Players that are not in the HHOF that should be inducted?

[Michael Farkas]

So...Gary Bettman profits off of questionable hockey hall of fame induction black tie galas...? Is that what I should take away from that?

 

[MadLuke]

Forget those tv contracts, it is about 3 players instead of 2 in the Hall of Fames..

If only Ontario Canada was not right wing and less exploitative and be more like the USA of the 40s-50s when there was a league just for black players was still running.... it could all be sarcasm obviously.

 

[Cas]

In a less crass and right-wing / exploitative world, the Hockey Hall of Excellence would be more like Baseball's used to be, where only the very best of the best make it in. Only players who are synonymous with the era they represent --- who are almost larger than the sport, who are iconic --- would be let in.

It's worth noting that the NBHOF has never actually looked like that.

 

[vadim sharifijanov]

So...Gary Bettman profits off of questionable hockey hall of fame induction black tie galas...? Is that what I should take away from that?

they induct random ex-buffalo players from the 80s and 90s to cash in on western new yorkers making the drive up the QEW

 

[Crosby2010]

they induct random ex-buffalo players from the 80s and 90s to cash in on western new yorkers making the drive up the QEW

Is Turgeon really considered an ex-Buffalo player? I know he played there and you don't really associate him with one particular team because he never stuck around long enough but if I had to pick one I guess it is St. Louis. That being said, he had the nickname "The Tin Man" in Buffalo. He's not remembered fondly that way.

 

[Hockey Outsider]

they induct random ex-buffalo players from the 80s and 90s to cash in on western new yorkers making the drive up the QEW

Clark Gillies' forgettable season with the Sabres is part of the conspiracy!

 

[diceman934]

Well it’s not Mogilny,
And Rick Middleton isn’t hall worthy.

Rick Middleton is very Hall worthy. He leas his team in scoring many times and was played against top lines always
His point totals is more then good enough

 

[tinyzombies]

Claude Provost (acc to Serge Savard). Elite shutdown wing who scored clutch goals. 9 Cups. Thorn in Hull’s side.

 

[Albatros]

Is Turgeon really considered an ex-Buffalo player? I know he played there and you don't really associate him with one particular team because he never stuck around long enough but if I had to pick one I guess it is St. Louis. That being said, he had the nickname "The Tin Man" in Buffalo. He's not remembered fondly that way.

Turgeon played significantly more games in Buffalo than LaFontaine whose number they retired.

 

[Crosby2010]

Turgeon played significantly more games in Buffalo than LaFontaine whose number they retired.

I wouldn't say significantly. Lafontaine played 268 games, Turgeon played 322 games. Lafontaine had more seasons there, he just had some injury woes in a couple of years. Plus he had 382 to 323 points for Turgeon. You think of Lafontaine as an Islander a bit more, but he did have his best season in a Buffalo uniform and I think Rick Jeanneret has to take some credit for his popularity with his La-la-la-la-lafontaine! goal calls. Turgeon is a bit like Oates, there is no one team that you clearly associate him with.