The member selection committee meets on Wednesday to deliberate on the players that are eligible for induction. Fleury has been eligible for 12 years now.
https://www.tsn.ca/theoren-fleury-de...fame-1.1488299
Fleury, who turns 52 next week, is one of just 15 players in NHL history to average more than one point per game in both the regular season and the Stanley Cup playoffs. The other 14 are all enshrined in the Hall.
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"Graham was on me once or twice a week for the next two years. An absolute nightmare, every single day of my life, Fleury wrote in his book. I worried constantly. What should I do? How do I get out of this situation? What if somebody finds out? Will I go to hell for this? So when I was 16 years old and I took that first sip of alcohol, it was like, snap medicine. I was like Oh, this is gooood stuff.
Its not like I had a slow descent into alcoholism. I was an alcoholic as soon as I tried it. I had been weighed down by all the [bleep] that was happening to me, and suddenly none of it mattered. I was able to have fun. From that day on, drinking became something I could not live without, like oxygen or hockey."
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I know he is very polarizing but I believe Theo deserves a spot in the HHOF.