NHL Hall of Fame: Who is Next?
With the draft, free agency and Hall of Fame inductions all wrapped up there really isn’t much to do in the NHL world right now. While the draft is can be analyzed day and night, the truth of the matter is, no one knows who the “winners” and “losers” are until about five years down the road, when we have some sort of idea of what type of players these teenagers actually become. In the end the greatest individual honor these draft picks can hope to attain is the honor that was bestowed upon Mark Messier, Ron Francis, Al MacInnis, and Scott Stevens as all were inducted into the Hall of Fame over the summer. All four quite deserved the honor and were “slam-dunk” type picks as the NHL strike and the resulting rule changes lead to a glut of players retiring during the time period. With the induction ceremony over it got me thinking, who among active players would one day be enshrined in Toronto? So I’ve decided to take a look at the candidates; since I think it’s a pointless endeavor to say
