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Does Mark Howe Belong in the Hockey Hall of Fame?

When Mark Howe was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame there was some controversy: They inducted who???

But Mark Howe was one of the elite NHL defensemen of the 1980s. Before that, he was one of the best forwards in the WHA.

We talk about Mark How’s case in our latest episode. Listen here:

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Does Joe Simpson Belong in the Hockey Hall of Fame?

Bullet Joe Simpson was considered by none other than Newsy Lalonde as the best hockey player in the world. How good was he? How can we tell?

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Does Harold Punch Broadbent Belong in the Hockey Hall of Fame?

According to some, Punch Broadbent was the original power forward, the first (NHL?) hockey player to combine skill and physicality in a dominant way.

If that’s true, then even without going through is stats he likely has a pretty good case for the Hockey Hall of Fame. But we’ll look at his career anyway.

Does Newsy Lalonde Belong in the Hockey Hall of Fame?

The question with Newsy isn’t whether or not he belongs in the Hockey Hall of Fame but rather, is Newsy Lalonde one of the Greatest of All Time?

Newsy’s dominance of the early NHL is unrivaled but where does he rank all time?

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Lorne Carr

Career

NHL: 1933-46; 13 seasons, 9 quality[1. By Modern standards of PPG]
204G (12th All Time at his retirement), 222A (10th) for 426P (9th) in 580 games (16th); 39.2 PS
Era: Carr is 3rd in Goals, GPG, OPS and Games, 2nd in Assists, APG, Points and PPG, and 7th in PS[2. Of the 7 players to play in at least 550 games between 1933 and 1946]
82-game average: 29G, 31A for 60P
3-year peak:[3. 1942-45] 48-game average of 27G, 31A for 59P
Playoffs: 10G, 9A for 19P in 53 games
Adjusted: 273G, 345A for 618P
Adjusted 82-game average: 39G, 49A for 87P
Traded twice in his prime, and twice at the beginning of his career.[4. Basically he was waived and called back up.]

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Art Chapman

Career

NHL: 1930-40; 10 seasons, 5 quality[1. By modern standards of PPG]
62G, 176A (10th All Time at his retirement) for 238A for 438 games; 21.4 PS
At his retirement, Chapman was 3rd All Time in APG[2. Minium 300 games]
Era: Chapman is 18th in Goals, GPG and PS, 2nd in Assists, 1st in APG, 14th in Points and PPG, 16th in OPS, and 13th in Games[3. Of the 20 players to play in at least 400 games between 1930 and 1940]
82-game average: 11G, 33A for 44P
3-year peak (1934-37): 48-game average of 9G, 29A for 39P
Playoffs: 1G, 5A for 6P in 26 games
Adjusted: 106G, 389A for 495P
Adjusted 82-game average: 20G, 73A for 93P
Traded once in his prime, left unprotected at the beginning of his career.

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Elwin Doc Romnes

Career

NHL: 1930-40; 10 seasons, 6 quality[1. By modern standards of PPG]
68G, 136A (24th All Time at his retirement) for 204P in 360 games; 21.6 PS
At his retirement, Romnes was 6th All Time in APG and 25th in PPG[2. Minimum 300 games]
Era: Romnes is 14th in Assists, 5th in APG, 24th in Points and 17th in PPG[3. Of all the players to play at least 360 games between 1930 and 1940]
82-game average: 16G, 31A for 47P
3-year peak (1935-38): 48-game average of 10G, 24A for 35P
Playoffs: 7G, 18A for 25P in 43 games
Adjusted: 117G, 301A for 418P
Adjusted 82-game average: 27G, 69A for 95P
Traded thrice at the end of his career, including getting traded out of the NHL.

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Johnny Gagnon

Career

NHL: 1930-40; 10 seasons, 7 quality[1. By modern standards of PPG]
120G, 141A (22nd All Time at his retirement) for 261P (23rd) in 454 games; 32.2 PS
At his retirement, Gagnon was 18th All Time in APG and 24th in PPG[2. Minimum 300 games]
Era: Gagnon is 5th in Goals, GPG, Points, PPG, OPS and Games, 3rd in Assists and APG, and 6th in PS[3. Of the 8 players to play in at least 450 games between 1930 and 1940]
82-game average: 21G, 25A for 47P
3-year peak (1936-39): 48-game average of 16G, 19A for 34P
Playoffs: 12G, 12A for 24P in 32 games
Adjusted: 209G, 323A for 532P
Adjusted 82-game average: 38G, 58A for 96P
Traded thrice in his prime and once after.

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Joseph Johnny Sheppard

Career

NHL: 1926-34; 8 seasons, 2 quality[1. By modern standards of PPG]
68G, 58A for 126P in 308 games; 19.2 PS
Era: Sheppard is 23rd in GPG, APG and PPG, 24th in Assists, 37th in Games[2. Of the 40 players to play in at least 300 games between 1926 and 1934]
82-game average: 18G, 16A for 35P
3-year peak (1927-30): 44-game average of 10G, 10A for 20P
Playoffs: 0P in 10 games
Adjusted: 125G, 253A for 378P
Adjusted 82-game average: 33G, 67A for 101P
Traded twice in his prime, once after.

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Mickey Roach

Career

NHL: 1919-27; 8 seasons, 4 quality[1. By modern PPG standards]
77G (18th All Time when he was traded out of the NHL), 34A (19th) for 111P (20th) in 211 games (11th); 12 PS
82-game average: 30G, 13A for 43P
3-year peak (1920-32): 24-game average of 13G, 8A for 22P
No NHL Playoff appearances
Adjusted: 115G, 159A for 274P
Adjusted 82-game average: 45G, 62A for 106P
Traded once during his prime, traded out of the NHL.

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