From sunhornby: Hockey Hall Of Fame waiting list could get cleared up for Alex Mogilny, Curtis Joseph.
The committee spans former players, past and current pro and amateur hockey executives and journalists and includes European and female representation. Thus, consensus can be quite difficult and it often happens the most persuasive argument by the loudest voice in the room carries the day for a player, builder or referee who was not a favourite before the two-day meeting.
As Lundqvist’s mandatory three-year wait after retirement ends, he ranks sixth in wins among NHL goalies with 459. The New York Rangers star doesn’t tick the box as a Stanley Cup champion, but has an Olympic gold with Sweden, a world championship and a major NHL award — the Vezina Trophy — which should fast track his entry.Article content
Lundqvist’s nod would strengthen Joseph’s case. Eligible for more than a decade, ‘Cujo’ is only five career wins behind Lundqvist and, other than the still-active Marc-Andre Fleury, he and Lundqvist are the only stoppers in the NHL’s top 10 not in the Hall. Joseph also has Olympic gold with Canada in 2002.Mogilny has waited longer than Joseph and, with a Cup ring and 1,000 points, is more than qualified to be alongside earlier Russian inductees Pavel Bure and Sergei Federov.
If not Mogilny, Henrik Zetterberg of the Detroit Red Wings is in the mix after he was kept back in the Swedish wave of Sedins and Alfredsson last year. And while coaching victories don’t count towards a former player’s Hall case, Rod Brind’Amour’s hard-working Carolina Hurricanes certainly keep his name and on-ice legacy in the public consciousness.
Among female players expected to get consideration this week is Canadian forward and now Sportsnet commentator Jennifer Botterill. She has the obligatory 50-plus points in IIHF world championship play and two tournament MVPs where one is required for the Hall.This is also the time of year when many people outside the Hall beat the drum for Team Canada ’72 hero Paul Henderson to get in, as a builder if not a player, or Don Cherry in the former category.
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