Hall of Fame inductees are in:
Ed Belfour - deserves this easily. Top ten goaltender of all time. I saw him play years ago when I saw a playoff game between the Stars and Oilers. Even with the entire crowd taunting him with Belfour Boppers, he was on the top of his game.
Doug Gilmour - deserves, but I don't know if he should have went before the likes of Pavel Bure and Eric Lindros
Joe Nieuwendyk - deserves this. Three Stanley Cups. Enough said.
Mark Howe - strange pick, in my opinion. There were stronger choices.
And for whatever reason, the Hall did not induct Pat Burns. What a fucking slap in the face. He should have been inducted while he was alive. The Hall didn't even induct any non-players this year.
Mark Howe has been deserving for a long, long time. The only reason he hasn't made it in is because his name is overshadowed by his father's and it takes away from his career accomplishments (I already stated this earlier in the '10/'11 thread, where I also stated his career accomplishments). Lindros and Bure will most likely get in, but Doug Gilmour won a Cup with the Flames and neither Bure nor Lindros ever won a Cup.
P.S. Here's the original statement (copied and pasted) I made about Mark Howe in the previous thread, maybe it'll help convince you that he belongs in the Hall:
I actually have a Whalers jersey. You can buy them at United Cycle here in Edmonton. There's a whole bunch of them.
I'm thinking of putting Mark Howe on the jersey with his number 5. He only played there for three seasons, but I think he's one of the best players of all-time who is not in the Hall of Fame and I think it's simply because he's been overshadowed by his father, Gordie. He has tremendous numbers in the NHL and the WHA and played in the Olympics (took home a silver medal) and a Canada Cup for Team USA and played in the '74 Summit Series for Team Canada (scoring six points in seven games). All anyone ever seems to remember him for is that he played on a forward line with his brother, Marty, and his father, Gordie, both with the Houston Aeros of the WHA and the Hartford Whalers, but he was actually a defenceman for most of his career, and a great one. The rest of his not-so-modest accomplishments:
1973 Memorial Cup MVP
1974 WHA Second All-Star Team
1974 WHA Rookie of the Year
1979 WHA First All-Star Team
1981 NHL All-Star
1983 NHL All-Star
1983 NHL First All-Star Team
1986 NHL All-Star
1986 NHL First All-Star Team
1987 NHL First All-Star Team
1988 NHL All-Star
P.S. There are a bunch of Jets and Nordiques jerseys at United Cycle too.
