vadim sharifijanov
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Speaking of Ziggy Palffy, I'd consider inducting him over Mogilny, but he wasn't lucky enough to have a spike year in the fluke 1992-93 season.
Give Ziggy an extra ~10 goals spread across 3 seasons and suddenly we're talking about a 3 time 50 goal scorer in the DPE. He seemed to have a weird knack for scoring at the high end of each goal threshold, if that makes sense. High forties, high thirties, high twenties. Really doesn't make a difference in the grand scheme of things, but keeps him from those nice even-number milestones that the HHOF seems to love. My all-time favourite player, but realistically needed a minimum of two more really productive years or a deeper playoff run to get to the Kariya category of 'strong-maybe' for the HHOF.
i loved palffy, and he was one of the most underrated players of that era for sure. not enough people saw his and deadmarsh's heroics in the '01 playoffs to upset detroit, and his '03 season which i think was his best is often totally overlooked because he was on such a terrible team.
but i don't think you can compare palffy to mogilny. fewer games, way fewer complete seasons, and best vs. best i just don't think he was as good of a player as mogilny was. i feel like palffy has maybe started to get the lafontaine treatment, where he was so underrated when he played but because of per game numbers has maybe started to get over-romanticized after his career. again, i say this a big palffy fan.
but assuming you are counting the '96 season in the "~10 goals spread across three seasons," that's not a DPE year. 1996 had eight 50 goal scorers, twelve 45 goal scorers (palffy finished tied for 14th in goals), twelve 100 point scorers, and twenty-two 90 point scorers (palffy finished tied for 23rd in points). you would have to add 19 goals to the '97, '98, and '01 seasons to push palffy to "3 time 50 goal scorer in the DPE."