Bjugstad) or are for relatively obscure teams (Plett).
