Most of those players were still consistent point producers over the years. Hudler was a consistent 50pts player for a while. Conroy had a selke nomination (including 2 top-5 selke rankings) before arriving in Calgary. Sure his points shot up in 2002. But he still put up seasons of 59 and 66 points (without Iginla in LA) afterwards.
In fact you could make a case that almost every player who ever played in the NHL could be on this list. There's countless examples of players putting up similar numbers to these guys, then suddenly having a PPG season then falling down. Cheechoo doesn't belong here. He scored 37 the season after, and 28 the season before. Playing with Thornton certainly shot his totals up, but it's not like he was completely useless before or after. Hardly a one-hit wonder, unless the bar is another Rocket scoring title, which is unfair to set that bar for anyone let alone him.
If I'm making a list, I put on a player like Lance Bouma. A 4th line plug his entire career, then suddenly a huge spike in production one season, then back to his norm after and out of the league. Even Jim Carey was nominated for the Vezina and Calder the season before he won it.
|