Kristo
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- Dec 26, 2021
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Isn't it about time to induct John LeClair into the HOF? He was maybe the most dominant LW during the second half of the 1990s after Paul Kariya. LeClair was named to five consecutive NHL All-Star Teams during that period. No other player outside the HOF has been selected so many times. He was a phenomenal goal scorer, a physical threat and also really solid defensively. He was also great internationally.
From the 1994-95 season to 1999-00 season he was 10th, 5th, 4th, 4th, 5th, 7th in goal scoring. During that period he had three consecutive 50 goal-seasons.
He won the NHL Plus/Minus Award twice and had the 4th highest plus/minus during the 1990s. Yes, he played for good teams, but he really was solid defensively.
He won the Stanley Cup during the 1992-93 season playing for the Montreal Canadiens.
967 games played. 406 goals, 413 assists, 819 points, 204 +/- rating.
Many people think that Markus Naslund, another LW, should be in the HOF but he wasn't selected to as many All-Star Teams as LeClair. I know there are some of you who think that the LW position is the weakest hockey position (I started a thread about that subject recently) but shouldn't players that was really, really good at a position or similar be premiered? Guy Carbonneau was inducted into the HOF recently and he was one of the absolute best at what he did. I know there are some people who complain that the HOF inducted some players that weren't actual superstars but instead was just really good players that compiled numbers (Andreychuk, maybe Ciccarelli) or had just one or two super good seasons besides high career totals (Recchi maybe). But John LeClair seems to be one of the players outside HOF with the most impressive peaks. I guess an argument against his HOF case would be that he hasn't scored over 1000 points. But a player like Cam Neely didn't score 1000 points and he's in the HOF.
-What do you think, should John LeClair be inducted into the HOF?
-How would you rate John LeClair against Jeremy Roenick and Keith Tkachuk? It wouldn't suprise me if they induct Moginly and Alfredsson before any of these Americans.
-Are there better players outside the HOF with even better peak than LeClair?
-How good was John LeClair in the Playoffs?
From the 1994-95 season to 1999-00 season he was 10th, 5th, 4th, 4th, 5th, 7th in goal scoring. During that period he had three consecutive 50 goal-seasons.
He won the NHL Plus/Minus Award twice and had the 4th highest plus/minus during the 1990s. Yes, he played for good teams, but he really was solid defensively.
He won the Stanley Cup during the 1992-93 season playing for the Montreal Canadiens.
967 games played. 406 goals, 413 assists, 819 points, 204 +/- rating.
Many people think that Markus Naslund, another LW, should be in the HOF but he wasn't selected to as many All-Star Teams as LeClair. I know there are some of you who think that the LW position is the weakest hockey position (I started a thread about that subject recently) but shouldn't players that was really, really good at a position or similar be premiered? Guy Carbonneau was inducted into the HOF recently and he was one of the absolute best at what he did. I know there are some people who complain that the HOF inducted some players that weren't actual superstars but instead was just really good players that compiled numbers (Andreychuk, maybe Ciccarelli) or had just one or two super good seasons besides high career totals (Recchi maybe). But John LeClair seems to be one of the players outside HOF with the most impressive peaks. I guess an argument against his HOF case would be that he hasn't scored over 1000 points. But a player like Cam Neely didn't score 1000 points and he's in the HOF.
-What do you think, should John LeClair be inducted into the HOF?
-How would you rate John LeClair against Jeremy Roenick and Keith Tkachuk? It wouldn't suprise me if they induct Moginly and Alfredsson before any of these Americans.
-Are there better players outside the HOF with even better peak than LeClair?
-How good was John LeClair in the Playoffs?
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