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Feels like a forgone conclusion but what an incredible well deserved honor
Confirmed with Link: Henrik Lundqvist is a Hall of Famer!
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UnSandvich
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If this wasn't unanimous, someone's not doing their job
I feel like letting in Barrasso and Vernon takes away from Lundqvists day. Neither of those goalies were nearly as good.
Not even sure why they made it.
Turgeon also would not be in my hall of fame.
Not even sure why they made it.
Turgeon also would not be in my hall of fame.
HockeyBasedNYC
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Well deserved.
Too bad the Rangers couldnt get him a Cup. He carried this team on his back for so many years.
Congrats Hank!
Too bad the Rangers couldnt get him a Cup. He carried this team on his back for so many years.
Congrats Hank!
HockeyBasedNYC
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Barrasso was pretty incredible for a stretch, but its the hardware that probably got him in
Vernon I see more as a compiler.
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Among the Players, the most deserving of this Year’s class, imho. Congratulations to your legendary Goalie, my friends.
Completely agree with many of you who believe Mogilny deserved a Call. Hopefully he’s in the 2024 Class.
Completely agree with many of you who believe Mogilny deserved a Call. Hopefully he’s in the 2024 Class.
Glen Sathers Cigar
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Henrik Lundqvist is officially a First Ballot Hall of Famer. 100% deserved.
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Great to see Hank make it on the first ballot. Saw a comment on Twitter that he was the best capitals goalie all time, which is true.
Machinehead
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That's a bunch of shit because they were overlooking Mogilny before this started.
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FWIW i completely agree and think Mogilny should've been a lock, esp. considering the historical impact of his defection. ESPECIALLY considering how weak a class this is.
Machinehead
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Looking at who got in, it's like they were throwing bodies in front of Mogilny.
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Hank was the only one clearly above, and should go in as this year's headliner.
Barrasso had the hardware.
But Turgeon was a compiler, and Mike Vernon doesn't deserve to be anywhere near the Hall (he had a SINGLE top 3 Vezina finish in his career, and finished top 5 in sv% exactly once)
Crawford won 2 cups and 2 jennings trophies and didn't make it. Barrasso had 100 more wins, though.
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Both of those are more team achievements. Barrasso has a Vezina and 4 other top 5 finishes.
This is #1 bullshit.
Congrats Hank! I know I wasn't always the easiest on him but he carried the team his entire career minus a year of Jagr.
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Congrats Hank.
The 4th player we've drafted since Lyndon B. Johnson was president to make the HOF.
The 4th player we've drafted since Lyndon B. Johnson was president to make the HOF.
n8
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Congrats and well deserved! In retrospect, did we really need to buy him out? How screwed was the cap that one year?
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One of the wild things about Hank is that at the peak of his powers (2009-2016) you could watch him get set to take his first shot in warmups, and if he seemed like his stance was lower than usual (say by an inch or so) you would just say “oh cool, we won!……..and he hadn’t even made a save yet.
It’s eerie, it’s hard to explain - but you just knew.
It’s eerie, it’s hard to explain - but you just knew.
