Uhh. Im a leafs fan and saying he is borderline. I could care less about his last two years, hes a depth player for the leafs.
Fact is, the standards for the hall are such that he wouldnt be out of place (recent inductees include andreychuk, recchi, mark howe, dino ciccarelli). Say what you will about the standards but he has many years in the top 10 in scoring, one top 10 in hart voting and two top 10 in selke voting, plus two olympic gold medals. Plus incredible career totals. Compare to ciccarelli. Never an elite scorer, never any eeal hart or selke voting, no international success, and his point totals are only marginally higher right now despite playing mostly in the highest scoring era in history.
No one, including leaf fans will tell you he ever reached the status of being a top 5 or 10 player in the nhl. But you cant find many players with that resume that are not in the hall of fame, thats all thats said, and thats an objective argument, and has nothing to do with him signing with the leafs.