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BirdsFan06050
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| BLick12 wrote: | | So who is eligible next year? |
Niedermayer and Chelios. |
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mm6492
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| Posted: Tue Jun 26, 2012 8:20 pm Post subject: |
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| BirdsFan06050 wrote: | | BLick12 wrote: | | So who is eligible next year? |
Niedermayer and Chelios. |
Guessing those 2 get in with Shanahan and someone else (hopefully Lindros) |
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Purpes17
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| Posted: Tue Jun 26, 2012 8:39 pm Post subject: |
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| milanb wrote: | | UofMfan909 wrote: | | Shocked Shanny didn't get in but Sundin did. |
Sundin played for the Leafs.
See: Doug Gilmour, Darryl Sittler, Lanny McDonald, Borje Salming. |
The walls he broke down for European players in the Draft and point wise he deserved to be in the HOF. Not his fault Leafs always had a good but not a great team. He did everything one can ask for as a leader. |
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milanb
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| Posted: Tue Jun 26, 2012 10:52 pm Post subject: |
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| Purpes17 wrote: | | milanb wrote: | | UofMfan909 wrote: | | Shocked Shanny didn't get in but Sundin did. |
Sundin played for the Leafs.
See: Doug Gilmour, Darryl Sittler, Lanny McDonald, Borje Salming. |
The walls he broke down for European players in the Draft and point wise he deserved to be in the HOF. Not his fault Leafs always had a good but not a great team. He did everything one can ask for as a leader. |
Sundin was a very good player and I'm not saying he doesn't belong in the Hall. I think he does based on his body of work. But does he deserve to go on the first ballot ahead of Shanahan and Lindros? Absolutely not.
Same with Doug Gilmour. How on earth does he get in ahead of Guy Carbonneau, who doesn't even appear to be on the HOF radar? Did any of the voters actually watch these guys play?
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BayAreaBomber
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| 1BackInBlackFan wrote: | | BayAreaBomber wrote: | | The Hall is about to get a hell of a player and person in Joe Sakic. |
Sakic is my all-time favorite non-Penguin player. I really enjoyed watching him play. Glad he was able to win a Cup during his great career. |
It's just about impossible to not like the guy it seems. |
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steelcurtain29
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I fail to see why people are whining about the Sundin in; Shanahan not, with the HOF.
Sundin had a PPG over his career, while being the heart and soul of the Maple Leafs.
Shanahan was about 100+ points under a PPG, while spending the majority of his career on a line with at least one Hall of Famer, not to mention he played for several different teams.
I fail to see the problem here. Other than people whining like babies thinking that Toronto players get special treatment with the HOF.
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BLick12
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| Posted: Wed Jun 27, 2012 8:08 am Post subject: |
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| BirdsFan06050 wrote: | | BLick12 wrote: | | So who is eligible next year? |
Niedermayer and Chelios. |
Well then.... It might just be another year til Big E gets in. |
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milanb
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| Posted: Wed Jun 27, 2012 9:55 am Post subject: |
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| steelcurtain29 wrote: | I fail to see why people are whining about the Sundin in; Shanahan not, with the HOF.
Sundin had a PPG over his career, while being the heart and soul of the Maple Leafs.
Shanahan was about 100+ points under a PPG, while spending the majority of his career on a line with at least one Hall of Famer, not to mention he played for several different teams.
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That's part of the problem with the HOF selection. It's become all about the career numbers. Just like in baseball.
What we're getting now is a lot of good-but-not-great playmakers who stick around long enough to get 500 goals or 1000 points, but were never among the game's elite.
Shanahan won three Stanley Cups and was a first-team All-Star twice. He was a career +151 compared to Sundin's career +73. Eric Lindros was a career +215. Guy Carbonneau was a career +186 while matched up against the opposing team's top scoring line his entire career.
Sundin was never a first-team All-Star, never won a Stanley Cup, never won a major award, never scored 50 goals. He had one 100-point season as Joe Sakic's linemate.
Again, I'm not saying that Sundin doesn't belong in the Hall. Just that he wasn't as good as some of the guys who were passed over.
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Other than people whining like babies thinking that Toronto players get special treatment with the HOF. |
Today's exercise: go to the nearest chalk board and write the sentence "Ad hominem argumentation is fallacious" 10,000 times.
The Leafs have not won the Stanley Cup in 45 years. They have not even reached the finals in that time period. They haven't had a single player who was anywhere near being the best at his position. Why are guys like Gilmour and Sundin getting into the HOF ahead of better players from championship teams?
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UofMfan909
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| Posted: Wed Jun 27, 2012 11:16 am Post subject: |
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| steelcurtain29 wrote: | I fail to see why people are whining about the Sundin in; Shanahan not, with the HOF.
Sundin had a PPG over his career, while being the heart and soul of the Maple Leafs.
Shanahan was about 100+ points under a PPG, while spending the majority of his career on a line with at least one Hall of Famer, not to mention he played for several different teams.
I fail to see the problem here. Other than people whining like babies thinking that Toronto players get special treatment with the HOF. |
lol... what an unnecessarily hostile post. I have no problem with Sundin getting in at all. He was a superstar and his international track record is stellar. Shannahan was also a world class player, and was only about .11 PPG lower than Sundin. When you factor in differing roles and three Stanley Cups in favor of Shannahan, there's a very legitimate argument to be made.
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