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Which of these Finnish players you think will end up in the Hockey Hall of Fame?
It wouldn't surprise me if Barkov finishes his career with 1000+ points as he's on pace of doing. That and a captain on a cup-winning team, and two selkes. He makes it in pretty easily IMO.None of them.
Hall of very good.
From most to least likely.
1. Barkov
2. Rantanen
3. Heiskanen
4. Saros
5. Aho.
Barkov and Rantanen are already on track. Saros and Heiskanen also to a lesser degree, but they need to do more work since their positions have harder standards.
I don't see Aho making it though.
Most likely none, but Barkov is more likely to make it
Agreed. He's basically on a Kopitar trajectory, and Kopi is 100% a lock.Barkov is a lock basically already
1x Cup ( and as a C)
2x Selkes’s
On track for well over 1000 points
I agree with Rantanen for now looking like the next likely second with a Stanley Cup and he’ll end up with enough points
But I think Heiskanen will have a serious chance to get in, if he’s Dallas’s franchise Dman for 15 years and is valued like Josi
I think you're underrating Saros though. He's still relatively young, and has been one of the best goaltenders for most of this decade. Leads all active goalies in sv%, and 4 times finished top 10 in sv%Neither Saros or Aho will make it
Agreed. He's basically on a Kopitar trajectory, and Kopi is 100% a lock.
I think Heiskanen can make it, but I can also see him being the Ryan Suter of this generation. Vastly underappreciated, gets Norris votes but never enough to be a finalist.
I think you're underrating Saros though. He's still relatively young, and has been one of the best goaltenders for most of this decade. Leads all active goalies in sv%, and 4 times finished top 10 in sv%
He needs to do more to get in obviously, but he's on the right track. Just needs more seasons like his 2020-2023 years.
Most likely none, but Barkov is more likely to make it
This is how I see them although Rantanen is further along the "winger" route and Heiskanen is tracking well.From most to least likely.
1. Barkov
2. Rantanen
3. Heiskanen
4. Saros
5. Aho.
Barkov and Rantanen are already on track. Saros and Heiskanen also to a lesser degree, but they need to do more work since their positions have harder standards.
I don't see Aho making it though.
If Rantanen makes the Hall of fame he should do a "Paul Kariya" and thank his better teammates for carrying him into the Hall of fame. @Murzu better make sure Rantanen mentions that he would've never made the hall of fame without MacKinnon and Makar in his Hall of fame speech.
And why the hell is everybody so low on Aho. He's the only guy doing all the heavy lifting himself on his team. 254 goals and 557 points so far and he's about to turn just 27. Easily has another 12-15 years of hockey left to play and will end up with no less than 1300 points. There's even a chance he'll break Selanne's career goal record for Finnish players when it's all said and done.