Who should go in the Hall?
The Hockey Hall of Fame will announce its 2009 class tomorrow afternoon, with Luc Robitaille among the top candidates. Only four players can be inducted each year. Who would you vote for? Here's a poll with eight strong candidates. Select no more than four...
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Rich Hammond has covered the Kings, on a full-time or part-time basis, since the 2000-01 season. He was the beat writer for the entire John Torchetti era and has witnessed Bob Miller singing country music in a Nashville honky-tonk bar. A native of Los Angeles, Rich has worked at the Daily News since 1999 and also serves as the paper's deputy sports editor. E-mail Rich at rich.hammond@dailynews.com.
Jill Painter joined the Daily News in 2000 and during the last eight years she's covered the Dodgers, Cal State Northridge, UCLA, Kings, golf and everything in between. Even though she's from Colorado, she still freezes in the Staples Center press box but always manages to thaw her fingers in time to make deadline. E-mail Jill at jill.painter@dailynews.com.
What, no option for Rogie Vachon?
Sadly,
I wouldn't be surprised if Andreychuk, mogilny or gilmour jump ahead of Luc because he was primarily a King. Then again he is the highest scoring left winger I believe. We shall see
With only four going in it is hard to vote against Yzerman, Hull, Robtialle and Leetch getting in. Although I'd still like to see my boy Dino get in.
Hard to argue against Yzerman for his long career in Detroit, Hull for his goal scoring, and Robitaille for being the top scoring left winger. Leetch is also a strong candidate.
Question: Does there tend to be a bias against players on the ballot for the first time?
Stevie, got my vote, but if I could vote 2 people it would be Stevie and Lucky
Brett Hull is the equivalent of Sammy Sosa. I hope he never sees the Hall.
He is a shame upon his father.
Anybody else going to the draft deal at ESPN Zone on Friday????? i'll be wearing a Noah Clarke #39 Jersey.... Come by and say hello, I would like to meet some of you guys. I will be there with one or two guys that read and post here.
Noah Clarke, I forgot about him...where did he go? New Jersey right, and then?
And what if we trade JJ, and Fro and 5th for........OH, this thread is NOT about crazy trade suggestions like the last 10 has been.. ;-) ;-) ;-)
Noah went to play in switzerland after Jersey
Deelo...so your saying Brett Hull took steroids and lied about it?
I wasn't a huge fan of Brett's either, but, insofar as I know, he never broke any rules. He may have been a cocky prick, but he could certainly back that up.
If your going to accuse someone like that, you may want to actually have proof...unlesss I'm misreading your post, in which case, I apologize.
You may very well have just said that because you don't like him, in which, that's pretty stupid, although I doubt one of greatest goal scorer's in the history of the NHL cares what you have to say.
I think I was a little harsh on Brett with the father statement and I regret posting it.
He is an admitted cheater though. Brett's words...
"I had an illegal stick all the time and it wasn't so much that I thought I was cheating, but, you know, I wouldn't have got 300 goals in this league unless I'd had that stick that I used. I couldn't shoot it without that curve."
Now, I know alot of players use illegal sticks, but at a sportsmanship level, it is similar to a corked bat. If a player used a corked bat his entire career would he get into the Hall?
No offense Deelo...not only did his father use an illegal stick, so did Mario Lemieux, and 98% of the NHL.
Not liking him is one thing...I don't either...but c'mon man...just about the entire league uses some kind of illegal stick.
On that hall of fame list alone, I would bet that all but Stevie Y used one...why not him? He was a playmaker...mahybe Leetch as well.
I have my own opinions on Sosa, steriods, etc...but that's for another board. Outside of the corked bat, what rule exactly did he break? McGuire, all of them? There wasn't a single rule on the books stating PHD's could not be used. I don't like it, but there wasn't a rule.
Dave Andreychuk was as prolific as Luc for all intents and purposes. Now Luc should go first but Dave isn't a bad choice over Hull. Brett was always just a little squirrely and a floater. Dave was a garbageman and I like those kinda players.
Luc's in!!!!
Rich,
Any way you can post a fan's Kings Wish List? With what everyone thinks DL next move should be with what is on the market and why.....We will see who made the right calls when the dust settles.