‘Claude Provost should be in the HHOF’ - Serge Savard

[tinyzombies]

Can’t post link from fb reels but he lays out the case. Covered Hull the best player of the 60s, beat out Gordie one year for first as Rw, 9 Cups. Was Bob Gainey of his time except he scored goals too. Just thought I’d repeat it.

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[frisco]

I don't know if this is that worthy. A guy shilling for a teammate's induction to the Hall Of Fame. I don't think he's a viable candidate, but then again Dick Duff got in. However, if he didn't make it during Savard's 18 or so years on the Hall Of Fame committee...

My Best-Carey

 

[tinyzombies]

I don't know if this is that worthy. A guy shilling for a teammate's induction to the Hall Of Fame. I don't think he's a viable candidate, but then again Dick Duff got in. However, if he didn't make it during Savard's 18 or so years on the Hall Of Fame committee...

My Best-Carey

Pure checkers are kind of a thing of the past, but Carbonneau made it in somewhat controversially by non-Habs fans and Provost scored more than Carbo.

 

[Michael Farkas]

When I went back through looking for goalies, I was sort of surprised how talented Provost was. He never really popped for me before. Maybe it's a matter of deployment...

 

[rnhaas]

I think Provost has a better case than Duff based on regular season numbers but Duff shouldn't be in. Duff has better numbers in the playoffs but I assume he didn't have the same defensive assignments as Provost.

Whatever you may think of the Selke, at least Carbonneau has Selkes. If the Selke had existed back then and Provost had one or more, maybe people would feel differently.

We shouldn't use these borderline, fringe or outrageous inductees as the standard, though. And how many Cups won as a depth player. Where does it stop? Ralph Backstrom? Larry Hillman??

 

[MadLuke]

that a nice shutout to put someone on the map, a name that does not come up much..

7th in playoff even strenght points, second in +/-
Regular season 12th in +/-, and even strength points

When the right wing got thinner with Geoffrion aging out and Cournoyer yet to arrive he did lead the Habs in points one year.

First team all star, byng vote, first winner of the Masterdon:

"Embodied the definition of perseverance and dedication to hockey" throughout his 15-year career.[

I imagine he was quite respected at the time.

 

[JackSlater]

If your case is based primarily on one of your teammates pumping your tires and then people pointing out that you may be better than the absolute worst inductees, you don't really have much of a case.

 

[vadim sharifijanov]

tbf claude provost has led a stanley cup winner in scoring

 

[Gorskyontario]

I don't know if this is that worthy. A guy shilling for a teammate's induction to the Hall Of Fame. I don't think he's a viable candidate, but then again Dick Duff got in. However, if he didn't make it during Savard's 18 or so years on the Hall Of Fame committee...

My Best-Carey

He accomplished way more than Pierre Turgeon who made it in recently.

 

[bobholly39]

For what it's worth - I think winning 9 cups is 100% a claim to fame, and it is the hall of fame, so the idea isn't completely indefensible.

A lot of fans look at the hall of fame as "you have to be better than player ______ to be worthy". For me - I'm open to being not as good a player, if you have some really awesome record/feat worth celebrating.

Will Marleau get in for most games ever? Will Phil Kessel get in for 1064 consecutive games? I'd be fine with both really, as I think they're pretty special records. So similarly - if they chose one day to induct Provost on the merit of his 9 cups, I'd be fine with it.

But like others have said - I think this is simply a case of a teammate pumping the tires of another teammates who he respects greatly. I'm guessing it isn't one of the names they're looking at seriously.

 

[NyQuil]

At some point you have to cut off the Habs of the 50s, 60s and 70s.