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The question is a bit ambiguous, and here's why - I ran the queries against the database.
Here's the list of "top" 5 players without any condition (the columns are Name, Active, Pos, Seasons, Games, Goals):

TOM WEBSTER N R 6 102 33
KEN HODGE JR. N C 4 142 39
DIMITRI KVARTALNOV N L 2 112 42
CHRISTOPHER VALENTINE N C 3 105 43
KYLE CONNOR Y L 3 131 46


But do we really want Kyle Connor on such a list? Do we want Kvartalnov on such a list?

First, let's try removing players who are active:

TOM WEBSTER N R 6 102 33
KEN HODGE JR. N C 4 142 39
DIMITRI KVARTALNOV N L 2 112 42
CHRISTOPHER VALENTINE N C 3 105 43
ROSAIRE PAIEMENT N C 5 191 48


To remove Kvartalnov and other flukes, let's require six NHL seasons at least:

TOM WEBSTER N R 6 102 33
REG KERR N C 7 263 66
BOB CRAWFORD N R 9 246 71
WARREN YOUNG N C 7 236 72
AL MCDONOUGH N R 7 237 73


What about really peaky ones? Let's put active back in, but require 500 NHL games and 10 seasons.

CHRIS CLARK N R 12 607 103
DAVID CLARKSON Y R 11 570 114
NIKOLAY KULEMIN N L 10 669 121
DAVID BOOTH N L 11 530 124
PIERRE PLANTE N R 10 599 125


And let's now try the PPG (added an extra column)
CHRIS CLARK N R 12 607 103 0.17
SCOTT GOMEZ N C 17 1079 181 0.17
GREG GILBERT N L 16 837 150 0.18
MIKE GREEN Y D 14 810 145 0.18
NIKOLAY KULEMIN N L 10 669 121 0.18


Pick your name. :)
Unfortunately, the board gobbles up extra space and the nice formatting I had.
And the full file is attached for your toying, all the way down to #99.
 

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Anaheim4ever

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I would go with Chris Valentine.

1 30 Goal season

43 career NHL Goals.
What happened to him to play such few games after this 30 goals season to end up in Europe 2 years later ?
So Cheechoo syndrome existed before Cheecho played in the NHL.
 

TheDawnOfANewTage

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What happened to him to play such few games after this 30 goals season to end up in Europe 2 years later ?
So Cheechoo syndrome existed before Cheecho played in the NHL.

Ya, wtf? Figured he just wasn't that good, but nah, his stats look decent. 67 points in 60 games, then split time between AHL and NHL the year after- put up 17 points in 23 games. Next year same thing, 11 points in 22, so yeah some regression, but he was still .5 ppg.. then he just screwed off and killed it in Germany for the rest of his career. That's a weird case man, idk. High scoring 80s and all that, but AHL a year after being ppg in the NHL? Huh?
 
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Albatros

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To remove Kvartalnov and other flukes, let's require six NHL seasons at least

A bit OT but I don't really agree to the notion of Kvartalnov being a fluke, he was really good offensively but wasn't liked by the then-Bruins coach Brian Sutter because he was also rather soft.
 

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