Who really belongs in the Hall of Fame?
Every NHL player's case analyzed
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.
Continue reading “Does Harold Punch Broadbent Belong in the Hockey Hall of Fame?”Does Brendan Shanahan belong in the Hockey Hall of Fame?
It’s a silly question about one of the greatest power forwards ever. We still ask it and talk about his case.
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Continue reading “Does Brendan Shanahan Belong in the Hockey Hall of Fame?”Rob Blake was one of the star offensive defencemen of his era.
But he likely didn’t deserve his Norris Trophy the year he won it.
Does he still belong in the Hockey Hall of Fame?
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Continue reading “Does Rob Blake Belong in the Hockey Hall of Fame?”If you never watched Eric Desjardins play, you might think this is a stupid question (unless you have a lot of faith in the concept of Defensive Point Shares). But, for a time, Desjardins was one of the best defencemen in the NHL.
Did he do enough to warrant induction into the Hall of Fame? Listen to us talk about Eric Desjardins here:
Continue reading “Does Eric Desjardins Belong in the Hockey Hall of Fame?”Mike Modano never scored more than 93 points in a single season and yet some people regard him as one of the greatest American-born hockey players ever, if not the absolute greatest.
Others look at his offensive output and think he’s horribly overrated.
Which is it? Does he belong or has he been horribly overrated?
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Continue reading “Does Mike Modano Belong in the Hockey Hall of Fame?”By offensive numbers alone, it sure looks like there’s no much of a case for Vincent Damphousse to be included in the Hockey Hall of Fame.
However, some of us remember him as being particularly reliable defensively.
Was he? Did he do enough on that end? Have we forgotten how good he was because he never won the Selke, or are we mis-remembering?
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Continue reading “Does Vincent Damphousse Belong in the Hockey Hall of Fame?”Frank Nighbor was awarded the first ever Hart Trophy for the NHL’s Most Valuable Player. He must have been pretty good.
But did he deserve that trophy? How good was he really?
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Continue reading “Frank Nighbor, the First NHL MVP”Rod Brind’Amour was a borderline offensive star in his early years and a consensus star defensive forward in the latter half of his career, winning the Selke twice. He is -39 for his career.
Was Brind’Amour that elite defensively? Was he a good enough all around player to be inducted?
Listen to us discuss Brind’Amour’s Hall of Fame case:
Continue reading “Does Rod Brind’Amour Belong in the Hockey Hall of Fame?”If you judge strictly on the basis of Norris Trophy wins, Nicklas Lidstrom is the second best NHL defenseman of all time.
Obviously Norris wins are not the only criteria we should use when evaluating NHL D, so in this episode we look at his entire career and try to figure out where he ranks all time.
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Continue reading “Is Nicklas Lidstrom the 2nd Best Defenseman of All Time?”Pavel Datsyuk was arguably the best two-way forward of his era, able to dominate other teams defensively without taking many penalties, while scoring enough to sometimes rank in the Top 10 in league scoring. He was the NHL’s first “Corsi God,” a player who drove possession so well that, once the NHL started tracking possession numbers, Datsyuk was simply the best player in the league by those metrics.
However, Datsyuk does not have the gaudy offensive numbers of other NHL Hall of Famers, and he was often played as the second best forward on his own team.
So where does Datsyuk rank all time? Listen to us talk about Pavel Datsyuk here:
Continue reading “Does Pavel Datsyuk Belong in the Hockey Hall of Fame?”