Who makes the HOF ballot, and who misses out?

[Victor 10,938]

It's nearly Hall of Fame ballot time as we approach the mid-season mark of Season 95 and as I sometimes like to do, here are my musings on the new candidates to be added to the ballot.
 

G – Lachlan Summers

This is not just a slam dunk ballot addition, this is someone I expect will receive 100% of votes for a first-ballot induction. I'll save the listing of the accolades until the inevitable induction post but Summers was head and shoulders above his generation and the best goalie we've seen in decades, since Kallis Kriketers retired in S70 if not even further back.
 

C – The Frenchman

After his big S92 when he won his cup and led the league in scoring I thought OrbitingDeath had done it again. But S93 was only as good and S94 was a disappointment, so I suspect The Frenchman will linger around on the ballot for a while. But he will make it, he kinda has to after narrowly beating Nico Pearce to be the top scorer out of the 9-season guys and Pearce is still on the ballot.
 

RW – Leonard Triller

I debated this one for a while. Triller actually matched Frenchman's point-per-game pace in a wonderful 7-season first-gen career. And he was undoubtedly a big part of London's mini-dynasty and their 3 runs to the finals, probably second only to Teno in terms of importance. But you have to be spectacular to make it off 7 seasons and I think Triller's peak was just below that. Bonafide Hall of Very Good.
 

G – Joel Castle

Ended Toronto's cup drought in some style in S91. But like his predecessor in the Legion net, Oskar Lindbergh, who finally had his one crowning season in Calgary, Castle just doesn't have the overall body of work to make it. Murdock and Wallob are probably his most comparable peers and they didn't get a HOF shout so sadly neither will Castle.

[Gustav 6,405]

4 hours ago, Victor said:

Bonafide Hall of Very Good