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I have your gold medal Zippy!
I guess Mike Keenan ain't getting into the HHOF anytime soon.The NHL has nothing to do with Hall of Fame inductions.
The strongest thing that was in the twins favour is Brian Burke is on the selection committee. Cementing their legacy helps cement his legacy. Lord knows he spent years in the media mythologizing his part in drafting them and now he gets to swoop in and vote them into the Hall of Fame to seal the deal.
Now he gets to brag about how he drafted 1st Ballot Hall of Famers instead of just super stars.
Not that Henrik and Daniel don't deserve it. But this is the least useless Burke has been to us since he drafted them in the first place.
Burke himself credits Thomas Gradin for pushing him hard to draft the Sedins.
Both couldn't carry Brodeur's jockstrap.The McLean thing does add a layer of it for me. I think Luongo played at a higher standard for a consistently longer time than McLean did as a Canuck, but I think they had similar highs as a Canuck, too. Both nominated multiple times for the Vezina, both easily the best goaltenders in team history, fairly close in games played and wins, both got their teams to Game 7 of the SCF...I don't really have a point here other than that I hold them both in pretty high esteem.