Nick Hansen
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I dunno...Mogilny was one of the most talented players I have seen but if you take away his one big season you have a career many good players have had and will never get a sniff at the Hall.
This thread got me thinking whose the worst player in the HHOF ? One name that I remember was Clarke Gillies I know numbers aren't everything but this guy should never had been elected.
Clark Gillies Hockey Stats and Profile at hockeydb.com
Who else are some others??
I just lost a year of my OLED scrolling past thatLongest post in hf history?
I'd classify a couple of those guys more as just people who racked up impressive counting stats that people felt they had to be in (Andreychuk, Anderson, Housley), and I'd add Mike Gartner and Ciccarelli to the list.You kind of have to separate this out by era, because some of the very early (1800s - 1910s) inductees were chosen for being "early stars" who built the game rather than for how they stacked up against later players. Even some of the early/mid 20th century players, they were picked against a much smaller field of choices and so naturally the weaker ones in that field are going to compare poorly.
Arbitrarily cutting it off at guys who played the bulk of their careers after 1950, here are the worst players inducted IMO:
Glenn Anderson
Dave Andreychuk
Leo Boivin
Guy Carbonneau
Dick Duff
Clark Gillies
Phil Housley
Bob Pulford
Joe Nieuwendyk
Harry Watson
Almost all of these have in common that they were role players/second-tier scorers/"character guys" on good teams, thereby getting a lot of press and making a lot of golfing buddies around the league.
I truly admire and respect the guys/gals who make these long posts. Just like the Bure person. This is history my friend. A lot of people now did not see these guys play. It's a privilege to see this stuff and I commend these people for their research and hard work.Longest post in hf history?
hate montreal forever for breaking his leg.....ruined the great seasonHe will get in eventually for sure but he missed a few ticky boxes like 1000 games and 500 goals which he was so close to both. He'd be in by now if he had hit those two. Regardless he will be in shortly.
What was that about don't remember?hate montreal forever for breaking his leg.....ruined the great season
hate the devils for not letting him play, but sending him down to albany, that was a ****ing disgusting move..... he was playing great that season.
in 2005 he had 12 goals and 13 assists in 34 games, then the devils sent him down, pure scum
You kind of have to separate this out by era, because some of the very early (1800s - 1910s) inductees were chosen for being "early stars" who built the game rather than for how they stacked up against later players. Even some of the early/mid 20th century players, they were picked against a much smaller field of choices and so naturally the weaker ones in that field are going to compare poorly.
Arbitrarily cutting it off at guys who played the bulk of their careers after 1950, here are the worst players inducted IMO:
Glenn Anderson
Dave Andreychuk
Leo Boivin
Guy Carbonneau
Dick Duff
Clark Gillies
Phil Housley
Bob Pulford
Joe Nieuwendyk
Harry Watson
Almost all of these have in common that they were role players/second-tier scorers/"character guys" on good teams, thereby getting a lot of press and making a lot of golfing buddies around the league.
They were so ridiculously over the cap, they had to send him down for a few games to circumvent it.What was that about don't remember?
Wow that's crazy didn't know thanks for sharing. That's insane to treat a veteran like that.They were so ridiculously over the cap, they had to send him down for a few games to circumvent it.
You must think Anderson is in the Hall for his Regular seasons.
Try looking at his playoff numbers.
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Anderson is, to me, very much a borderline Hall of Famer, much like Joe Nieuwendyk. Just based on their regular-season stats' careers (neither of which was shabby -- they were both frequent NHL All Stars), they're probably not in, but close. (Anderson, by the way, was the first Oiler not named Gretzky to score 100 points in a season. Up to 1986, he was out-performing Mark Messier.) But when you look at their contributions to Cup champions and international-hockey champions, they're pushing to the "in" side, which is why they landed there. Anderson was a playoff-stud who always got better when the games got bigger -- the opposite of Keith Tkachuk or Joe Thornton. He was also consistently good: from 1980-81 through 1989-90 he was no "role player" (lol!), he was one of the elite scorers/wingers in the world (the one exception being his poor 1988-89 season).No matter what part you look at, Anderson should not be a HOF’er.