Players Who Peaked In A Stat Then Fell Off A Massive Cliff

[NVious]

I was looking at Morgan Rielly's statistics and he had a pretty massive goal scoring year for a d man in 2018 with 20 in 82.

Before that he had 21 goals in his previous 234 games and since then he has 29 goals in his next 321 games. Basically 1/4 of his career goals come in the span of 1/11th of his career.

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[Jee]

The annual Jonathan Cheechoo thread

 

[Plastic Joseph]

Joe Juneau

 

[DitchMarner]

Nik Kulemin. He had 30 goals in '10-'11 and then failed to hit ten in any of his last three seasons with TOR. I think he had 15 or 16 in his first year with NYI. He never approached 30 again.

Also, David Clarkson. That guy scored 30 goals and then started off hot the next season before cooling off. He scored a whopping five goals in his first season with Toronto.

 

[stevo61]

in 14/15 Foligno had 31 goals and 73 points, he hit the 20 goal/50 point mark 1 other time in his career.

 

[SenzZen]

The annual Jonathan Cheechoo thread

Aka the Contract Year Thread

 

[Snap]

Sadly Ben Bishop. Went from being a Vezina caliber goalie in 2018/19 (933 sv% combined 59 games reg season/playoffs) to running into injury problems which ended his career quickly after that. I think what could've been for him if he managed to stay healthy.

 

[Guardian452]

Teemu Selanne. His second highest goals scored in a season was less than 70% of his rookie year total.

 

[RRhoads]

Ray Sheppard

 

[AD1066]

Nik Kulemin. He had 30 goals in '10-'11 and then failed to hit ten in any of his last three seasons with TOR. I think he had 15 or 16 in his first year with NYI. He never approached 30 again.

Also, David Clarkson. That guy scored 30 goals and then started off hot the next season before cooling off. He scored a whopping five goals in his first season with Toronto.

Never forget.

 

[Plastic Joseph]

Teemu Selanne. His second highest goals scored in a season was less than 70% of his rookie year total.

pretty crazy to think a rookie who never matched (or even came close) to his goals that season would go on to lead the NHL in goals 2 more times in his career

 

[ijuka]

Teemu Selanne. His second highest goals scored in a season was less than 70% of his rookie year total.

"fell off a massive cliff" is a bit of an exaggeration and keep in mind that this has a lot to do with the league itself changing a lot after that season.

 

[LokiDog]

Not exactly fell off a cliff territory but Zibanejad had 41 goals (and 75 points) in 57 games in 19-20 which was probably also his best season defensively. Even though he’s been near point per game mostly since, he’s only ever eclipsed point per game one other time. 19-20 was far and away his career year and he’s been a bit worse each season since, becoming less of a two-way force (still solid, but not what he was) and collecting more PP assists while becoming a worse goal scoring threat annually. But more specifically, he’s never passed 40 goals in his career, except for hitting 41 in 57. He had 39 in a full 82 once, but 19-20 he was on a 59 goal/108 point pace.

 

[Oilslick941611]

I don't think we are going to see Hyman score 54 again. 25-30 this year is what im guessing.

 

[MasterMatt25]

The annual Jonathan Cheechoo thread

To give credit to Cheechoo, he did follow up with 37 goals in an injury-shortened season the next year and then dealt with hernia issues afterward. He was still a good scorer

 

[leafsfan5]

Sadly Ben Bishop. Went from being a Vezina caliber goalie in 2018/19 (933 sv% combined 59 games reg season/playoffs) to running into injury problems which ended his career quickly after that. I think what could've been for him if he managed to stay healthy.

I mean Bishop had a .920 the next year too, 18/19 was definitely the peak but he didn't immediately fall off

 

[Devilsfan2326]

Nik Kulemin. He had 30 goals in '10-'11 and then failed to hit ten in any of his last three seasons with TOR. I think he had 15 or 16 in his first year with NYI. He never approached 30 again.

Also, David Clarkson. That guy scored 30 goals and then started off hot the next season before cooling off. He scored a whopping five goals in his first season with Toronto.

I remember he got suspended in a preseason game for defending Phil Kessel after a hit or something like that. Because he jumped over the bench to stand up for him. Is it possible that set him off on the wrong foot?

 

[Sidney the Kidney]

I was looking at Morgan Rielly's statistics and he had a pretty massive goal scoring year for a d man in 2018 with 20 in 82.

Before that he had 21 goals in his previous 234 games and since then he has 29 goals in his next 321 games. Basically 1/4 of his career goals come in the span of 1/11th of his career.

It was obvious to anyone but the most blinded fanboys that that season of Rielly's wasn't going to be repeated. He simply does not have the shot to be a guy who can flirt with 20~ goals in a season multiple times.