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Dunc Munro
Lesser players from the 1924 Olympic team went to the NHL - Dunc Munro.
The "was probably" captures the J.C. Tremblay dilemma. Especially when the team was better served with Terry Harper facing Bobby Hull. After 1972 if Tremblay does not go to the WHA he gets traded. He was demonstrably the 4th best dman on the team behind Savard, Laperriere and Lapointe with Robinson in the wings, so the WHA is not a factor.
Harry Watson was one of many amateur players who was enshrined from before all the best players played professional. There are probably 40 such players.
Many on the HOH board thought Howe was like Tremblay and Brewer - punished for playing in the WHA - and that was the only reason it took him so long to be enshrined. I know you disagreed, but it definitely is a different situation from Conacher right?
As for "what they accomplished being replicated," Tremblay was probably the #1 defenseman on a dynasty - I don't think that's been accommplished too often. Edit: I realize he did have his issues like you said, but you're definitely exaggerating when you say his accomplishments have been replicated "fairly often."
Lesser players from the 1924 Olympic team went to the NHL - Dunc Munro.
The "was probably" captures the J.C. Tremblay dilemma. Especially when the team was better served with Terry Harper facing Bobby Hull. After 1972 if Tremblay does not go to the WHA he gets traded. He was demonstrably the 4th best dman on the team behind Savard, Laperriere and Lapointe with Robinson in the wings, so the WHA is not a factor.