Is Lindros going to get the HOF call tomorrow?

[KenfromCanada]

Every single player since 1945 that has been named MVP once has been elected to the HOF. Maybe the weakest class up for induction is this year. I have to believe he's gonna get the call. Based on numbers he matches both Cam Neely and Pavel Bure who are in. The biggest comparison would have to be with Forsberg. 6 pts separate their careers, and injuries cut short both of their careers. The 2 cups is the biggest difference. He was inducted in 2014.

[IronEagle]

Every single player since 1945 that has been named MVP once has been elected to the HOF. Maybe the weakest class up for induction is this year. I have to believe he's gonna get the call. Based on numbers he matches both Cam Neely and Pavel Bure who are in. The biggest comparison would have to be with Forsberg. 6 pts separate their careers, and injuries cut short both of their careers. The 2 cups is the biggest difference. He was inducted in 2014.

He was a big enough figure and good enough player to deserve induction, IMO.

Also I don't think it would send a good message to deny a player like him who's career was cut short by concussions.

[Loki]

Probably not. The anti Flyer bias in Toronto and Montreal

kept Fred Shero out of the Hall of Fame until he was dead. Clarke and Barber were such no brainers that even those yutzes couldn't keep them out. Same with Parent.


Lindros was a dominant player, but Clarke fucked up their chances by not getting the team the goaltending that it needed. Without a ring, the fucktards in Toronto and Montreal can smugly thumb their noses at Lindros probably for a while longer.

[KenfromCanada]

Lindros changed what scouts were looking for. A player like him hadn't come along since maybe Jean Beliveau. Bigger than everyone, great skater, soft hands, and very physical. He is the mold for what players are today. Between his parents and himself I am not sure who was his biggest enemy. They dictated where he would play his Jr hockey when he was drafted by a team that was too far away from his family home as a 16 yr old. He refused to play for the Quebec Nordiques after they drafted him and when he got to Philadelphia his agent, his dad Carl, criticized how he was handled by team doctors and management. Great hockey player. Probably should be in the HOF on his career and playing ability, but do not discount how he thumbed his nose at the establishment. He was a very polarizing individual.

[nerd]

voted in.

[Loki]

Sweet. My reverse jinx works yet again. Bwah

[nerd]

Sweet. My reverse jinx works yet again. Bwah

Recchi, still not voted in. Ridiculous.

[KenfromCanada]

Rogie Vachon and Makarov in but no Recchi?!! Don't get that.

[headknocker]

Recchi, still not voted in. Ridiculous.

I agree.