NHL on TSN Quiz: Potential Hall of Fame Inductees For 2013
 

I, for one am shocked that Mike Peca likes Guy Carbonneau so much. What do those guys have in common?

my answer to that question would have been fleury, but i can see the argument for carbonneau. the other two guys took the easy way out and went with housley. mike johnson's argument that when you're top four all time in defenseman points, it doesn't matter if you couldn't play defense or win.

well, the interesting thing to me is carbonneau was just as much of an elite specialist as housley was. top five defensive forward of all time (and housley was only arguably top five offensively). the difference being contribution to winning teams. carbo over housley all day, every day.

There is no argument for Housley being top 5 offensively all-time...just off the top of my head...Bobby Orr, Eddie Shore, Red Kelly, Paul Coffey, Pierre Pilote, Ray Bourque, Al MacInnis, Brian Leetch were all clearly better offensively than Housley

I think some facetiousness was missed in JE's post.

Nice to see Makarov getting some recognition

My thoughts exactly.

I'm actually really surprised (and in a good way) by most of the opinions.

The Housley nonsense is to be expected.

no, i caught it. not like it wasn't already pointed out in the TSN panel (see the accompanying video on the TSN website).

Why was Fedorov not an option?

Not eligible yet because of his time in the KHL. Wikipedia has Fedorov as still active in 2011-2012.

True. Eligible next year as a result.

Yeah I looked it up, it said he played only through 2010... another post in another thread said he was playing last season so I dug deeper and apparently he played last year also.

Pierre Pilote doesn't belong in this group and the guy was talking about his point totals. Housley wasn't great defensively but he did lead his team in scoring, something some of these guys didn't do, and he hit the ground running, something else most of these guys didn't do either.

The Hall is more stats driven though and a guy like Carbo won't fare well when there is a guy like Craig Ramsay not in the Hall.

Like it or not Housley's stats and being an American right out of high school are going to give him alot of traction with the committee IMO.

Pilote may not belong in that distinguished group offensively, but in terms of all around play he was voted #14 all time by this board and Housley did not even make the top 60.

He's up there with Paul Reinhart and Dick Tarnstrom!

Pilote absolutely does belong in that group offensively. Look at how he scored compared to his peers

Agreed. I was just trying to not be a homer. :)

I'm wondering if Andreychuk makes it in next year. The guy was a good goal scorer during his career, wonder if that'll be enough to get him in the Hall.

I hope not. Man, we'd really be lowering the bar if Andreychuk and Housley get in - anytime. Thankfully they didn't play that long ago so we all remember them. I'm getting nervous about Housley though. It was almost like with Nieuwendyk when he got in. The media clings to a name over and over and everybody repeats it to the point where it sounds right all of the sudden. Housley just might be one of those guys.

If I am picking the 4 names next year it would be Chelios, Niedermayer, Blake and Makarov. The first two will get in for sure. In my mind Blake had every bit as good a career as Niedermayer but no one seems to remember that anymore. I chose Makarov because I'd put him in not because I think the committee will do it.

Lindros is a guy that needs more time to analyze. Honestly, he's a player where we have to sit back and let it simmer for a few years until we either appreciate what he accomplished and forget his drama or not. They HHOF should have done that with Nieuwendyk to be honest.

Niedermayer
Chelios
Makarov
Lindros

I really don't understand how people question Lindros' worthiness based on what he DID.

Well, he did act like the part of human anatomy which never see the sunlight, which supports his worthiness and materiality to the non-inductees group.

I disagree.

In my opinion Lindros doesn't owe anything to the team that drafted him.
As the highest rated talent you shouldn't settle for an less than optimal option.

It's his job, his life and a business afterall.


Besides how can you judge a persons character on one decision he made as an 18-year-old, arguably heavily influnced by his father?
Was it Lindros or his agent a.k.a father that had this idea?

If Phil Housley gets into the HHOF before Guy Carbonneau…I’ll just give up with the whole damn thing.

I think the fact he was 18 has no importance. The guy tried to screw up an NHL institution (the Draft) to his advantage. Borderlines candidates gets rejected on that basis (Tremblay), or gets to wait a REALLY long time (Mark Howe). Lindros is such borderline candidate due to longevity. And the draft thing was no grey zone like Michel Goulet. Besides, the Hall is supposed to consider "values".

Besides, why Crosby reported to Pittsburgh? It was certainly not the optimal setting (it ended up being great, but THE optimal? No).

I can actually see players asking to be removed from the Hall if Lindros gets in.