Does Darius Kasparaitis belong in the Hall of Very Good?

[tarheelhockey]

He’s being slightly underrated in this thread. Huge POS, but also a pretty effective defender that you would much rather play with than against.

But no, not HOVG. He’s more like a Tom Wilson tier player who doesn’t qualify for any special recognition, but was nevertheless a notable player of the era.

 

[MXD]

Absolutely not.

I mean, if you ask me point blank to name a piece of shit D-Men active in the 90ies who fits the label "Hall of Very Good", the first player I'm thinking of is Gary Suter, and there's an absolute canyon between Kasparaitis and Suter.

Great player to have, but on the 2nd pair, and ideally not the best D-Men on that pair either.

 

[hockey4sale]

He was very effective player in his role and extremely entertaining, it’s not all about points

 

[MK9]

He belongs in the hall of my name sounds like a disease

Hopped in the thread to say almost the exact same thing.

 

[Albatros]

Son of Kaspar.

 

[Thechozen1]

Not hall of very good, but damn I miss players like him. Players who were in your face and not afraid to mess you up if you came down their side.

D. Kasparaitis
V. Konstantinov
U. Samuelsson
B. Marchment
E. Jovanovski (early years)

Players like Stevens, Pronger and Chelios were similarly feared, but quite a few tiers better overall.

 

[Finster8]

why list a bunch of team accomplishments to make your point?

Not even close

 

[Elvs]

No. No disrespect to Darius Kasparaitis, but if belongs in the "Hall of very good", then Kimmo Timonen and Lubomir Visnovsky should've been first ballot HHOF'ers.

Kasparaitis is more a case of being in the "Hall of cult favourites" alongside Arturs Irbe.

 

[mattihp]

The hall of fame of hip checks.

 

[Albatros]

Not hall of very good, but damn I miss players like him. Players who were in your face and not afraid to mess you up if you came down their side.

D. Kasparaitis
V. Konstantinov
U. Samuelsson
B. Marchment
E. Jovanovski (early years)

Players like Stevens, Pronger and Chelios were similarly feared, but quite a few tiers better overall.

Be that as it may otherwise, those players were most definitely not a few tiers better than Konstantinov. Pronger at his absolute best maybe, but that was one year.