If Pinder and Boomer scoffed at his induction, then really they are rather dumb.
Makarov was one of the world's premier players - right up there with the best of his era, including Gretzky, Messier and a bunch of other HOFs from that era.
Just because the majority of his career was played on the international stage shouldn't in any way make him any less of a worthy inductee. To scoff at it, is to show absolutely nothing but ignorance.
The guy came over to North America to play in the NHL disinterested and past his prime, especially during an era that was still very much 'training camp is when players get in shape', with guys like Tim Hunter being radicals in how they approached training, and yet still put up rather spectacular numbers and made everyone he played with better.
Makarov was - without a doubt - one of the most accomplished and most talented players to ever put on skates. It has been a huge injustice to have him wait this long to get inducted. Pinder and Boomer need to realize it is the damn Hockey Hall of Fame, not the NHL Hall of Fame, and there is nothing to do but loudly applaud one of history's all-tiime greats entering the hall.
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