From the famous Boucher hockey family (two of his brothers, Frank and George, are in the Hockey Hall of Fame), Billy Boucher was a very good player in his own right and won a Stanley Cup championship in 1924 with the Montreal Canadiens.  Bucher debuted in Montreal in the 1921/22 season as a rookie, where his 17 Goals placed him eighth that year, and he would post a career high of 23 the following season, where he was second overall in the NHL.  Boucher would finish in the top ten for the next two seasons, but his production would decline after that. Realistically, his career was four very good, bordering on excellent seasons, followed by mediocrity.

Dave Ellett averaged nearly half a point per game over his 1,129-game NHL career, most of which was spent with the Winnipeg Jets and the Toronto Maple Leafs.  Ellett, a two-time All-Star, was part of the Leafs' leadership contingent in the early 1990s, a Stanley Cup contender.

Before he played his first game for the Montreal Canadiens, Bobby Rousseau was a member of the Canadian Team that won the Silver Medal at the 1960 Olympics.  Rousseau was one of the main stars of that team, and he would parlay that success into a very good career in the NHL.

A three-time NHL All-Star and one-time Canada Cup player for the United States, Reed Larson had eight seasons where he had at least 60 Points.  Larson was never an All-Star, though the Calder Trophy runner-up had more than a good career in the National Hockey League.  Historically, Larson was the first American-born blueliner to score 200 Goals in the NHL.