2012 Hall of Fame Class

[Peter D.]

Tomorrow the inductees for this year will be announced.

This year is of particular interest to us Leaf fans as Sundin is on the ballot for the first time, along with Sakic, Shanahan and Roenick.  Holdovers such as Bure, Lindros, Mogilny and Andreychuk will have another shot. 

Who do you think gets in?

My guess: Sakic and Shanahan are shoo-ins, Sundin does get in as well on the 1st ballot, and Bure rounds it out.

 

[bustaheims]

I'm gonna say Sakic, Shannahan, Sundin and that's it.

 

[Kin]

Sakic and Shanahan are shoo-ins. I doubt Sundin goes because the committee are morons who'll be busy trying to find another Flames co-owner to honor.

 

[ZBBM]

Some years ago I remember offering to bet one of the Sundin-haters $100 that he gets in on the first ballot.  The guy never replied.  We'll soon see if I would have won the bet.

 

[Boston Leaf]

Id say Sakic 1st.. Adam Oates 2 and then Pat Burns..

 

[Peter D.]

Some years ago I remember offering to bet one of the Sundin-haters $100 that he gets in on the first ballot.  The guy never replied.  We'll soon see if I would have won the bet.

He gets in...it's a Toronto bias.  He gets left out...it's an anti-Toronto bias. 

 

[Kin]

He gets in...it's a Toronto bias.  He gets left out...it's an anti-Toronto bias.

I know it's a joke but I would love to see the person who claimed that there was a pro-Toronto bias in HHOF voting after Pat Burns and Dave Andreychuk both had to wait while Dino Ciccarelli went in.

 

[bustaheims]

I know it's a joke but I would love to see the person who claimed that there was a pro-Toronto bias in HHOF voting after Pat Burns and Dave Andreychuk both had to wait while Dino Ciccarelli went in.

Hooray for cognitive dissonance!

 

[Corn Flake]

Sundin, Sakic, Bure and Oates are in.

SUNDIIIIN!!!!

@theScoreTicker Joe Sakic, Adam Oates, Mats Sundin and Pavel Bure have been elected into the Hockey Hall of Fame.

 

[Peter D.]

I'm surprised Shanahan didn't get in!

MATS!  I'm going to shed tears through his ceremony.  :'(

 

[BlueWhiteBlood]

Sundin, Sakic, Bure and Oates are in.

SUNDIIIIN!!!!

@theScoreTicker Joe Sakic, Adam Oates, Mats Sundin and Pavel Bure have been elected into the Hockey Hall of Fame.

Cool, first ballot. Very happy for him.

 

[Heroic Shrimp]

He gets in...it's a Toronto bias.  He gets left out...it's an anti-Toronto bias.

I know it's a joke but I would love to see the person who claimed that there was a pro-Toronto bias in HHOF voting after Pat Burns and Dave Andreychuk both had to wait while Dino Ciccarelli went in.

A rejected Dino was more likely to attack HOF voters with a hockey stick.  Personal safety trumps HOF merit.

 

[Kin]

Sundin, Sakic, Bure and Oates are in.

SUNDIIIIN!!!!

@theScoreTicker Joe Sakic, Adam Oates, Mats Sundin and Pavel Bure have been elected into the Hockey Hall of Fame.

I might have gone Shanahan over Oates or Bure but can't complain too much if that's the case.

 

[Heroic Shrimp]

I'm surprised Shanahan didn't get in!

Wait a second, Sundin got in but Shanahan didn't...?  Hahahaha!

 

[bustaheims]

Definitely surprised about Shanahan. I definitely would have taken him over Bure and probably Oates as well.

 

[maplesyrup]

I'd have had Shanny over Bure (though Bure deserves to be there too) but the important thing is WAY TO GO MATS! Er, Make that "First ballot Hall of Famer Mats." WOOHOO!

 

[Peter D.]

Definitely surprised about Shanahan. I definitely would have taken him over Bure and probably Oates as well.

I thought he was a shoo-in.  Even ahead of Mats. 

 

[BlueWhiteBlood]

Quite the day for Adam Oates.

 

[Kin]

I thought he was a shoo-in.  Even ahead of Mats.

I agree, given the committee's past fetishism for cup winners but on merit? Sundin by a mile.

 

[bustaheims]

I thought he was a shoo-in.  Even ahead of Mats.

Yeah, though, I guess I see Sundin over Shanny more than the other guys. Shanny was a smaller part of his teams than Mats - especially the national teams he was a part of.