Where were you from 1992-1994?
I posted this a year ago but it's still true:
Fact: 52 players have been top-5 in Hart voting three+ times and are eligible for the hall or are shoo-ins for the hall. 51 of them (98%) are in the hall or will be.
Fact: of the 25 highest scorers of all-time, 22 of them (88%) are in the hall or will be.
Fact: 100% of players top-5 in playoff scoring 4+ times are in the hall, except Gilmour.
Fact: 19 of the top-20 playoff scorers of all-time (95%) are in the hall or will be.
Fact: 64 of 69 players to be top-10 in assists 5+ times (93%) are in the hall or will be.
Teaching unwilling kids at school, and watching playoffs from vcr. Those actually were the first years NHL hockey was shown in Finnish tv.
I think Killer was good, but I dont think he ever was Great. He is bit like Linden. Good ol canadian boy playing good ol style hockey.
The problem is they did actually play archaic hockey. So yeah calling Gilmour one of the best at his time feels like pissing in my own tea. ( I wont start naming who was better because you know the names anyways HINT: there are two Finns on that list)
ps. Gilmour, Linden, Clarke...overrrrraaateeeedddd