Active HOF'ers 30 & Older

[LeHab]

Kovalchuk is back and will likely end his career with 500 goals & assists and 1000 games. Should be enough.

 

[silkyjohnson50]

In what world is Kopitar a tier below Toews and Bergeron?

 

[WJCJ]

With the recent Hall of Fame announcement, it got me wondering about active players who are Hall of Fame worthy. Right now I would like to keep it to players 30 and older. I have broken the list into locks and questionable. I would love to hear everyone's thoughts on this. Is there anyone on the questionable list who should be moved to locks? Is there someone I am missing at all?

Locks:

Patrice Bergeron
Sidney Crosby
Pavel Datsyuk
Evgeni Malkin
Joe Thornton
Jonathan Toews
Marian Hossa
Patrick Kane
Alex Ovechkin
Henrik Zetterberg
Zdeno Chara
Duncan Keith
Henrik Lundqvist
Roberto Luongo

On the Fence:

Ryan Getzlaf
Anze Kopitar
Shea Weber
Marc Andre-Fleury
Carey Price

Unlikely:

Claude Giroux
Corey Perry
Brent Burns
Ryan Suter
Jonathan Quick

I think this is a pretty good list, I would switch Kopitar to a lock and Marc Andre-Fleury to unlikely and Quick to on the fence. Nice job.

 

[WJCJ]

In what world is Kopitar a tier below Toews and Bergeron?

He's on the same level and should be a lock.

 

[HockeyThoughts]

He's on the same level and should be a lock.

He should be a step above. He is the only player of the 3 to hit 90 points (or even 80pts) or receive a Hart nomination.

 

[NJRangers35]

Thanks. I have now made additional changes to the list. I really appreciate everyone's feedback on this.

Locks:

Patrice Bergeron
Sidney Crosby
Pavel Datsyuk
Anze Kopitar
Evgeni Malkin
Joe Thornton
Jonathan Toews
Marian Hossa
Patrick Kane
Alex Ovechkin
Henrik Zetterberg
Zdeno Chara
Duncan Keith
Henrik Lundqvist
Roberto Luongo

On the Fence:

Ryan Getzlaf
Patrick Marleau
Ilya Kovalchuk
Shea Weber
Carey Price
Jonathan Quick

Unlikely:

Claude Giroux
Corey Perry
Brent Burns
Ryan Suter
Marc Andre-Fleury

 

[Ace Card Bedard]

and Malkin was excluded from that list.

Would you disagree that Malkin is not a lock for the HHoF?

Malkin was always a lock in my opinion.
I think the voters probably caught up after the Pens' 2nd or 3rd cup.

 

[Ace Card Bedard]

Alternately, Iginla-Gadda-Da-Vida.

Others:

The Toews They Are a-Changin'
Keith on Loving You
Letang it Be
I've Benn Thinking About You
Who Could Ever Doughty My Love
Love That Burns
Price of Love
Every Rose Has Its Thornton
Knockin' on Hedman's Door

I can do this all day.

We Kane work it out
Beer for my Hossas

 

[BigKing]

There is a good chance that Quick will be the top American in wins and possibly shutouts if he remains effective over the next few seasons. No Vezina but some Jennings and, of course, a Smythe with insane numbers in 2012 and two cups.

He is going to have a strong case. Media rep as the best big game goalie will help as well.

 

[mja]

We Kane work it out
Beer for my Hossas

Feel Like Malkin Love
Let's Getzlaf It On
I Got Giroux, Babe
Cindy, Oh Cindy

All day.

 

[b1e9a8r5s]

Alternately, Iginla-Gadda-Da-Vida.

Others:

The Toews They Are a-Changin'
Keith on Loving You
Letang it Be
I've Benn Thinking About You
Who Could Ever Doughty My Love
Love That Burns
Price of Love
Every Rose Has Its Thornton
Knockin' on Hedman's Door

I can do this all day.

