2016 HHOF Class Announced

Greg29fan

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Hockey HOF class is Lindros, Vachon, Makarov, and Pat Quinn

Mark Recchi mysteriously snubbed again
 

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I always though Lindros was a borderline HOFer. The fact that he got in over Recchi is a traveshamockery.

Lindros never scored more than 50 goals and only surpassed 100 points once in an era where guys were regularaly doing it. Recchi scored 50 once and had 100 points thrice - nevermind the fact that he played a million more seasons and games and is 12th on the all-time points list.

What the fuck is this shit?
 

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Split out from the news thread.

If Neely and Bure are HOF material, then Lindros absolutely should get in. He was a dominant player for a stretch of time who had his career cut short due to injuries. If anything Neely absolutely has the weakest statistical case of the 3, but all of them are very similar. League dominant players who were finished around 30 but at their peak were defintely HOFers. Whether you think they all belong or they all don't is based on your perception of what the HOF should be.

Andreychuk is the opposite. Never great, just very good for a very long time and accumulated a lot of goals. Rightly or wrongly, hockey voters go for peak ability over career longevity. Probably why Recchi didn't get in yet and why Andreychuk still isn't in.
 

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Also, winning the MVP counts for something (but not everything). Every HOF eligible Hart trophy winner is in until Jose Theodore (what a fluke that was).