Which current players are HHOF bound?

[Josh]

Lecavalier and St. Louis obviously, (but that just might be the bias talking since I'm a Lightning fan) but Jagr is a no brainer, Lidstrom, Brodeur, pretty much everyone that has been listed. I would also throw in Zdeno Chara as well, mostly because of the hardest shot competition and some of his accomplishments off the ice.

[sharkattack]

Datsyuk, Jagr, Lidstrom, Kolvalchuk, Brodeur, Shanny

[iidaemmi]

Brodeur
Lidstrom
Jagr
Modano
Selanne
Shanahan


Harri

[flemingc04]

Of active hockey players, I would expect the following will get in the HHOF:
Brodeur
Lidstrom
Recchi
Hasek (KHL)
Selanne
Jagr (KHL)
Modanno
Iginla
Thornton
Forsberg (SWE/NHL)

A few honorable mentions of active players that I think could still make it (I'm not including younger players like Crosby):
Chara
Luongo
Thomas (I don't see how he can get in based on 1 or 2 incredible years)
Foote (might be on the list of eligible players for quite a while)
Weight (similar to Foote, could be waiting quite a while)
Heatley

[Bostonfan46]

Bruins: Recchi for sure

Thomas, if he can win one more cup and one more vezina

[Syncope]

I would love to see Cam Ward in the hall, its a bit of a stretch but one can hope.

[qualum23]

Brodeur
Forsberg
Lidstrom
Hasek
Pronger
Niedermayer - Scott
Recchi
Jagr
Thornton
Iginla
Rob Blake
Modano
Selanne
Gary Roberts
Keith Tkachuk

Other names - Doug Weight?, Alex Kovalev?, Daniel Alfredsson?, Ray Whitney?, Eric Lindros?

[dtab316]

Rob Blake and Scotty Neidermayer are names that very well could end up in the Hall. However, some of you mentioned names that are already retired (Shanny, Forsberg, etc.)
Tim Thomas I don't see going in as of this point. Granted he has a Vezina and a cup win, but Tom Barasso has 2 cup wins, as well as a Vezina and a Calder as an 18 year-old and he's not in.
The Sedin twins? They've been around what? 10-12 years now. I'll give you that they are very dominate right now, but....
Chara could be in there, but between him and Pronger, I'd say Pronger.

I'm also surprised that no one mentioned Paul Kariya. I know that he just retired, but...

[dtab316]

If Mark Howe can make it to the HHOF I think there's no doubt Henrik Sedin, Daniel Sedin, Tim Thomas, Martin Brodeur, Nick Lidstrom...Guys like this should all be locks in this case, maybe Kesler if he continues the way he has the past couple of years.

Again, just MODO, Mark howe was one of the best offensive d-men during his time. Had he played his entire career in the NHL and not the WHA early on, he would easily be in the top 10 of d-men scoring.

[dtab316]

Also mentioning Recchi and Jagr, think about this.

The 91 Pens team that wont their first cup had this on thier team.
Mario
Coffey
Jagr
Recchi
Ron Francis
Joe Mullen
Larry Murphy
Brian Trottier
"Badger" Bob Johnson (Coach)
Scotty Bowman (Player Personnel)

Imagine how many cups they could have won if Badger Bob hadn't died after that season.