Who really belongs in the Hall of Fame?
Every NHL player's case analyzed
Chris Pronger was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame even while under contract to an NHL team. What was the rush inducting while he was still technically active? Was he really that good.
In this episode we discuss Pronger’s career and his HOF case.
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Continue reading “Does Chris Pronger 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?”Sergei Makarov was a star in the USSR for a decade before playing in the NHL. In fact, he might have been the best hockey player in the world not in the NHL for much of the 1980s.
But given how much the Hockey Hall of Fame focuses on NHL experience, did he deserve to be inducted?
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Continue reading “Does Sergei Makarov 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 we consider whether or not Mark Recchi should have been inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame. You can listen here:
Continue reading “Does Mark Recchi 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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Continue reading “Does Jaromir Jagr Belong in the Hockey Hall of Fame?”Note: Evgeni Malkin is still active so this page may not be up-to-date during the hockey season.
Note: Sidney Crosby is still active so this page may not be up-to-date during the hockey season.
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