Who really belongs in the Hall of Fame?
Every NHL player's case analyzed
Peter Stastny is a legend; one of the NHL’s first European-trained stars and in the Top 10 All Time in both APG and PPG.
But he was never close to the best player in league – he has one Top 5 Hart finish in his entire career – and he was never a star in best-on-best international competition.
So, does he deserve his reputation as one of the great players of the 1980s?
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Continue reading “Does Peter Stastny Belong in the Hockey Hall of Fame?”Festisov is perhaps the greatest Russian defender of all time. (The GRDOAT?) But his NHL career was past his prime.
Does he belong in the Hockey Hall of Fame?
Listen to us discuss his case here:
Continue reading “Does Viacheslav Fetisov Belong in the Hockey Hall of Fame?”
Today, Stevens is known for his career-altering hits, most of which would be illegal now.
But he actually had a pretty damn impressive career.
In this episode we talk about why Stevens belongs in the Hall of Fame despite his hitting.
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Continue reading “Does Scott Stevens Belong in the Hockey Hall of Fame?”One of the Russian Five, Larionov has had team success wherever he’s gone. But his individual success only ever occurred outside of the NHL. Does he belong?
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Continue reading “Does Igor Larionov Belong in the Hockey Hall of Fame?”
The “Little Ball of Hate” scored 500 goals and racked up nearly 3,000 penalty minutes. But otherwise, he doesn’t have much of a case to join the Hall of Fame, it would seem. So why did we talk about him?
Well, find out by listening to this episode:
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Continue reading “Does Pat Verbeek Belong in the Hockey Hall of Fame?”A friend of ours used to claim that Doug Gilmour didn’t belong in the Hockey Hall of Fame because he had “one good year.” This friend used to compare Gilmour’s stats to Kirk Muller’s, apparently because he didn’t know he could look them up on the internet.
Gilmour was only rarely a star offensively but was one of the elite defensive forwards of his era, receiving numerous Selke nominations. In this episode, we discuss whether he should have been inducted and where he ranks among the great players of his era.
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Continue reading “Does Doug Gilmour Belong in the Hockey Hall of Fame?”Alex Mogilny had one of the best goal-scoring seasons in the history of the NHL and one other pretty dominant season. But the knock on him was his consistency, as he had very mediocre years in between his good years.
Mogilny is also notable for being one of the last USSR players to defect to the States, and having never played internationally for Russia once he did so.
In this episode, we discuss his convoluted case for induction:
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Continue reading “Does Alexander Mogilny Belong in the Hockey Hall of Fame?”Bernie Nicholls had one of the greatest individual seasons in the NHL by someone not named Gretzky. But looking at his career playing without Gretzky (or Dionne), his career is a lot less impressive. Does this point per game player belong in the Hockey Hall of Fame?
Listen to us talk about Bernie Nicholls here:
Continue reading “Does Bernie Nicholls Belong in the Hockey Hall of Fame?”Obviously he does deserve to be in the Hall of Fame. The question is more, “where does he rank all time among great NHL defencemen?”
We discuss that here:
By certain metrics – Defensive Point Shares, Point Shares, Plus/Minus – Brian Rafalski was the second best defenceman to play at least 750 games between 1999 and 2011. But if you watched him play, or you look up his Average Time on Ice (ATOI), you know he was never a #1 defenceman.
So, what gives? Was Rafalski so incredible he should have had his own team? Or did he luck out with his defence partners?
Listen to us discuss Rafalski’s case:
Continue reading “Does Brian Rafalski Belong in the Hockey Hall of Fame?”
