Yes, we know that this is taking a while!

As many of you know, we here at Notinhalloffame.com are slowly generating the 50 of each major North American sports team.  That being said, we have existing Top 50 lists out and we always consistently look to update them when we can and based on necessity.  As such, we are very happy to present our pre-2021-22 revision of our top 50 New Jersey Devils.

As for all of our top 50 players in hockey we look at the following: 

1.  Advanced Statistics.

2.  Traditional statistics and how they finished in the NHL. 

3.  Playoff accomplishments.

4.  Their overall impact on the team and other intangibles not reflected in a stat sheet.

Please note, that this is our first revision, reflective of the last year.

With the Devils being a weak team in 2020-21, very little changed, and the top five remains the same as last year.

1. Martin Brodeur

2. Scott Stevens

3. Scott Niedermayer

4. Patrik Elias

5. Ken Daneyko

You can find the entire list here.

The only change is Kyle Palmieri, inching up one spot to #25. He was traded during the season last year to the New York Islanders.

We welcome your input and comments and as always, we thank you for your support.

Yes, we know that this is taking a while!

As many of you know, we here at Notinhalloffame.com are slowly generating the 50 of each major North American sports team.  That being said, we have existing Top 50 lists out and we always consistently look to update them when we can and based on necessity.  As such, we are very happy to present our pre-2021-22 revision of our top 50 Pittsburgh Penguins.

As for all of our top 50 players in hockey we look at the following: 

1.  Advanced Statistics.

2.  Traditional statistics and how they finished in the NHL. 

3.  Playoff accomplishments.

4.  Their overall impact on the team and other intangibles not reflected in a stat sheet.

Please note, that this is our first revision in in the last two years, and it has generated two new entries, and some slight elevations.

As always, we present our top five immediately, and there is a new #5.

1. Mario Lemieux

2. Sidney Crosby

3. Jaromir Jagr

4. Evgeni Malkin

5. Kris Letang

You can find the entire list here.

Letang overtook Marc-Andre Fleury for the #5 slot, and Crosby and Malkin, who are still with Pittsburgh notably stayed in the same spots.

Current Center, Jake Guentzel, enters at #29.  While this seems like a very high debut for a player who has yet to appear as an All-Star, it reflects the drop off after #20 on this list in terms of Penguins accomplishments.

Patric Hornqvist, who was traded to Florida last September, moved up to spots to #30.

The second new addition is Goalie, Matt Murray, who won two Stanley Cups, at #38.  He is now with Ottawa.

We welcome your input and comments and as always, we thank you for your support.

When we first launched Notinhalloffame.com over a decade ago, it was always an intention of ours to eventually look at those who should be considered for the Country Music Hall of Fame.  Thanks to Aaron Freeman, we now have that section!

Aaron provided to us the top 25 in both Modern and Veteran categories, and we are positive that when you click through those who have not yet been inducted, you will be amazed by the legendary names who have yet to enter these hallowed halls.

We invite you to take a look at these new sections, and we welcome your input.

Usually, Goalies are not unsung heroes in Stanley Cup wins, but a case could be made that Matt Murray falls into this category.

Murray toiled in the minors for two years before he was called up late in the 2015-16 Season, and he logged almost all of the minutes in between the pipes during the Penguins Stanley Cup win.  The Penguins also had Marc-Andre Fleury, who was arguably the better Goalie, but he was injured, and Murray looked like he was a superstar on the rise, though it was Sidney Crosby and company that gained the bulk of the attention.

Although he was already a Stanley Cup Champion, Murray was Calder eligible, finishing fourth for the honor and securing an All-Rookie nod with a 2.41 GAA and .923 Save Percentage, his best year in Pittsburgh.  The Penguins again repeated as Stanley Cup Champions, though he shared netminding duties with Fleury in their repeat.

Despite his youth, Murray seemed to regress and dealt with concussion issues.  After two more years in Pittsburgh, Murray was traded to the Ottawa Senators.  As a Penguin, Murray won two Cups, and had a very good record of 117-53-19.