Players who peaked statistically in their rookie year

[ESH]

Adam Henrique never surpassed the 51 points he got as a rookie. He did hit 50 points twice, and scored more goals on four other occasions.

He’s never came close to the situation he had in his rookie season. Playing between Parise and Kovalchuk is a dream come true for any rookie

 

[Kreegz2]

I was just looking at Teemu. He played 84 games his first season?

84GP
76G
56A
132Pts

In the early/mid 90s the NHL had a few seasons where each team played 2 "neutral site" games per year and played 84 games total.

 

[koyvoo]

The Selanne one in particular was from the 92-93 season. There are many, many anomalies from that season as far as scoring totals go.

 

[Em etah Eh]

In the early/mid 90s the NHL had a few seasons where each team played 2 "neutral site" games per year and played 84 games total.

Hmm, I don’t remember that at all. Thanks

 

[BlueBaron]

You're just easily trolled

Lol. That is probably half the truth.

 

[canuckslover10]

Yak had his career high in goals (17) despite it being a lockout season

He had more points in 2014-2015 (33 vs 31) but he played more games (81 vs 48)

Magnus Paajarvi is another Oiler who had his best totals by far in his rookie year - 15g and 34pts as a 19 year old rookie and no more than 9g and 16pts in a year since then

I will still never truly understand what happened to yak

 

[Brainiac]

Even better: Ken Dryden peaked before his rookie year.

 

[amnesiac]

Pat Falloon
Blaine Lacher
Gilbert Dionne
Jim Campbell
Trent Hunter
Peter Mueller
Kris Versteeg
Jimmy Howard
Matt Read

 

[PensandCaps]

Maatta.

 

[Mickey Marner]

Arguably Phaneuf, Malakhov, Borschevsky, Blair MacDonald, Hextall, Felix Potvin, Belfour...

Many players do it they just don't go on to have memorable careers so we forget about them.

 

[ESH]

Arguably Phaneuf, Malakhov, Borschevsky, Blair MacDonald, Hextall, Felix Potvin, Belfour...

Many players do it they just don't go on to have memorable careers so we forget about them.

Definitely not Phaneuf