Poll: Anyone else think Pierre Turgeon isn't a Hall of Famer?

[26Mats]

Is Pierre Turgeon really Hall of Famer?

I mean he has big numbers because he played in a high scoring era and played a lot of games.

I saw him as a star, a really good player, but not a hall of famer.

He was in the prime of his career when he was here, and Damphousse and Koivu were ahead of him on the C depth chart.

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[the valiant effort]

The Hall of Cumulative Numbers and/or Friends

The inclusions over the last few years have been horrific. They need to realize they can have an induction class of ZERO every now and then

 

[tazsub3]

Well Alex mogilni is way way way more of a deserving hall of famer than Turgeon .

 

[Ozmodiar]

He’s not.

 

[MarkovsKnee]

He definitely isn't. Weird one, but they've let in some pretty OK, but not great players in the HHoF recently.

 

[HabsWhiteKnightLOL]

Many players do not deserves it who are already in it.
Feels like at this point play alot = HoF

 

[BigDaddyLurch]

...this year's class is loaded with crap...there are far more deserving people than Turgeon, Vernon, or Barrasso...

 

[Pompeius Magnus]

He had a long productive career, it's pretty much all it takes at this point. Once you start letting guys like Lowe in, you make it a lifetime achievement award more than anything else.

 

[HuGort]

Is Pierre Turgeon really Hall of Famer?

I mean he has big numbers because he played in a high scoring era and played a lot of games.

I saw him as a star, a really good player, but not a hall of famer.

He was in the prime of his career when he was here, and Damphousse and Koivu were ahead of him on the C depth chart.

He put up a lot of points but was soft. Many voting look at stats mainly, probably why

 

[JackZap]

So now that's 2 HOF Houle has traded?

 

[Stoneburg]

Players less deserving than Turgeon are in, so why not? Suddenly there are standards?

 

[Toene]

...this year's class is loaded with crap...there are far more deserving people than Turgeon, Vernon, or Barrasso...

Barrasso has a Vezina, a Jennings and a was finalist for the Vez' like 4 times. What hardware does Turgeon have?

Players less deserving than Turgeon are in, so why not? Suddenly there are standards?

On the other hand, I also agree with this.

 

[Grate n Colorful Oz]

Is Pierre Turgeon really Hall of Famer?

I mean he has big numbers because he played in a high scoring era and played a lot of games.

I saw him as a star, a really good player, but not a hall of famer.

He was in the prime of his career when he was here, and Damphousse and Koivu were ahead of him on the C depth chart.

Turgeon was a far better playmaker than both of them, but in contrast was also softer than satin sheets, contrarily to Saku and Vinny.

 

[beowulf]

...this year's class is loaded with crap...there are far more deserving people than Turgeon, Vernon, or Barrasso...

I think for those two goalies they looked at the win total, that they won individual awards and a couple of Cups each.

 

[Fish on The Sand]

Way to make the poll question the opposite of the thread question.

 

[Frankenheimer]

I would say no. He was definitely not regarded as hall of famer material during the era in which he played. I think that counts for something.

 

[cphabs]

Is Pierre Turgeon really Hall of Famer?

I mean he has big numbers because he played in a high scoring era and played a lot of games.

I saw him as a star, a really good player, but not a hall of famer.

He was in the prime of his career when he was here, and Damphousse and Koivu were ahead of him on the C depth chart.

It was clutch and grab as well… Sneaky Pete in today’s game? Lmfao! He would absolutely destroy in my opinion. I guess it’s all relative.

 

[Kaiden Ghoul]

Wonder how much better is career would have been without the famous incident with the hunter

Édit 132 points with the NYI and then the downfall

Voted no but i can see why hes in

 

[Rapala]

No Pierre's are over rated on this board.

 

[Kaiden Ghoul]

No Wonder it only cost us Schneider and i dont r3meber who else, we also had Malakhov with Turgeon

 

[Fish on The Sand]

Wonder how much better is career would have been without the famous incident with the hunter

Édit 132 points with the NYI and then the downfall

Voted no but i can see why hes in

I don't think that affected his career trajectory. 1993 was a weird year for a lot of players and tons of guys hit levels they'd never even come close to again.

I mean Joe Juneau dropped 102 points as a rookie.

Turgeon's post 93 career is very much in line with what most would have expected. He didn't really begin to fall off until he joined the Stars following his age 31 season.

The quickness of his drop-off was unexpected given he was a reliable ppg guy going into that, but it was also 8 years removed from the Dale Hunter incident.

 

[double5son10]

No Wonder it only cost us Schneider and i dont r3meber who else, we also had Malakhov with Turgeon

Kirk Muller

 

[MTL-rules]

Some people need to realize that Turgeon played on other teams than the Habs...

 

[Lafleurs Guy]

2 seasons in the top ten for points…Giid for a long time but…

Borderline but I don’t think so. Not dominant enough. Not great in the playoffs… can’t help but think of the terrible cheap shot on him. That may have been a factor. But at the end of the day I don’t think he should be in.

That said, there are definitely far less deserving players. Neely, Federko come to mind.

 

[The Last Red]

Turgeon and Vernon have no business being in the HOF. Tommy B. is borderline.