Roberts was a great player but he falls into the Trevor Linden camp for me. Beloved by his team and fans, incredible work ethic, heart type guy, consistent producer, but not quite elite enough to get the nod for Hall.

JR was pretty awesome during the early 90's with the Hawks. I think a lot of the guys in this era got screwed career wise with both lockouts (if they played long enough like JR). I'd disagree about Dino...he played 19 years in the league, a 2 time 50 goal scorer and 40 goals almost 9 times in his career. Undrafted as well. Now the argument could be made for Neely or Lindros. Eh maybe I am getting older and softer but I do see that...unlike Neely Roberts wasn't even front and center while on the team...

This guy gets in first

1048 games
455 goals
633 assists
1088 points

and he had to battle demons to do it.

Didn't Pierre Turgeon put up better numbers?

Dino had longevity for sure, but those numbers were put up during a really high-scoring era. Put it this way. He only had two top-10 finishes in both goals and points. JR the same. Roberts only a single top-10 goal appearance.

Neely and Lindros(and Forsberg), while being injured a lot, were dominant for multiple seasons while they were on the ice. Neely with 4 top-10 goal finishes and 4 2nd-team all stars. Lindros 4 top-10 goals, 3 top-10 assist and points including a tie for the top in his Hart season. Their peaks were greater than anything Dino, Roberts or JR approached.

The thing about Dino is he crossed the arbitrary and mythical 600 goal barrier. Now that he and Andreychuk are in, it's clear 600 goals means you're a lock for the hall.

Good Call Professor!

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Eghad 1327 points

He also lives in Cherry Hills Colorado which I have never heard of. I had to look it up and now I know why I've never heard of it. It takes $200K plus a year to live there.

Here's a good list with 1000 point getters

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_N ... 000_points


Well on that note do the Sedin twins get in?

Sedin's are borderline. I'd guess their character/goodwill gets them in (opposite of Theo) plus the Hart, Lindsay and Art Ross for each is enough to just push them over the line. But they definitely should have to wait a few years for it to happen and if it doesn't happen I'll be okay with that as well. Like I said pretty borderline.

Bossy has harboured some animosity towards Wayne Gretzky and the Edmonton Oilers, stating that the Islanders got little recognition for their dynasty (1980–83) compared to the Canadiens (1976–79) or Oilers (1984–90). Bossy complained "I do a lot of promoting for how good [the Islanders] were...We never got one millionth of the recognition we should. We had a very low-key organization. They didn't want guys doing too much, because they thought the hockey might suffer. People don't talk about us in the first mention of great teams." [6] During Gretzky's interview with the New York Post in 1993, he praised Bossy as the best right-winger ever to play, saying that their scoring totals would have been even higher if the two had played together. (They nearly did; in the 1977 WHA Amateur Draft, Bossy was selected by the Indianapolis Racers, who one year later would become Gretzky's first pro team.) Bossy's response in the Post was not complimentary, as he pointed out that their playing styles were different, and also said that Trottier was the best centre in hockey. [7] Gretzky did not comment on that at the time; however, years later in his autobiography he reiterated that Bossy was a great player, but "I sure wouldn't want to ride in a cab with that guy."

Good Call Professor!

1,294 515 812 1,327 452

Eghad 1327 points

He also lives in Cherry Hills Colorado which I have never heard of. I had to look it up and now I know why I've never heard of it. It takes $200K plus a year to live there.

Sedin's are borderline. I'd guess their character/goodwill gets them in (opposite of Theo) plus the Hart, Lindsay and Art Ross for each is enough to just push them over the line. But they definitely should have to wait a few years for it to happen and if it doesn't happen I'll be okay with that as well. Like I said pretty borderline.