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When a major athlete retires from a major North American sports league, we always pay attention.  As such, the retirement of Henrik Lundqvist is major to us, and worth a dissection of the Swedish legend’s career.   From Sweden, Lundqvist was drafted by the New York Rangers in 2000, which would be the only NHL team he ever played for.   On Broadway, Lundqvist amasses a record of 459-310-96 and a 2.43 GAA and won the Vezina in 2012 with a GAA of 2.43.  In addition to his Vezina, from 2006 to 2014, he finished in the top six for that hardware, and was…

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 Chicago Bulls. As for all of our top 50 players in basketball we look at the following:  1.  Advanced Statistics. 2.  Traditional statistics and how they finished in the NBA.  3.  Playoff accomplishments. 4.  Their overall…

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.  We have a new one to unveil today, that of the Toronto Maple Leafs.  Formed in 1917 as the Toronto Arenas, the team would become a member of the "Original Six" and win the Stanley Cup in the NHL's first year.  Renaming themselves the Toronto St. Patricks in 1919, they won their second title in 1922.  In 1927, they made their third and final name change, that to the Toronto Maple Leafs. Toronto…

Football lost a legend as Dick Schafrath passed away today at the age of 84. Stepping in from Ohio State with the Cleveland Browns, Schafrath maintained the high level that coaches expected at the position of Left Tackle.  He protected the weak side brilliantly but used his powerful frame to create holes for Cleveland backs.  In fact, on eight occasions, Cleveland Browns’ Running Backs won the rushing title with Schafrath anchoring the left side. The former Buckeye helped Cleveland win the 1964 NFL Championship. We here at Notinhalloffame.com would like to extend our condolences to the fans, friends and family…

Regular visitors of Notinhalloffame.com know that we are slowly working on the top 50 of every major team in the NHL, NBA, NFL and MLB.  Once that is done, we intend to look at how each team honor their past players, coaches and executives.  As such, it is news to us that Philadelphia Eagles have announced two new members to their franchise Hall of Fame, Tra Thomas and Jon Runyan. Thomas was a 1998 First Round Pick (11th Overall) from Florida State who immediately won the starting job at Left Tackle.  Named to the Pro Bowl three times (2001, 2002 & 2004), Turner stayed…