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10. Dave Andreychuk

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Hockey Dave Andreychuk

If longevity and consistency is the key to the Hockey Hall of Fame, then sign up Dave Andreychuk to the Hall right now. Andreychuk is among career leaders in Games Played and Points Scored and in terms of scoring proficiency for a left winger, he has few peers. He excelled at the Power Play, where he maintains the career record for the most Power Play Goals of all time. The culmination of Andreychuk’s career was at the age of 40 he became the oldest player to ever make his Stanley Cup debut. Fortunately for him, he achieved the dream of any one who ever laced up the skates when he led the Tampa Bay Lightning to a Stanley Cup win. If there is a knock against Andreychuk it could be that he never dominated scored 100 points per season (although he did get 99 twice) and was only an All Star twice is in his extensive career. Dave Andreychuk may have never dominated any season, but when you have a career as extensive and fruitful as his was, it is a fairly small criticism.

 

 

 

 


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Country of Origin:

Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

 


Eligible Since:

2009

 


Position:

Left Wing

 


Played for:

Buffalo Sabres

Toronto Maple Leafs

New Jersey Devils

Boston Bruins

Colorado Avalanche

Tampa Bay Lightning

 


Major Accolades and Awards:

NHL All Star (1990, 1994)

Stanley Cup Ring (2004) Tampa Bay Lightning

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+1 #1 Ziggy Koole -0001-11-29 19:00
The biggest injustice in professional sports. He scored 640 goals and captained the Lightning(!) to a Stanley Cup Championship. If he isn't a hall of famer no one is.
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+1 #2 LeftOfTheDial -0001-11-29 19:00
One of only 3 Maple Leafs to ever score 50 plus goals in a season. Half of them standing in the blue ice, shoveling in garbage goals, but they all count! I wish some players nowadays would take a page out of Andreychuk' s book and just plant themselves there as well. I actually rooted for the Lighting to beat Calgary for the Cup to the dismay of my entire family and friends. I wanted to see the old man finally get to hoist one in his last kick at the can.
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0 #3 Tyson Ward 2013-04-13 17:57
I would say that Dave should not be as high on this list as he is but he certainly deserves to be in the HOF someday. You could argue that a guy like Steve Larmer has just the same odds, who also won a Stanley Cup near the end of his career, but decided to retire because he was not at the top of his game anymore and do other things with his life rather than balloon his stats. yet Steve not only did not play nearly as long, he also had more deep runs than Dave. Now guys who play for a long time I definitely think deserve extra consideration even if they do not have a great GPG or PPG, especially if they were as good as Dave at the top of his game. His totals are all no brainer numbers. But as far as WHEN he gets in, I just think there are so many guys who had better overall careers and the hall of fame seems to reward consistency over a specific period of time very often.
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