Ainec
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Yakupov off the top of my head. Filatov and Jackman perhaps. Also Steve Mason and Matt Murray?
You could argue that RNH was at his best and most creative as a rookie before he got injured.
I wouldn't say they've steadily regressed but Paul Stastny and Tyler Myers both had their point peak in their rookie seasons.
Good one.Dion Phaneuf
Looked like a future Norris winner as a rookie
Petr Prucha, Andrew Raycroft, Michael Grabner, Matt Read, Olli Maatta, Peter Mueller, Marek Svatos, Trent Hunter. Maybe not year after year, but never were the same.
If he doesn't have a good season the next year or 2 Hischier is definitely a candidate for this threadI'm surprised that nobody said Jack Hughes or Hischier yet.
Peter Mueller is a text book example of this.
How about Joe Juneau? Selanne's main competition for ROY that year and got incrementally worse with each successive season.Here's an interesting thought exercise: Name the best player you can think of for whom these criteria apply.
I'll start the bidding at Teemu Selanne, who set a blistering pace at 76 goals in his rookie season, never matched that pace again, and still put together a Hall of Fame career. His rookie peak was just that high.