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***By-Tor*** · 05-04-2023, 10:07 AM

Since @luke is busy rolling to the Cup Finals, I figured I'd help out the history department today. This came about because my player, Marcel Beck, just finished his 8th season in Winnipeg and that feels like a long time to me, and I was curious where he stacked up compared to the other active leaders among the franchises. Turns out 528 games is just a drop in the bucket. There are a ton of active players around the league that have been with their teams for an extended period of time.

There are currently 64 players that have been with their current franchise for more than 500 regular season games. Nineteen franchises are represented in this list, with Toronto being to only club without an active player over 500 GP with the team. It is also commonplace that these players played their entire career with their current team. Only a handful of players split time between two clubs. You could consider this list to be the hometown heroes or old guard.

Below is the current list of active players over 500 GP climbing their respective teams' franchise games played lists:

-Any player with a ** next to their name is the current franchise leader in games played (and climbing).

-Any player with ## next to their name is within 66 games of the record and can claim the crown from an inactive player next season if they play.

-Any player with ^^ next to their name is 67 - 132 games (two seasons) of taking the franchise record from an inactive player.

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Andreas Kvalheim TEX 1424 ** (34 games away from the all time record of 1458. Just look at this insanity: Kvalheim Seasons)
Collin Gibbles MIN 1374 **
Aaron Wilson HAM 1324 **
Sven Yxskaft NEW 1024 ##
Dwight Knight TBB 974 **
Steve Harrington BUF 974 ^^
Jaska Seppala BUF 974 ^^
Sven Svenson SFP 974 ^^
Ryuuji Minamino CHI 974
Panda Panico TBB 924
Lord Raiden BAP 924 ##
Emilia Bergman BUF 916
Vladimir Petrov TBB 858
Colin Lambert TBB 858
Micheal Withecheck ATL 796 **
Vaseline Podcalzone SEA 792**
William Salming SEA 792**
Xavier Doom NOLA 792
Elwulf Jericson TBB 792
Alexander Kozlov TBB 792
Chimkin Wing BUF 792
Igor Victory PHI 726**
Puddles O'Duck ATL 726
Pablo Salvatici ATL 726
Nikolaj Boyle NOLA 726
Ole Olson NOLA 726
Finn von Murphenstein TBB 726
Long John Donair LAP 726
Mats Marner CHI 726
A-Rye Izzy CGY 723
Daryl Urquhart SEA 660
Kermit Murphy SEA 660
Paul Binder ATL 660
Salzberger Lillehammersson ATL 660
Tomas Zadina NOLA 660
Toma Lind MAN 660
Bean Beanman BUF 660
KEKW Kekkonen BUF 660
Billy Brooks BUF 660
Nike Kickz Jr CHI 660
Shion Okamoto CHI 660
Eero Makela CGY 660
Zak Wilson MTL 594 **
Evil Allbran PHI 594
Angus McFife XVIII ATL 594
Ville Kurri NOLA 594
Ethan Bouchard TBB 594
Zebulon Leavitt BAP 594
Robert E O Speedwagon MAN 594
Greg Davies MAN 594
Corman Ponaire LAP 594
Adrik Baranov MIN 594
Alexis Saint-Michel CGY 594
Roderic Banes MTL 528
Jonathan Hagan MTL 528
Hans Graf PHI 528
Calvin Hobbes SEA 528
Anton Harrier MAN 528
Gonzo Gobbledygook WPG 528
Marcel Beck WPG 528
Jonny Tsunami NEW 528
Greyson Cooper BUF 528
Brian Davenport EDM 528
Janis Lux MIN 528
Rinky McDangle MIN 528
Jimmy Larkin-Conway TOR 462

Since the index doesn't like goalies, I went through the goalies too to show your hometown heroes (400 GP cutoff bc backups):

Mat Smith CHI 668 **
Cillian Kavanagh TEX 654 **
Jon St. Ark NOLA 527 **
Olof Karsikko NEW 469
Scoochie Stratton PHI 457 **
Thor Odinson SEA 414 **

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I like seeing records like this fall because Games Played is an achievement any player can reach if they keep up with the league. It distinguishes who are the foundations of the teams. In my opinion, it is especially more impressive for those players to reach these marks who are not actively GMing or involved in the mechanics. Usually that means they are great locker room people that management wants to keep around. Keep on going!

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