Hockey Hall of Fame 2012: Eric Lindros Belongs in the Hockey Hall of Fame

June 26th, 2012 by Trent Reinsmith Leave a reply »
The original prognostications for the 2012 Hockey Hall of Fame inductees were that only two players, Joe Sakic and Brendan Shanahan, were virtual locks for enshrinement. So, when Jim Gregory, co-Chairman of the Hockey Hall of Fame, announced that there would be four players inducted in the class of 2012, I jumped to the conclusion that two of them would be the aforementioned players while one of the others would have to be Eric Lindros. I was wrong times two.

When all was said and done, not only was Shanahan not inducted, but Lindros was once again passed over. Both deserved to be inducted in the class of 2012. While I could easily make the case for both players here, I will focus solely on making a case for Lindros’ induction.

First, the list of attributes a player must posses to be considered for induction into the Hall of Fame, “Playing ability, sportsmanship, character and their contribution to the team or teams and to the game of hockey in general.”

Playing ability, Lindros had that in spades. While he never played a full 82 game schedule during his car ...

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