One of the few stars left yet to be enshrined from the “old time hockey era”, Larry Aurie was a master of the penalty kill and was dubbed the “The Little Rag Man” for his entertaining puck handling while shorthanded. Famed Red Wings owner James Norris dubbed the diminutive (he was only 5 ft 6) as the heart and soul of the Red Wings. He may have been one of the smallest NHL players, but he was also one of its toughest. Had Aurie not suffered a severe leg injury in 1937, his career totals would have likely been much higher as he never did recover properly. His number #6 was retired by the Red Wings but has been inconspicuously omitted from the rafters in Detroit’s home arena. Perhaps, if he was posthumously honored in Toronto, he would properly be honored in Detroit as well.

Dave Kerr began his National Hockey League career with the Montreal Maroons, the New York Americans and he went back to the Maroons but was traded by the cash strapped team to the New York Rangers where he would become one of the top Goalies in the last half of the 1930’s and early 40’s.  Kerr would be named a Second Team All Star in 1938, and in 1940 he would have the best year of his career where he was a First Team All-Star, the Vezina Trophy winner and took the Rangers would become the Stanley Cup Champions.

Don Beaupre may have lost more games than he won, but considering he played two seasons for a horrific Ottawa Senators expansion team early in his career, perhaps we can cut him some slack on that one.

A top player for the Hartford Whalers, Kevin Dineen twice scored 40 goals and was clearly one of the better players in the NHL during the late ’80s. Dineen also had a good run with the Flyers through the following decade. He was clearly a good player who had very good moments but he was not labeled a great one. Had his run as a very good player lasted longer than his Whalers run, he might have a better shot than he currently does, but considering he had a nineteen-year career with over 700 points Kevin Dineen had a career to be proud of.