Which active players are first-ballot Hall of Famers if they retired today?

[FoxyClean]

Just curious to see how everyone's list varies and how everyone judges "first-ballot" guys.

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[RVACapsFan]

Ovechkin

(End of list)

 

[duul]

McDavid. Already has the awards necessary.

 

[Edelweiss]

Ovie, Crosby. thats it.

 

[snipes]

Ovie, Crosby. thats it.

Kane, Malkin, Jumbo, Bergeron, Chara, Lundqvist, and Keith (maybe?)

 

[Limekiller]

Joe Thornton has got to be on the list.

 

[StDevs]

As of right now:

Definitely First Ballot

Jagr
Crosby
Ovechkin
Malkin
Kane
Joe Thornton
Toews

Maybe First Ballot

Lundqvist
Keith
Chara
Erik Karlsson
Doughty

 

[Machinehead]

First ballot right now, today: Crosby, Ovechkin, Thornton.

Keith, Malkin, Lundqvist, Chara, and Kane can start drafting their speeches, but I don't know if they're first ballot as of today.

 

[BenchBrawl]

As of right now:

Definitely First Ballot

Jagr
Crosby
Ovechkin
Malkin
Kane
Joe Thornton
Toews

Maybe First Ballot

Lundqvist
Keith
Chara
Erik Karlsson
Doughty

Looks good, and I'd add Bergeron. He's a lock now that Carbo is in, and he's the type who will get all the extra sympathy from the committee.

Kopitar, Weber and Getzlaf would be my next guys.

McDavid the special case. I ignore him for now but obviously he's a first ballot.

 

[sexydonut]

Crosby, Ovechkin, Malkin, Bergeron, Thornton, Karlsson, Doughty, Keith, Lundqvist, Toews, Kane, Kovalchuk.

 

[Montreal Shadow]

That hockey HOF is incredibly weak. Lets everyone in.

 

[Buck Naked]

Crosby, Ovechkin, Malkin, Bergeron, Thornton, Karlsson, Doughty, Keith, Lundqvist, Toews, Kane, Kovalchuk.

You really think Kovalchuk would be a first ballot guy for HHOF?

Datsyuk is a first ballot player.

 

[BigBadBruins7708]

Chara and Bergeron for sure

 

[tony d]

Ovie Crosby Malkin Thornton Chara Bergeron Kane

 

[jj cale]

Kane, Malkin, Jumbo, Bergeron, Chara, Lundqvist, and Keith (maybe?)

All those guys are going in. No maybe on Keith anymore(if there was any) with Zubov getting in Keiths a slam dunk.

 

[jj cale]

Ovechkin

(End of list)

Let's try to keep this serious.

 

[Shrimper]

Ovie, Crosby, Malkin, Bergeron, Kane, Quick, Keith, Seabrook, Thornton most probably.

 

[frisco]

For first ballot guys I'd say:
Crosby
Ovechkin
Malkin
Thornton

Really wavering on Kane. He'll get in but the "first ballot" thing under the OP's parameters is a pretty tough standard. If you consider Jagr not retired yet than add him.

My Best-Carey

 

[Platano King]

Crosby, Ovechkin, Keith, Malkin, Thornton, Bergeron, Chara, Lundqvist go first ballot if they all retired today.

Kane, Koptiar, Weber, and Karlsson have good chances as well, but not first ballot.

 

[iamjs]

Crosby, Ovechkin, Keith, Malkin, Thornton, Bergeron, Chara, Lundqvist go first ballot if they all retired today.

Kane, Koptiar, Weber, and Karlsson have good chances as well, but not first ballot.

Technically they wouldn't since you can only have four male inductees a year.
Legends of Hockey - Induction Showcase - Election Procedures

 

[Trafalgar Sadge Law]

Carbonneau got in, pretty much any half decent player can get in now.

 

[Sidney the Kidney]

Carbonneau got in, pretty much any half decent player can get in now.

His induction probably guarantees a lot of the perennial Selke winners/candidates will get in who might otherwise have been question marks.

 

[BrindamoursNose]

FIRST Ballot?

Sid, Ovie, Kane, Malkin

 

[Brucelenok]

First Ballot: Datsyuk, Ovechkin, Crosby and Malkin already were there before 2013.

as of right now: + Kane, Keith and Thornton, thats it for me.

 

[MadLuke]

Depend on the competition obviously if Malkin-Crosby-Ovechkin retire the same year, that could make it hard for anyone else that retire that year to be a first ballot, they would have to compete with Luongo I imagine.

Carbonneau is brought up but he waited a very long time to get in.

To put in perspective Daniel Alfredsson was not a first ballot guy, he is eligible since 2017 and not yet in Patrick Elias didn't get in last year, Theoren Fleury-Brind'Amour-Joseph-Mogilny-Roenick-Turgeon have been waiting for a while, you need to go over that group for today retirement (and if it is not for injury you could have some stigma of early / very early retirement of the game the committee could judge you on).

In that context, Thornton-Chara-Keith-Datsyuk (obviously Jagr if he is still active this season) would be good guess, there would be no surprising early retirement from them.

Ov-Crosby I would imagine would make quite the shock if they retired today but could still do it but McDavid would be such a big news that it is imagine the committee not wanting to vote him over waiting veteran, even if they would do it eventually (like Lindros had to wait probably for is business and rumored off the ice stories and short career but finally got in) .