Can I ask why you're advocating for Dale Hunter for the HHOF to begin with?
I'm from the 80s and I'm OCD! The Capitals were my team. The Oilers and the Islanders were my other teams. The 80s Washington Capitals teams had the best lineups that never won the Cup. Mike Gartner, Rod Langway, Larry Murphy, Scott Stevens, and Dino Ciccarelli are in the Hall, and so should Dale Hunter be. He's the last one who is highly qualified, and Mike Liut.
[Hunter is] the last one who is highly qualified
Dale Hunter: 1407 Games Played; 1020 Points; 3565 Penalty Minutes
Pat Verbeek: 1424 Games Played; 1062 Points; 2905 Penalty Minutes
Brendan Shanahan: 1524 Games Played; 1354 Points; 2489 Penalty Minutes
Keith Tkachuk: 1201 Games Played; 1065 Points; 2219 Penalty Minutes
NHL All-Time Penalty Minutes Leaders
COLORADO AVALANCHE
HOCKEY HALL OF FAME
INDUCTEES
10. 20??: Dale Hunter
Mike Gartner will make sure Dale Hunter is inducted.
Mike Gartner will make sure Dale Hunter is inducted.
Throw in his OHL coaching and ownership record especially if extended, he might have a chance.
Actually, it would be great if Bryan Murray and Terry Murray are inducted in the same year. It would sort of be like the Sedin twins being inducted in the same year. The Murrays are far more qualified than Roger Neilson, who was inducted in 2002!
What if Dale Hunter had played a couple more seasons and he won The Stanley Cup with Colorado and Ray Bourque? Would you then agree he should be inducted?
The Sedins are both legitimate candidates. Terry Murray has no argument to be inducted into the HOF. This would be more like inducting Pierre and Sylvain Turgeon in the same year.
Roger Neilsen is in the Hall of Fame because he's known as an innovator - most notably for studying and breaking down game videos, for helping popularize off-ice aerobic training in North America, and for constantly finding rulebook loopholes.
Do you think Terry Murray has the same reputation, or were you under the impression that Neilsen was in the Hall solely for coaching for a couple or decades and getting to one Stanley Cup final?