Who really belongs in the Hall of Fame?
Every NHL player's case analyzed
Brett Hull is one of the greatest goal scorers in NHL history but he is often accused of being so one-dimensional that he shouldn’t be considered a great player.
In this episode, we discuss his case and whether or not he’s as one-dimensional as many often claim.
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Continue reading “Does Brett Hull Belong in the Hockey Hall of Fame?”Joe Sakic was one of the great centers of his era, dominating during a hard time to score and then scoring consistently for a very long time. The question isn’t whether he belongs in the Hockey Hall of Fame, but where he ranks among the greatest centres of all time.
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Continue reading “Does Joe Sakic Belong in the Hockey Hall of Fame?”Martin St. Louis will be formally inducted into the Hall of Fame in October. Yet there are people who strongly believe he either doesn’t belong or that he should have “wait.” (Why someone should have to wait, we don’t know.)
In our latest episode, we talk about how open and shut St. Louis’ Hall of Fame inclusion case truly is even though one of us doesn’t personally like the guy for no particular reason.
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Continue reading “Does Martin St Louis Belong in the Hockey Hall of Fame?”Sergei Fedorov had a couple great seasons and a very long career. Yet he was inducted very quickly, as if he was a no-doubter. Did Fedorov deserve that treatment?
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Continue reading “Does Sergei Fedorov Belong in the Hockey Hall of Fame?”How great was Eric Lindros really?
Was he all hype or did he live up to some of it? Is the only thing keeping him from the GOAT conversation his concussion history?
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Continue reading “Does Eric Lindros Belong in the Hockey Hall of Fame?”We decided to treat the Sedin twins as one player, because they are a unique phenomenon in the history of hockey.
Did they do enough in their careers to merit induction as great players, rather than just as a novelty?
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Continue reading “Do the Sedin Twins Belong in the Hockey Hall of Fame?”Though he’s technically still active, we decided there was no way he was going to improve his case if he ever did manage to make an NHL comeback, so we decided to talk about Jarome Iginla’s Hall of Fame case.
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Continue reading “Does Jarome Iginla Belong in the Hockey Hall of Fame?”In this episode of The Back Check, we debate whether or not Jaromir Jagr is one of the greatest Right Wings in the history of the NHL.
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