Peter9
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Right winger Al Johnson in 1960/61 scored a then respectable 37 points for 4th in Red Wings scoring (on a scoring line with Ullman and Labine) and never played a full NHL season after that, getting sent to the AHL and twice called up for very short stints only.
Left winger Paul Meger in 1951/52 scored 24 goals for 3rd in Canadiens goals (9th in the NHL, on a line with Reay and Boom Boom) and could only score 9 goals the following year, sent down to the minors partway through his third year and only called up once since for a few games before suffering a career ending injury (Labine's skate cut his temple).
Plenty of O6 players had decent full NHL seasons inbetween AHL seasons, were career call-ups, and so they don't count for what you were looking for.
The question is about great seasons by mediocre [redefined to include good] players. None of the players you cite had great seasons. The same goes for the other responses to my post, although Chevrefils fits because he got more than 30 goals in the one full season he played during an injury-plagued career. The players I cited, Horvath and Lewicki, did have great seasons that really stood out from the rest of their career. The players you cite do not compare and are not responsive to the question.
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