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The Hockey Futures are Updated

Oct 28, 2014

You may have noticed that we here at Notinhalloffame.com only post Hockey players whom are still active in our futures list. The main reason for that is that the Hockey Hall of Fame inducts players three years after their retirement as opposed to the five used by Football, Baseball and Basketball, thus rendering us looking a little further ahead in this winter sport than the others.

As such, we have updated our TBD (To be determined) list of those to consider for the Hockey Hall of Fame. These men, and with all die respect to them, are players who are clearly on the downswing of their career and are likely to retire within the next five years.

The players we have added are as follows:

Andrei Markov, two-time All Star with the Montreal Canadians.

Daniel Briere, a two time All Star currently with the Colorado Avalanche.

Eric Brewer, a one time All Star and member of the 2002 Canadian Olympic Gold Medal winning team.

Jarome Iginla, longtime star of the Canadian National Team, six time All Star, three time First Team All Star, one time Art Ross Trophy winner and two time Rocket Richard winner.

Olli Jokinen, a four time participant with Finland in the Olympics and one time NHL All Star.

Roberto Luongo, a two time Gold Medalist with Team Canada and two time Second Team All Star.

Zdeno Chara, a member of the Boston Bruins 2011 Stanley Cup Champions and former Norris Trophy winner and three time First Time All Star.

This is in addition to those who already there which includes:

Dan Boyle, a two time Second Team All Star Defenceman and a 2004 Stanley Cup winner with the Tampa Bay Lightning.

Daniel Alfredsson, a six time All Star and recipient of the 1996 Calder Trophy and 2006 Olympic Gold Medalist with Sweden.

Ed Jovanovski, a Gold Medalist with Canada in the Olympics and five time All Star.

Evgeni Nabokov, the 2001 Calder Trophy winner and First Team All Star in 2008.

Jaormir Jagr, a former Hart Trophy winner and five time NHL scoring champion.

Kimmo Timonen, a Finnish Defenceman who was a former four time NHL All Star Game participant.

Lubomir Visnovsky, a Slovakian Defenceman who once was named a Second Team All Star.

Martin Brodeur, a current Free Agent and winner of two Olympic Gold Medals, three Stanley Cups and four Vezina Trophies.

Martin St. Louis, a former Stanley Cup winner with Tampa and the winner of one Hart Trophy, two Art Ross Trophies and three Lady Byngs.

Nikolai Khabibulin, a current Free Agent and four time All Star.

Patrick Elias, a career New Jersey Devil who won two Stanley Cups, made three All Star Teams and is a one time First Team All Star.

Ray Whitney, a current Free Agent who is a former Stanley Cup Champion with Carolina and a two time All Star.

Sergei Gonchar, a former Stanley Cup winner with Pittsburgh and a two time Second Team All Star.

Shane Doan, a two time All Star and the 2010 recipient of the King Clancy Award.

Tim Thomas, a current Free Agent who is a four time All Star, one time Vezina Trophy winner and Stanley Cup and Conn Smythe winner for Boston in 2011.

Todd Bertuzzi, a current Free Agent and former First Team All Star.

Tomas Vokoun, who is currently out with an injury and is a former tow time All Star.

Everything above can be found here.

As always, we encourage you to take a look and cast your votes for the new entries.

Country Music HOF Inducts Ronnie Milsap

Oct 27, 2014

Published in Not in Hall of Fame News

Tonight the Country Music Hall of Fame officially inducted their latest class, which was headlined by Ronnie Milsap, Bluegrass legend Mac Wiseman and the late songwriter, Hank Cochran.

Milsap, a classically trained artist with Appalachian roots, got his start with Elvis Presley and would become of the most successful Country Musicians of all time. Milsap, whose broad spectrum of influences allowed him to have significant crossover success on both the Pop and Jazz and scored an astonishing 40 #1 songs on the Country Music Charts.

Virginia born Mac Wiseman first became known in the industry by playing with industry legends, The Foggy Bottom Boys and Bill Monroe. Striking out on his own Wiseman would become very successful and would become somewhat of a cult figure in the genre.

Hank Cochran was inducted to the Country Music Hall of Fame posthumously. His best known work was penning Patsy Cline’s “I Fall to Pieces” and Ray Price’s “Make the World Go Away”.

We would like to congratulate the Country Music Hall of Fame, which in the past couple of years has elevated its already strong presence.

2016 and 2017 Hockey Futures Updated

Oct 27, 2014

Published in Not in Hall of Fame News

We continue our expansion here at Notinhalloffame.com, and part of that is updating our existing futures on the Hockey Section.

As such, we have added a pair of players that we missed that warrant some Hall of Fame consideration who may be worth your vote and/or your opinions.

Added to the 2016 is Vinny Prospal, a former Centre with 765 career NHL Points. Prospal joins Jose Theodore, Milan Hejduk, Roman Hamrlik and Ziggy Palffy.

You can cast your votes on these players here.

Added to the 2017 Hockey Futures is Petr Nedved. He joins Ryan Smyth and Miroslav Satan.

You can cast your votes on these players here.

As always, we thank you for your support and encourage you to take a look and cast your votes.

RIP: Jack Bruce

Oct 26, 2014

Published in Not in Hall of Fame News

The musical world lost perhaps its greatest bass player when it was announced that Jack Bruce died today at the age of 71. Bruce was best known as a member of the late 1960’s power trio, Cream, which included Eric Clapton and Ginger Baker.

Bruce would first cut his teeth in the early 60’s where he first gained attention with the Graham Bond Organization, an electric blues outfit that also included drummer, Ginger Baker. Bruce would leave the band to join John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers, an outfit that also had Eric Clapton. Shortly after, in 1966, he would become a part of Manfred Mann and enjoy to date the most success (commercially speaking anyway) of his career, however the best was yet to come.

With Baker and Calpton, Jack Bruce formed Cream, a band that is commonly referred to do in the annals of Rock and Roll History as the first “Supergroup”. Cream amalgamated all they had learned from Blues Rock, Jazz Rock and combined it with the contemporary Psychedelic sound, and the trio churned out four albums (Fresh Cream, Disraeli Gears, Wheels of Fire & Goodbye) in a three year time span; all of which were highly acclaimed efforts and spawned hit singles, many of which were sung by Bruce.

The band’s heavier sound helped usher in precursors to Heavy Metal, and Hard Rock stars of the 1970’s, and though they were only together for a few years the impact of Cream was undeniable.

After 1968, the three members of Cream all went their separate ways, and Bruce would put out over a dozen solo albums, and though his solo efforts were not as impactful as his work with Cream, he remained a certifiable musical legend and one of the most respected in his craft.

Cream would enter the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1993, and would reunite on stage for the first time in twenty-five years where they performed “Sunshine of Your Love” and “White Room”, two of their biggest hits. They would reform for a brief spell in 2005.

We would like to extend our condolences to the friends and family of Jack Bruce.