A look at the retiring S63 players

[Victor 11,021]

It's the last season in the VHL for probably, so far, the most individually successful draft class of the 60s – S63. No one who retired last season is a guarantee for the Hall of Fame, while Smitty Werbenjagermanjensen and Rayz Funk are the only two younger players with that HOF vibe about them. S63 in the meantime has a lot of strong candidates, and with half the season gone, are they helping or hindering their case so far?
 

Julian Borwinn @Jubo07

Firmly in the race for the third top scorer win of his career, Borwinn is also just 31 points off 700 career points. Generally, that's just below the mark where you become certain of a HOF place, but only two players have hit 700 out of players whose careers started after S60 – Podrick Cast and Matt Thompson. Considering the era and his trophy case, Borwinn should be a shoe-in.
 

Kallis Kriketers @hedgehog337

As a recent trivia question revealed, all goalies with 300+ career wins are in the HOF. Last week, Kriketers became the 11th goalie in VHL history to join that club. His final season in D.C. isn't really helping his case, but with 3 Shaws, 4 Cleganes, and that era-transcending S69, he will probably get the call alongside Borwinn, playoffs be damned.
 

Joseph McWolf @McWolf

He's not having his best season, but McWolf is still just about in the mix to get 8 straight 200-hit and 100-shot block seasons. That puts him in very niche territory – with 500+ points significantly ahead of the decent guys like Jordan Berglund, Jack Sound, and James Lefevre, but behind the big names like David Walcott, Fabio Jokinen, and Japinder Singh. Given how hard it is for defencemen to score these days, McWolf probably gets in sooner rather than later.

 

Everyone else

After that, it gets a bit muddled. Ryan Kastelic @Enorama, Dan Wilinsky @oilmandan, and Tzuyu @tfong have been remarkably consistent for their whole careers but never quite broke out into superstar territory. Likewise for Alexander Pepper @Sonnet, a star in S66 but currently on pace to be that first 300-win goalie outside the HOF. Randoms @hedgehog337 might just end his career with 2 straight Scott Boulet Trophies but it was probably too late a surge.

[hedgehog337 3,483]

Moscow's Randoms is surely a decent one. idk if that pace could've been enough for HoF though

[Victor 11,021]

2 minutes ago, hedgehog337 said:

Moscow's Randoms is surely a decent one. idk if that pace could've been enough for HoF though

In today's VHL, 80+ points every season + Scott Boulet Trophies = definitely. You'll be in the Moscow Hall of Fame, the only HOF that matters.

[McWolf 3,116]

59 minutes ago, Victor said:

He's not having his best season, but McWolf is still just about in the mix to get 8 straight 200-hit and 100-shot block seasons.

8 straight 60-point seasons too. Only dman ever to reach the 3 marks 8 times. Second most was Ryan Sullivan with 5 such seasons.

[oilmandan 688]

Let’s face it, Wilinsky sucks

[Victor 11,021]

8 minutes ago, oilmandan said:

Let’s face it, Wilinsky sucks

he is consistent af

[Esso2264 774]

man S64 retirees are gonna look like pee wee players