Who Will Be The Next Edmonton Oilers Player To Be Inducted Into The Hockey Hall Of Fame?

[The Roy Of Ottawa]

OTHER EDMONTON OILERS PLAYERS INDUCTED INTO THE HOCKEY HALL OF FAME

01. 1978: Jacques Plante
02. 1982: Norm Ullman
03. 2012: Adam Oates
04. 2015: Chris Pronger

Edmonton Oilers -- Legends of Hockey -- The Legends

 

[sr edler]

Kevin Lowe and Andy Moog are both listed as candidates on the Hockey Hall of Fame website.

Legends of Hockey - Induction Showcase - 2016 Induction Eligibility

Andy Moog probably has a bigger chance to enter the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame as the inventor of the Moog synthesizer.

 

[The Roy Of Ottawa]

Andy Moog (3 Stanley Cup Rings with Edmonton Oilers; 372 Wins; 28 Shutouts; The William M. Jennings Trophy 1990; NHL All-Star 1985, 1986, 1991, 1997)
Legends of Hockey -- NHL Player Search -- Player -- Andy Moog

Kevin Lowe (6 Stanley Cup Rings: 5 Edmonton Oilers; 1 New York Rangers; 1254 Games Played; The King Clancy Memorial Trophy 1990; NHL All-Star 1984, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1993)
Legends of Hockey -- NHL Player Search -- Player -- Kevin Lowe

Charlie Huddy (5 Stanley Cup Rings with Edmonton Oilers; 1017 Games Played; Holds NHL Record For All-Time Playoff Plus/Minus with +98)
Legends of Hockey -- NHL Player Search -- Player -- Charlie Huddy

Esa Tikkanen (4 Stanley Cup Rings: 3 Edmonton Oilers; 1 New York Rangers)
Legends of Hockey -- NHL Player Search -- Player -- Esa Tikkanen

Craig MacTavish (4 Stanley Cup Rings: 3 Edmonton Oilers; 1 New York Rangers; NHL All-Star 1996; 1093 Games Played)
Legends of Hockey -- NHL Player Search -- Player -- Craig MacTavish

And that's where it can stop with 1980s Edmonton Oilers players having their numbers retired and being inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame. The rest of the players from the team don't have the stats to warrant retired numbers and induction. People tend to forget that it was Andy Moog and not Grant Fuhr who was in nets for the Edmonton Oilers first Stanley Cup win.

 

[The Roy Of Ottawa]

Andy Moog and Kevin Lowe should be going in soon. I'm sure Sather, Gretzky, Messier, Coffey, Fuhr, Anderson and Kurri will push the voting committee for it. The wait will be longer for Huddy, Tikkanen and MacTavish.

 

[Kyle McMahon]

Andy Moog and Kevin Lowe should be going in soon. I'm sure Sather, Gretzky, Messier, Coffey, Fuhr, Anderson and Kurri will push the voting committee for it. The wait will be longer for Huddy, Tikkanen and MacTavish.

I can see the longshot argument for Tikkanen, and Lowe has always had his name in the background even if nobody really ever has an argument beyond "six Cups!"

But good lord, MacTavish? I can't even think of a bad argument for his name to be brought up.

 

[Howie Hodge]

You're on the History of Hockey forum here. There are at least...13 people who know about JGT, for sure.

Maybe even 14.....

 

[Big Phil]

Connor McDavid.

This was the first thing I thought of when I read the OP. I don't think any of them make it. Moog had a really, really good career but the fact that I can't find it in me to use the word "great" is why I don't think he'll get in.

Lowe should never see the light of day in there and while 6 Cups are nice he does not have the resume for the HHOF.

Tik is someone with a slim chance. Although nothing from him yet, so maybe at this point it will never happen.

 

[The Panther]

Andy Moog probably has a bigger chance to enter the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame as the inventor of the Moog synthesizer.

Excellent.

 

[The Panther]

Andy Moog and Kevin Lowe should be going in soon. I'm sure Sather, Gretzky, Messier, Coffey, Fuhr, Anderson and Kurri will push the voting committee for it. The wait will be longer for Huddy, Tikkanen and MacTavish.

Dude, I don't know what you're smokin', but these guys are NOT going in (as players, anyway). Why in the world do you think they "should be going in soon"?

 

[Big Phil]

Dude, I don't know what you're smokin', but these guys are NOT going in (as players, anyway). Why in the world do you think they "should be going in soon"?

(clears throat)..............."Dave Andreychuk and Phil Housley".

My work is done.

Don't ever underestimate what the HHOF committee is capable of doing.

 

[The Panther]

(clears throat)..............."Dave Andreychuk and Phil Housley".

My work is done.

Don't ever underestimate what the HHOF committee is capable of doing.

Ha, ha, yes, okay, I'd forgotten the people we're dealing with here.

But still -- at least Andreychuk and Housley have elite career numbers for their positions and player-types. Moog, Lowe, Huddy, etc., do not.

 

[Big Phil]

Ha, ha, yes, okay, I'd forgotten the people we're dealing with here.

But still -- at least Andreychuk and Housley have elite career numbers for their positions and player-types. Moog, Lowe, Huddy, etc., do not.

