Derek Stepan is among a small group of players who scored a hat trick in their debut game. He did this in 2010 with the New York Rangers and finished the year with 21 Goals and 45 Points, and it appeared that this was a stepping stone to greatness. That would not be the case.
Stepan still had a good career, but he only had one more 20-goal year (22 in 2015-16), and while he broke 50 Points six times, he never made it to 60. After seven seasons in New York, Stepan joined Arizona in 2017-18 and his last of the aforementioned 50-point campaign. He played three years with the Coyotes, one in Ottawa, and concluded his career with two seasons with the Carolina Hurricanes.
He amassed a respectable 515 Points in 890 Games.