Who really belongs in the Hall of Fame?
Every NHL player's case analyzed
Norm Ullman was one of the league’s all time leading scorers when he left the NHL.
But two of the players above him on that list were his teammates. And he was a second line player for a substantial section of his career. Also, he never won a Cup.
So, does Norm Ullman belong in the Hockey Hall of Fame?
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Rod Gilbert is certainly someone deserving of the title “Mr. Ranger.” Along with Brian Leetch and Henrik Lundqvist, he has a claim to the title of Greatest New York Ranger of All Time (certainly if length of career with the franchise is taken into account).
But he was never one of the best players in the league during the regular season and his playoff numbers are not great.
So the question is, is his importance to the Rangers franchise and his compelling story of overcoming injury enough to put him in the Hall?
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Cournoyer didn’t have the most dominant regular season career and it’s likely that, had he not played for the Habs, he wouldn’t be in the Hall of Fame with his regular season numbers.
But then, there are his playoff numbers. Safe to say, anyone who leads an entire era in playoff goals and sets a single season record in playoff goals is going into the Hall of Fame.
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