With the HOF inductees waiting to find out their fate, here are my 5 picks to be selected:
Adam Oates:
Oates also deserves serious consideration; his 1,420 career points are the highest of any eligible player not yet in the HOF. Oates is probably the best setup man of his era not named Gretzky, an absolute assist machine, and while its not the glamour stat that goals are, just take a look at the stat dropoff his ex linemates had once he was traded away
Pavel Bure:
Bure was the most electrifying goal scorer on the planet in his heyday. Yes, a serious of knee injuries limited the duration of his greatness, but you can't tell us there was a more dynamic goal scorer in the NHL than the Russian Rocket, especially when he put together back-to-back 60-goal seasons in 1992-93 and 1993-94 with the Vancouver Canucks.
Dave Andreychuk
640 career goals, 13th all-time in NHL history? Enough said! This should be the easiest decision of the NHL!
Doug Gilmore
During his NHL career, Gilmour played for 7 NHL clubs: the St. Louis Blues, Calgary Flames, Toronto Maple Leafs, New Jersey Devils, Chicago Blackhawks, Buffalo Sabres and Montreal Canadiens, serving as Captain for Calgary, Toronto and Chicago. Gilmour won a Stanley Cup with the Flames in 1989,[1] and the Frank J. Selke Trophy as the NHL's best defensive forward while with the Maple Leafs in 1993.[2] He has been dubbed "Killer" for his physical play despite his small stature. He led Toronto to two Conference Finals, and won a CUP with Calgary
Rick Middleton* As a Bruins fan, this is long overdue!
His best season was the 1981–82 season, during which Middleton scored a career high 51 goals, won the Lady Byng Trophy for excellence and sportsmanship, and was named to the NHL's Second All-Star Team. The following season he led the Bruins to the league's best regular season record, and set still unbroken records that year for the most points scored in the playoffs by a player not advancing to the finals (33) and for a single playoff series (19, in the quarterfinals against Buffalo). His 105 points in the 1983–84 season tied Ken Hodge's team record for most points scored in a season by a right winger, and remains unbroken. 448 goals, 540 assists, 988 points!
First-year eligible players
Goalies
Ed Belfour
Jocelyn Thibault
Non-goalies
Stu Barnes
Mariusz Czerkawski
Andrew Cassels
Dallas Drake
Travis Green
Claude Lapointe
Martin Lapointe
Trevor Linden
Richard Matvichuk
Glen Murray
Mattias Norstrom
Yanic Perreault
Geoff Sanderson
Scott Thornton
Eric Weinrich
Glen Wesley
Other eligible players
Players who have at least 400 NHL goals or 1,000 NHL points, won six Stanley Cups or two Canada/World Cup titles or have won a World Championship, Canada/World Cup and Stanley Cup; the goalies have played at least 500 NHL regular-season games and have won over 250 NHL games or recorded 50 or more NHL shutouts.
Goalies
Tom Barrasso
Don Beaupre
Dan Bouchard
Sean Burke
Lorne Chabot
Ron Hextall
Kelly Hrudey
Arturs Irbe
Dave Kerr
Mike Liut
Andy Moog
Gilles Meloche
Felix Potvin
Mike Richter
John Ross Roach
Tommy Salo
Rogie Vachon
John Vanbiesbrouck
Mike Vernon
Non-goalies
Tony Amonte
Dave Andreychuk
Ralph Backstrom
Matthew Barnaby
Brian Bellows
Peter Bondra
Pavel Bure
Dino Ciccarelli
Vincent Damphousse
Eric Desjardins
Ray Ferraro
Doug Gilmour
Alexei Gusarov
Larry Hillman
Phil Housley
Dale Hunter
Tomas Jonsson
Valeri Kamensky
Steve Larmer
John LeClair
Eric Lindros
Hakan Loob
Kevin Lowe
John MacLean
Shawn McEachern
Scott Mellanby
Rick Middleton
Alexander Mogilny
Mats Naslund
Bernie Nichols
Joe Nieuwendyk
Adam Oates
John Ogrodnick
Fredrik Olausson
Brian Propp
Claude Provost
Stephane Richer
Mike Ricci
Bobby Smith
Brent Sutter
Jean-Guy Talbot
Dave Taylor
Steve Thomas
Rick Tocchet
Pierre Turgeon
Garry Unger
Rick Vaive
Pat Verbeek
Scott Young
Notable women players
Shirley Cameron
Cassie Campbell
Geraldine Heaney
Dawn McGuire
Manon Rheaume
Fran Rider
France St. Louis
List from Cross Check Blog
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Christopher Dalton
Boston Bruins Nation
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