Does Jean-Guy Talbot Belong in the Hockey Hall of Fame?

Now that Kevin Lowe is in the Hockey Hall of Fame, we decided to look at someone else with a lot of Cups who isn’t in yet: Jean-Guy Talbot.

Listen to us discuss his case here:

Jean-Guy Talbot’s Career:

NHL: 1954-71; 17 seasons, 16 quality (by DPS)
4 totals:
- 3G,
- 242A (12th D All Time at his retirement) for
- 285P (18th D at his retirement),
- +122 (since 1959-60, 10th D at his retirement) in
- 1066 games (21st All Time at his retirement);
- 85.7 PS (11th D at his retirement)
Talbot was 4th All Time in Defensive Point Shares at his retirement
Era: Of the 20 players to play in at least 1,000 games (only 4 D) between 1954 and 1971, Talbot is
- 20th (last) in Goals, GPG, Points, PPG and Offensive Point Shares
- 19th (2nd last) in APG
- 18th (3rd last) in Assists
- 4th in Plus/Minus [it wasn’t tracked league-wide until 1967-68]
- 2nd in Defensive Point Shares
- 8th in Point Shares
82-game average: 3G, 19A for 22P, +12*
3 year peak (1960-63): 70-game average of 4G, 30A for 34P, +25; 7.4 PS
No possession stats
Playoffs:
- 4G,
- 26A for
- 30P,
- +12 (since 1959-60) in
- 151 games (4th All Time at his retirement)
Adjusted:
- Hockey Reference:
  - 45G, 266A for 311P
  - Adjusted 82-game average: 3G, 20A for 24P
  - Obviously Talbot is not on any adjusted PG leader-boards
- VsX:
  - Ineligible for the adjustment
Trades: Traded twice at the end of his career and waived twice:
- Traded at 35 with Dave Richardson (26) for Bob McCord (33) and Duke Harris (25)
- Traded at 38 for Larry Keenan (30) and Bob Baun (34)
- Left protected in the expansion draft right before he turned 35
- Waived at age 35.

Top 5 in Norris voting once
Top Player:
- Top 10 Player (by PS) once (‘62)
- Best Defensive Player (by DPS) twice (‘56, ‘62),
- Top 5 seven times (‘57, ‘58, ‘59, ‘60, ‘63),
- Top 10 twelve times (‘61, ‘64, ‘66, ‘67, ‘70)
Assists:
- Top 10 in Assists once
- Top 10 in APG once
Top 5 in Plus/Minus once in a year when the league wasn’t yet officially tracking the stat
1st Team All Star once
6 All Star Game appearances
VsX peak: ineligible for adjustment.

Best D (by points) on one Runner Up (‘70 Blues) and two Final Fours (‘61, ‘62 Canadiens),
Top 4 D (by points) on seven Champions (‘56, ‘57, ‘58, ‘59, ‘60, ‘65, ‘66 Canadiens), one Runner Up (‘69 Blues) and two Final Fours (‘63, ‘64 Canadiens),
Role Player (by points) on two Runners Up (‘67 Canadiens, ‘68 Blues)