First\u002Dyear eligible Henrik Lundqvist is the favourite to be inducted this week, while a few long\u002Dignored players hope their time has come.
The committee’s breadth spans former players, past and current pro and amateur hockey executives and journalists, plus 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 selection meeting.
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 Fedorov. A new potential hurdle for Mogilny at the committee level could be the current international anti-Russian sentiment for the invasion of Ukraine, though Mogilny was an early defector from the former Soviet Union.
If not Mogilny, Henrik Zetterberg of the Detroit Red Wings is certainly in the mix after he was kept back in the Swedish wave of the Sedins and Daniel 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.Article content
, a site dedicated to measuring Hall worthiness, conducted a poll that had 94% of respondents backing Lundqvist to get in this year, with 81% for Mogilny, 73% for Zetterberg, and. Garnering just over 50% was 500-goal scorer Jeremy Roenick, who said last year his outspoken commentary on the sport likely rubs selectors the wrong way.Among female players expected to get consideration this week is Canadian forward and Sportsnet commentator Jennifer Botterill.
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 coach and broadcaster Don Cherry in the former category.The induction ceremony is Nov. 13 at the Hall in Toronto, which is celebrating its 30
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