Mark Recchi has been Selected to HHoF

[Sawdalite]

... Long overdue IMO.

 

[DrinkFightFlyers]

Nice. He played for about a thousand years but I'll always remember him as a Flyer.

 

[YEM]

deservedly so
I think he played for 7 teams, can't be too many HOF'ers who played for more than that...

 

[Sawdalite]

deservedly so
I think he played for 7 teams, can't be too many HOF'ers who played for more than that...

At the end he became a TDL desired Player to help get Teams over the hump... Can't say the strategy a faulty one... Every Team who he played for ended up happy with him I believe.

 

[Beef Invictus]

Yep. Always a Flyer to me.

 

[CanadianFlyer88]

Good for Rex. Like that Selanne and Kariya go in together.

I'm a bit meh in Andreychuk. A "Hall of Very Good" type player.

Edit: missed Goyette; very deserving.

 

[Ruck Over]

Deserved recognition, not over the moon.

Didn't win in Philly, mixed emotions.

Typically the Flyers retire the numbers of players who make the HHoF. I would not find it appropriate to retire Recchi's #8. Wouldn't hold the same weight as the others - 1, 2, 4*, 7, 16, 88^.
*only non HHoF retired #
^not yet retired, this year or next most likely

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[Ruck Over]

Good for Rex. Like that Selanne and Kariya go in together.

I'm a bit meh in Andreychuk. A "Hall of Very Good" type player.

Andreychuk, Recchi, Ciccarelli, Nieuwendyk - Hall of Very Good

Justin Williams would fall into this category as well- putting together a career similar to these guys.

 

[JDinkalage Morgoone]

I can't see them retiring #8.

 

[LegionOfDoom91]

Andreychuk, Recchi, Ciccarelli, Nieuwendyk - Hall of Very Good

Justin Williams would fall into this category as well- putting together a career similar to these guys.

I value peak more as well. Guys like Lindros, Bure, Forsberg, Kariya, etc. despite not having the ideal longevity I value more than the guys you listed above.

 

[Rebels57]

Extremely happy for Rex. He was a consumate pro and one of the hardest-working players on the ice for well over a decade.

He played more games for the Flyers than any other team, although not enough to be considered to have his number retired here.

He also played during the dead puck era and still put up points.

 

[BrindamoursNose]

Only a matter of time.

Good for Wrecking Ball

 

[Sawdalite]

I value peak more as well. Guys like Lindros, Bure, Forsberg, Kariya, etc. despite not having the ideal longevity I value more than the guys you listed above.

I a Professional Sport where it is not only difficult to achieve inclusion, but difficult to maintain a spot over an extended period of time, longevity IMO is both admirable and important for a legacy... Taking nothing away from Players who have their careers cut short for one reason or another, yet achieve greatness in their allotted time... To not only have longevity but be able to excel consistently during that long career... and actually be wanted by multiple Organizations up until Retirement is most admirable to me.

Rex started off very well and then had a great peak period... but then as the NHL greatly changed course Recchi was able to contribute to all his Teams and help them achieve good to great Seasons... As higher priced Players were being pushed out of the League to make way for younger and more Cap Friendly Players, Recchi not only extended his Career but became more desired as time went on... I suppose he may be called a Journeyman Player by some, but I would suggest that he was a super-journeyman who was desired as a Player who was able to lift Teams to a upper level down the Stretch and in the PostSeason... I'm just sorry that one of his Rings were not won in O&B.

Had it not been for the First Lockout and Clarke's fear of handing out Contracts until the NHL new salary Structure was establish -- unlike the Pens who made Rex an offer that he couldn't refuse -- Recchi was prepared to settle down in Haddonfield with his Pittsburgh born and raised wife and hopefully retire a Flyer... Feathers were ruffled and the rest is history... IMO, had he stayed with the Organization the Path may have taken a different route and led to more success... but that is pur conjecture and we will never know.

I personally would install Rex in the PFHoF this coming Season... and then raise his with Lindros' 88 to the rafters beside Howe's sometime down the line.

 

[Sawdalite]

Extremely happy for Rex. He was a consumate pro and one of the hardest-working players on the ice for well over a decade.

He played more games for the Flyers than any other team, although not enough to be considered to have his number retired here.

He also played during the dead puck era and still put up points.

In fact his 123 that one Season still exists as the Flyers all time Single Season mark... above Clarke, Lindros, Barber, etal... He arguably had his best Seasons in O&B.

 

[Alex91]

My favourite player of all time.
Number 8 was/is my number because if him.
Definitely going to go to the ceremony in Toronto