I guess people unfamiliar with Fleury just focus on "sportsmanship" and "good character" totally ignoring the fact that he was a sexual abuse survivor who hadn't dealt with his abuse. You can't make any other argument given his numbers.
I was surprised to see Eric D. didn't vote for him. I wish the article had provided some reasoning for the votes.
To quote one of the comments below the article:
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Fleury scored about ~50 fewer points than Hossa in about ~210 fewer NHL games. He won a Cup and was over a point per game average in both regular season and playoffs--the only person to do so not in the HHOF. He paved a path for smaller, skilled forwards in the NHL.
I fail to see a merit-based argument as to why Fleury only gets one vote while Hossa gets 12, and while there are many current inductees who were worse hockey players, and several current inductees who were much worse human beings.
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