Bergeron my Wayward Son

 

[mja]

Bergeron my Wayward Son

Suter or Later
I've Been Loving You Too Luongo
Slovenian Wood

 

[GodEmperor]

There is a good chance that Quick will be the top American in wins and possibly shutouts if he remains effective over the next few seasons. No Vezina but some Jennings and, of course, a Smythe with insane numbers in 2012 and two cups.

He is going to have a strong case. Media rep as the best big game goalie will help as well.

Quick's playoff performances should be enough, I mean looking at Vezina's you would think Bob was some God and Quick was a bum, but looking at playoff performances, you'd realize just the opposite. Quick needs 120 more wins to be top 10 in that category and he should be able to do it with ease, so IMO he gets in EZ.

 

[MMC]

Getzlaf is a lock

 

[chatty4756]

I see marleau is on the fence now which is fine, do people realize that he is only 2 1/2 seasons away from breaking howes most games played record. If he does break that record should not make him a lock for the hall. How do you keep the leader with the most games played at what could be over 1800 games out of there? If he plays 78 games this year he will pass ray bourque, larry murphy, scott stevens, dave andreychuk, chris chelios and mark recchi to slide into number 5 all time, thats some pretty elite company

 

[LaFan1967]

Getzlaf is a lock

Why ?
Best season 91 points , no induvial trophy's , never lead the league in
any category, sub 1.00 ppg. great player but HOF worthy ? one Stanley Cup
when he was the leading team scorer with 17 points in 21 games isn't going
to cut it.

NHL Totals

917

247

628

875

[TFOOT] [/TFOOT]

 

[Ghetty Green]

Lol at kopitar being anything but a first ballot lock.

Sundin getting in on the first ballot simply for playing most of his years in Toronto has opened the door for a lot of the current guys that are better than Sundin was

 

[Ghetty Green]

Getzlaf is going to be very interesting. Probably the closest one.

 

[Sidney the Kidney]

His cups will put him into the HOF no doubt. I might be murdered for suggesting this, but should Toews really be in the HOF? His stats are going to be extremely weak unless he turns his career around pretty soon here.

That's why including him in the NHL's Top 100 was so monumentally stupid. Toews got in because he was the captain of the best team (at the time of that list being compiled).

If a players' entire resume is built off of the number of Cups they've won, and not based on the numerous individual trophies/accolades they've received, then they shouldn't be in the HoF.

 

[BringTheReign]

Quick is one Vezina away from HOF.

Yep, the one he should’ve won in 2012 when he dragged the Kings kicking and screaming into the postseason.

 

[DitchMarner]

Lol at kopitar being anything but a first ballot lock.

Sundin getting in on the first ballot simply for playing most of his years in Toronto has opened the door for a lot of the current guys that are better than Sundin was

Sundin was arguably the best International player of his generation.

 

[LaFan1967]

Kopitar is very close to being a lock , 2 Conn Smyth worthy Cup runs ,
2x Selke winner ( and finalist ) , Would Slovenia even have been to the
Olympic's if not for him ? ( it's the Hockey Hall of Fame not just NHL ).

 

[McDonald19]

Interesting that there was a thread this past season with people saying Perry is a hall of famer because of his Hart Trophy and some high scoring seasons. Now everyone is acknowledging that his game has fallen off a cliff?

By the way, Getzlaf probably gets in eventually. Dominant big playmaking center for a long time regardless of no personal trophies.

 

[DitchMarner]

Interesting that there was a thread this past season with people saying Perry is a hall of famer because of his Hart Trophy and some high scoring seasons. Now everyone is acknowledging that his game has fallen off a cliff?

By the way, Getzlaf probably gets in eventually. Dominant big playmaking center for a long time regardless of no personal trophies.

Last year, I figured Perry would get in; and I still think he can, but he really seems to have fallen off considerably and his current trajectory doesn't look very promising. It shouldn't take him an amazing finish to his career for him to be inducted anyway, though.

Check out this thread.

https://hfboards.mandatory.com/thre...career-to-be-a-hhofer.2402573/#post-137148095

 

[Woodrow]

I think Perry will get in but it might take some time. That Hart will eventually get him in.