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Originally Posted by Huntingwhale
Brind'amour and Lehtinen are interesting cases. 5 Selke's between them, but are they really HOF players? Can you honestly say they are 2 of the greatest players of all time, which is what the HOF is reserved for? Same with Kariya, Blake and Tkachuk. I just don't see any of them as part of that group that could be labelled as the best ever. Then again, you could make the argument that with all those Selke's, they are certainly among the best defensive forwards ever. But best ever?
Chelios, Niedermayer are locks for sure. Zubov IMO might make it one day, definitely one of the most underrated defenseman ever.
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Before Datsyuk there was Jere Lehtinen. He has a cup, three selkes and was seriously the best two way forward in the game before Datsyuk took over. He deserves it for sure. Brindamour is a guy I can see getting in a few more years.