Daniel Posted November 27, 2017 Share Posted November 27, 2017 (edited) Has there been someone in recent memory who was a career AHLer who became a productive NHL player for a sustained period of time (say around five years) at age 29? And by productive, I mean someone who is at least marginally above replacement level and could put up around 25 to 30 points a season. Edited November 27, 2017 by Daniel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colorado Rockies 1976 Posted November 27, 2017 Share Posted November 27, 2017 12 minutes ago, Daniel said: Has there been someone in recent memory who was a career AHLer who became a productive NHL player for a sustained period of time (say around five years) at age 29? And by productive, I mean someone who is at least marginally above replacement level and could put up around 25 to 30 points a season. And keep in mind that Gibby was never a guy who tore up the AHL...there's plenty of guys who've done that, and never enjoyed a 23-game stretch like Gibby's had. I just took a quick gander, and there's some late-bloomer types who came over here from overseas in their late 20s and had success...Mark Streit was 28, and Johan Franzen was 26 (but hit his stride at 28). But there's other guys like them for sure. A career meh AHLer suddenly figuring things out at 29 and becoming BETTER at the NHL level...no one in particular is coming to mind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SterioDesign Posted November 27, 2017 Share Posted November 27, 2017 Of course Gibbons could be running on an insane luck. But I'm sure Hynes has something to do with this to some extend. Also it's worth mentioning that he scored 11 goals and that one of them was a 3 on 5 shorthanded goal lol That's somethin' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pattyelias Posted November 27, 2017 Share Posted November 27, 2017 4 minutes ago, SterioDesign said: Of course Gibbons could be running on an insane luck. But I'm sure Hynes has something to do with this to some extend. Also it's worth mentioning that he scored 11 goals and that one of them was a 3 on 5 shorthanded goal lol That's somethin' And a penalty shot goal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SterioDesign Posted November 27, 2017 Share Posted November 27, 2017 2 minutes ago, pattyelias said: And a penalty shot goal. still missing a PPG and a shootout goal. Bucket List ! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triumph Posted November 27, 2017 Share Posted November 27, 2017 2 hours ago, Daniel said: Has there been someone in recent memory who was a career AHLer who became a productive NHL player for a sustained period of time (say around five years) at age 29? And by productive, I mean someone who is at least marginally above replacement level and could put up around 25 to 30 points a season. Gibbons wasn't a career AHLer though, he got an extended shot with 2 other teams before this to stick in the NHL. Gibbons is 29 going on 30, Joel Ward was 27 going on 28 when he got his first extended chance in the NHL. Derek Ryan was 29 before getting his opportunity. Part of the reason that there's so few people who fit these criteria is that there just aren't a lot of players who stay in North America who are this old and who get another extended chance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moustic Posted November 28, 2017 Share Posted November 28, 2017 Plus the "new league" allows this kind of player to be more efficient and more useful. Now that speed is one of the main weapon, a short player like Gibbons got a more fair chance ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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