I should have said 'shockingly' easy... I didn't expect it to be, but when I re-read the thread and assembled my notepads, four players jumped out as OBVIOUS inductees this round, I mean, 'ridiculous' because it was supposed to be so hard but in the end it really wasn't. I began this round thinking only one 'for sure' inductee and one 'for sure' non-inductee, and ended up with four I'm certain about. If one of the four doesn't get inducted you bet I'll be heavily invested in pimping the guy who was wrongfully overlooked in my eyes.
All in all, this HOH process has been pretty sensical and I've had no major concerns. There are at least three pre-NHL era greats I feel should be in the next round of discussions, but of course, it'll depend on how initial ranking votes went and I don't hold my breath as early era greats are so typically underappreciated.