Jeremy Roenick, Shea Weber and Pavel Datsyuk inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame

[Evergreen]

Weber isn’t deserving imo

He’s the exact type of guy the HHOF committee loves. Good ol’ Canadian boy who played hard.

 

[Dr Pepper]

He’s the exact type of guy the HHOF committee loves. Good ol’ Canadian boy who played hard.

if that were the case, Cujo would've been in years ago.

Pretty sure he's still 4th all time in career wins, isn't he?

 

[tabness]

YES FOR ROENICK JR SUPERSTAR SO UNDERRATED literally a good argument for second best center in the early nineties in literally one of the most stacked periods ever

wtf snubbing Zetterberg again??? Datsyuk and Z should have gone in together

personally don't really care about Weber and wouldn't put him in over Z or Mogilny but congrats to him and his fans as well

Mogilny will always get snubbed, like who is clearly more talented in terms of finesse skills than him in the last 40 years of hockey history? Lemieux and that's it?

 

[I am not exposed]

Weber doesn't belong.

Oh why am I bothering mentioning it, the bar is so low these days.

 

[Dirty Dan]

Weber doesn't belong.

Oh why am I bothering mentioning it, the bar is so low these days.

For a while Weber was considered the premier defenseman, GM's would splooge themselves over that kind of player

 

[Crosstraffic]

No Mogilny again. What a joke.

How about Bernie Nicholls next? As many points as JR in 236 fewer games.

70 goal season
2 40 goal seasons
4 30 goal seasons
Point per game player that became a pretty decent defensive forward as the years went by.

 

[JaegerDice]

Isn't Darwitz the woman that was fired as GM of the Minnesota women's team?

 

[Ace Card Bedard]

No Mogilny again. What a joke.

How about Bernie Nicholls next? As many points as JR in 236 fewer games.

70 goal season
2 40 goal seasons
4 30 goal seasons
Point per game player that became a pretty decent defensive forward as the years went by.

I'd put him in no doubt.
Amazing player.

 

[Stealth JD]

Bar keeps getting lower and lower.

 

[Erik Alfredsson]

Datsyuk is deserving, the other two certainly aren't. Weber maybe in a weak year, what the hell did he ever win? I guess he was Keith's partner on the first pairing on a Gold Medal Canada team once.

 

[tfwnogf]

Weber is kind of a head scratcher, I guess because of his olympic golds but pretty meh. Also lol at colin campbell. I'm guessing they just hate Mogilny or something. Dats and Z should have been inducted together like Lu/Sedins were. And I doubt Theo Fleury will ever get in but he should.

 

[H3ckt1k]

Nice! I was one of the only ones who voted that JR would get in

Nice man great vote on your part

 

[ZDH]

Weber doesn't belong.

Oh why am I bothering mentioning it, the bar is so low these days.

Exactly - it's a joke across all the major sports at this point.

 

[Erik Alfredsson]

Mogilny is overrated as hell. One season wonder bum. Glad he's never getting in.

 

[Regal]

Mogilny was incredibly talented but he gets weirdly overrated on these discussions. He had two big years where he wasn’t even in the discussion for a top 5 player in them. Like sure if Roenick and Turgeon are getting in, put in Almo too, but it’s not some gross oversight

 

[ZDH]

Also thry should have put Zetterberg in with Datsyuk and had Weber wait a year at least (or, you know, not at all.)

 

[Regal]

For a while Weber was considered the premier defenseman, GM's would splooge themselves over that kind of player

Yea, I don’t understand the criticism. Was considered an elite #1 for a decade or so, was runner up for the Norris twice in two of the closest votes ever, and was regarded by many as the best in the game for a brief period. He didn’t have much of a winning track record and he wasn’t so good that he had to go in right away, but by Hall standards he was an easy yes.

 

[mr figgles]

No Mogilny again. What a joke.

How about Bernie Nicholls next? As many points as JR in 236 fewer games.

70 goal season
2 40 goal seasons
4 30 goal seasons
Point per game player that became a pretty decent defensive forward as the years went by.

Throw Bernie on the pile with Roenick, Zetterberg, Mogilny, Elias, and Fleury. None of them really stands out from the rest. All were top 10 in scoring 2 or 3 times, and the wingers have a couple of All Star selections because they play the weaker position. They’ll probably all get in eventually.

 

[mikelvl]

Maddening that Colin Campbell gets in through the buddy system. What the hell did he ever do except show up for work every day and act like a grumpy bastard??

 

[pi314]

Hockey players usually get into the hall with 500 goals or 1000 points.

Roenick had 500 goals and 1200 points.

Not sure what the gripe is.

 

[ArGarBarGar]

Zetterberg has been criminally underrated his entire career. At least one of the Selke's awarded to Datsyuk should be his, but he isn't as flashy so he gets no recognition.

 

[Bounces R Way]

Shea Weber the 1st ballot HoFer huh

 

[ArGarBarGar]

Yea, I don’t understand the criticism. Was considered an elite #1 for a decade or so, was runner up for the Norris twice in two of the closest votes ever, and was regarded by many as the best in the game for a brief period. He didn’t have much of a winning track record and he wasn’t so good that he had to go in right away, but by Hall standards he was an easy yes.

This was his first year eligible, he was selected "right away".

 

[Oilers88]

Isn't Weber still technically on LTIR for Utah? Did he ever formally retire?

 

[karltonian]

weber on 1st ballot while his contract is still active is a travesty