Moog I will say is a really, really good goalie. In all honesty the difference between him being in and out might come down to the 1990 Cup final. If he wins that then there is a different perception of him and he finally wins his "own" Cup.

 

[The Roy Of Ottawa]

Dude, I don't know what you're smokin', but these guys are NOT going in (as players, anyway). Why in the world do you think they "should be going in soon"?

Rogie Vachon got in, so Andy Moog will get in too, maybe in a weak year.

 

[The Roy Of Ottawa]

Moog I will say is a really, really good goalie. In all honesty the difference between him being in and out might come down to the 1990 Cup final. If he wins that then there is a different perception of him and he finally wins his "own" Cup.

Andy Moog was in nets for the first Edmonton Oilers Stanley Cup championship.

 

[The Roy Of Ottawa]

I wouldn't induct Steve Smith. 3 Stanley Cups with Edmonton, and scored on his own net.

Steve Smith (ice hockey, born in Scotland) - Wikipedia

 

[ResilientBeast]

Probably McDavid at this rate

 

[ResilientBeast]

Rogie Vachon got in, so Andy Moog will get in too, maybe in a weak year.

Vachon is clearly a better goalie than Moog

 

[Sentinel]

McDavid. No one else even remotely qualifies.

 

[Big Phil]

Andy Moog was in nets for the first Edmonton Oilers Stanley Cup championship.

He was, but he only got in the last three games of the final because Fuhr got hurt. Moog did fill in a bit here and there during their dynasty, it isn't as if Sather NEVER used him in the postseason, but I don't know if 1984 qualifies as "Moog's" team in net. It helps, but I would think if they had won in 1983 it would be his. Fuhr wasn't quite ready yet at that point and Moog was the starter the whole playoffs.

 

[Theokritos]

Andy Moog (3 Stanley Cup Rings with Edmonton Oilers; 372 Wins; 28 Shutouts; The William M. Jennings Trophy 1990; NHL All-Star 1985, 1986, 1991, 1997)
Legends of Hockey -- NHL Player Search -- Player -- Andy Moog

Kevin Lowe (6 Stanley Cup Rings: 5 Edmonton Oilers; 1 New York Rangers; 1254 Games Played; The King Clancy Memorial Trophy 1990; NHL All-Star 1984, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1993)
Legends of Hockey -- NHL Player Search -- Player -- Kevin Lowe

Charlie Huddy (5 Stanley Cup Rings with Edmonton Oilers; 1017 Games Played; Holds NHL Record For All-Time Playoff Plus/Minus with +98)
Legends of Hockey -- NHL Player Search -- Player -- Charlie Huddy

Esa Tikkanen (4 Stanley Cup Rings: 3 Edmonton Oilers; 1 New York Rangers)
Legends of Hockey -- NHL Player Search -- Player -- Esa Tikkanen

Craig MacTavish (4 Stanley Cup Rings: 3 Edmonton Oilers; 1 New York Rangers; NHL All-Star 1996; 1093 Games Played)
Legends of Hockey -- NHL Player Search -- Player -- Craig MacTavish

And that's where it can stop with 1980s Edmonton Oilers players having their numbers retired and being inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame. The rest of the players from the team don't have the stats to warrant retired numbers and induction. People tend to forget that it was Andy Moog and not Grant Fuhr who was in nets for the Edmonton Oilers first Stanley Cup win.

You realize it's the "Hall of Fame", not the "Hall of Almost Everybody"? Neither of the players you have listed warrant induction.

 

[The Roy Of Ottawa]

Andy Moog won 77 games for the Oilers in regular season play and 23 in the playoffs.

77-50-21 in regular season
23-9 in playoffs

with Edmonton

 

[Theokritos]

^^ That's nice for him. But it's also far from HHOF-worthy.

 

[The Roy Of Ottawa]

Andy Moog
Edmonton Oilers
Boston Bruins
Dallas Stars
Montreal Canadiens

Kevin Lowe
Edmonton Oilers
New York Rangers

Charlie Huddy
Edmonton Oilers
Los Angeles Kings
Buffalo Sabres
St. Louis Blues

Esa Tikkanen
Edmonton Oilers
New York Rangers
St. Louis Blues
New Jersey Devils
Vancouver Canucks
Florida Panthers
Washington Capitals

Craig MacTavish
Boston Bruins
Edmonton Oilers
New York Rangers
Philadelphia Flyers
St. Louis Blues

 

[Sanf]

I guess if Edmonton didn´t draft Fuhr maybe Moog would be in HHOF roday. I think he would have been good enough goalie to be Oilers cup winning goalie in more than one series. It´s actually quite interesting why Oilers went with such a high pick with Fuhr in 1981 after young Moog had good playoffs in the playoffs prior. "A rather short visit to the top". That´s a Moog quote I have (atleast according to Los Angeles Times) after he was sent in minors in 1981-1982 season. I have higher opinion on Moog than someone like Vernon or Richter. High on hall of very good.

But really none of these guys even with todays standard belongs. Ken Daneyko, Tomas Holmström, Kris Draper... kind of in same category. Good players playing important role in great teams but don´t belong to HHOF just with the rings.

 

[blueandgoldguy]

Kevin Lowe will eventually go in as a builder for the wonderful work he has done as the Oilers GM and vice-president of hockey operations. Katz will induct him. Only tier one fans will be invited.