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Monday, December 12, 2011
Minimum number of years for immortality
After how many years would you put someone in the Hall of Fame? Ken Dryden for example played seven full seasons (plus an 8th year in the playoffs). He retired at his peak. He’s in the Hall of Fame. He was 1st or 2nd team all-star six times.
Bobby Orr won the best defenseman award in 8 of his 9 full seasons. He’s not only in the Hall of Fame, but considered one of the 4 best players of all time. His last full-season was at the age of 27.
Guy Lafleur had a fairly long career, but only six of those seasons were of high-caliber (all as 1st-team all-star), with the rest of his career being a very good, but not great, kind of player. I think if he retired after his last great season, he’s still have made the Hall of Fame.
After how many years would Gretzky have been enshrined? Five?
And so we have Sidney Crosby, who has a chance to have concussion knock him out permanently from the NHL. Including the playoffs, he’s played almost five full seasons. How much more does he need to do? Six? Seven? (Ovechkin, his peer, has played nearly 7 full seasons including playoffs. Is he in right now?)
How many Pedro, RJ, Clemens, or Maddux years would you need? Do you need the filler seasons? What about Doc and Pujols? Allegations aside, are the 4 Bonds years enough (ala Gretzky)?
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