He's unfortunately never going to get in, the Toronto media has always refused to acknowledge him.
Explain to me how Kariya deserves it over Alfredsson.
Alfredsson will definitely get there but not on his first year of eligibility. Kariya had to wait 4 years for example.
Explain to me how Kariya deserves it over Alfredsson.
Kariya over Alfredsson is a little odd
Explain to me how Kariya deserves it over Alfredsson.
So him and Selanne could canoodle while being inducted.
Once again Anaheim's ******** screws us over.
great year for the sens!
-don't get first in the division
-short a goal of the cup finals
-karlsson doesn't get the norris
-possible injuries to start next season (karlsson, brassard)
-methot gone in the expansion draft
-alfie doesn't get into the hhof
I think Anderychuk is much less deserving than Kariya.
Andreychuk has the longevity and the numbers. Just played forever at a good (but never really elite) pace. He's the "Mike Gardner" candidate.
Kariya was far and away the better player, and it's not particularly close as far as I'm concerned.
He's unfortunately never going to get in, the Toronto media has always refused to acknowledge him.
I have Kariya ahead of Alfie too.
At his peak, he was the best player in the league not named Lindros. He was robbed of his prime due to concussions - was never the same player after he left the Ducks, and has battled chronic symptoms very since.
Kariya was flat out one of the best players of the 90's. He absolutely deserves to be in, and I love Alfie as much as the next Sens fan, but Kariya was the better player when he was healthy.
If you saw Kariya in his prime, you wouldn't need to ask this question.
I understand that a lot of people here (not all, but some) are young enough that maybe they only really remember the tail end of Kariya's career. You had to see him on those old Ducks team, before Scott Stevens made an omelette out of his brains, to appreciate how unbelievably good he was.