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Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction
I don't know if I could make a slam dunk case for Vernon to be honest. He was a great goalie, but I don't think he was ever considered the best in the league for any window of time when he played. He was often in the top 5, but he never won a Vezina or was a first team all-star.
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it seems like this might be a standard we only hold goalies to though? now I think the Vernon case for the HHOF is not a slam dunk- but I get the argument - especially because the HHOF seems to put a premium on playoffs and Stanleys and he did his part there and matched up well with the big dogs of his era (Fuhr, Roy)
but anyways to the statements above we could insert the names (all more or less contemporaries of Vernon) Federko, Nieuwendyk, Gartner, Anderson , Ciccarelli, Andreychuk, Carbonneau etc.....probably many others...now sure I could see the argument 'these guys shouldn't be in the HOF either- fair enough, but yet here we are at other positions guys who were never- or rarely - 2nd team allstars, or top 5 forwards, or major award winners are frequently in the Hall