Future Hockey HOFers?

[Duluth Eskimo]

Originally Posted by chaddurbin

bondra, kariya, recchi, and roenick are locks.

I forgot to add Bondra as he snuck over the 500 goal mark too. Not sure about Kariya though. He stayed around long enough

[MooseDog]

Kariya was a highly skilled dominant player who scored 400 goals but I think the fact he won a World Junior Championship, Olympic Gold, and two World Championships along with a Stanley Cup final appearance might get him in. Too bad he had concussion issues or he surely would have scored 500 goals.

What might keep him out is that he wasn't warm and fuzzy as a person, especially the media.

[btcarfagno]

Originally Posted by MooseDog

Kariya was a highly skilled dominant player who scored 400 goals but I think the fact he won a World Junior Championship, Olympic Gold, and two World Championships along with a Stanley Cup final appearance might get him in. Too bad he had concussion issues or he surely would have scored 500 goals.

What might keep him out is that he wasn't warm and fuzzy as a person, especially the media.

I remember when Kariya was in the Junior World Championships I heard a story about him in his Freshman year of college. His first shift in a practice the team captain (who was an upper classman) was on his line and during the play started banging his stick on the ice to let Kariya know he thought he was open for a pass from Kariya. The pass never came. During a break in the action Kariya came over to the captain and told him "Dude, you don't have to do that. I know exactly where you are all the time. And you weren't open". At that point the captain figured this kid might be pretty good.

Tom C

[Iwantmorecards77]

While not too much value there, some good players for sure. Kariya, Roenick, Bondra, and Recchi are possibilities for sure.

Turgeon should be one too. Over 500 goals, over 1300 points (averaged over a point per game in his career) and almost a point per game in playoffs. 4 time All-Star, but no major awards (IDK - maybe he did receive a leg lamp at one point.) He played in an era where superstar centers ruled the league: Gretzky, Lemieux, Yzerman, Lindros, Sundin, Messier, Fedorov, Oates, Kariya, Lafontaine, Gilmour - to name a few.

[Duluth Eskimo]

Where are all you hockey aficionados on a normal basis. We have to have some more off baseball show and tell here. Football, Hockey, Basketball, Golf, etc. I can't be the only guy who collects everything.

[chaddurbin]

i was a big hockey fan in the early 90's...when you're talking about these guys up for the hof now those were my "prime" years. it's almost unbelievable to think guys like bure in the hof already and you have jagr who came into the league BEFORE some of these guys and he's still going strong. god bless the man.

edit: pierre turgeon is another good candidate, he did play in a stacked era. if you do the baseball adjusted-era number like they do in baseball his number probably falls short as his peak years wasn't that impressive (only one 100pt season). but this isn't baseball where's the criteria is more laxed i'd definitely put him in...just a quiet guy who went about his business on the nice.

[earlywynnfan]

Originally Posted by chaddurbin

i was a big hockey fan in the early 90's...when you're talking about these guys up for the hof now those were my "prime" years. it's almost unbelievable to think guys like bure in the hof already and you have jagr who came into the league BEFORE some of these guys and he's still going strong. god bless the man...

I tried watching some hockey in the late 80's/early 90's, but without a team in Cleveland it was tough and I bailed. But I remember watching Jagr and Mario rule. So a couple weeks ago I take a work trip to Columbus, and my buddy talked me into going to a BlueJackets game. Lo and behold, Jagr comes out! I couldn't believe he was still playing.

[SikSyko]

Originally Posted by Duluth Eskimo

Where are all you hockey aficionados on a normal basis. We have to have some more off baseball show and tell here. Football, Hockey, Basketball, Golf, etc. I can't be the only guy who collects everything.

I collect everything as well