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Originally Posted by Diemenz
Really?
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Why not? There are worse players in the Hall of Fame.
Point per game player (exactly actually), 417 goals in 816 games, two world championship gold medals (he excels in that tournament), Bronze in Salt Lake, Rocket Richard Winner, etc. You'd be hard pressed to find a better goal scorer over the last decade. He has Buresque type numbers, and he's in the Hall of Fame. Maybe not as exciting to watch as Bure was in his heyday, but if he can add an Olympics Gold Medal and a another couple World Championship gold medals you could make a case he deserves to get in.
You know how many players have scored more goals than Kovalchuk since he entered the league? I believe just Hossa, and he might even have more now (third in goals in the 2000's behind Jagr and Hossa). The dude most definitely was a prolific goal scorer, even if he retires now.