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Forum: Armchair-GMAug. 17, 2023 at 10:54 p.m.
Thread: hof players re-do
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Timmins_Is_Eating_Tims</b></div><div>What pisses me off the most is that Mogilny, Tkachuk, Gonchar, Cujo, Brind a'mour and even though he kind of was boosted by gretzky but Bernie Nichols aren't in the hall of fame but Barraso and Clark Gilles are in the hall of fame. I would have said Kevin Lowe doesn't deserve to be in the Hall but he has 6 cups</div></div>

While I agree with you on most of those, Tom Barrasso 100% belongs in the HoF and should have been inducted earlier. The one thing that held him back all these years was his contentious relationship with the media, many of whom are still HoF votes. He graduated high-school and was in the NHL 6 months later where he won the Calder and Vezina as a teenager (he turned 19 the day before the regular season ended), completely unheard of. Add two Stanley Cups, an Olympic Silver Medal, most points by an NHL goalie (48), most playoff wins by an American goalie (61), a Jennings trophy, a First Team All-Star and two Second Team All-Stars. Also, his win percentage is right up there with Cujo, but he has more hardware, so if you think Cujo deserves it, Barrasso does as well.

But I totally agree, fact that Mogilny isn't in is absolutely ridiculous.
Forum: Armchair-GMJul. 18, 2021 at 8:51 p.m.
Thread: Avalanche 2021 Offseason
I have a hard time envisioning Gabe leaving Colorado and going to a team offering him the $9-10m that his agent has stated when the vast majority of the teams who can afford that, without hurting the rest of their current roster or future, aren’t contenders when Colorado very much is. He was mentored by Milan who spent his entire career in Colorado, his GM is Joe who spent his entire career there and all signs indicate he loves the locker room. Sakic lowballed with the $5.5 offer because of the RNH contract (not saying that’s comparable at all) but I’m confident they’ll meet in the middle between the $5.5-10m around where I’ve projected.

For EJ, Pat Brisson, his agent, came out a month or so ago stating that Erik’s still dealing with post-concussion symptoms from the January 30, 2021 injury against Minnesota. He’s spent most of this year completely away from the team (not even using the facilities), mainly at his second home in southern Cali trying to cope with the injuries. For the symptoms to be around for this long with no promising progress I don’t picture seeing him leaving LTIR for the coming season. I would love it if he could because he’ll bring that steady vet presence on the backend and would give us three solid pairings as well as his grit and penalty killing expertise that we will be missing with Gravy gone