Aside from Smitty, Can Any S65 Player Make the Hall?

[Renomitsu 934]

At least one player from the Season 65 class is destined for the hall – namely one Smitty Werbenjagermanjensen, whose S68-70 trophy cabinet is more decorated than the entire careers of most first forward lines + defensive pairs combined on individual teams. Any defenseman that can take home the Slobodzian Trophy in this environment – where high-quality defensemen are a dime a dozen – is a shoo-in. But the rest of his class – including even Brady Stropko Jr. – has been surpassed in TPE and accolades by many of the top S66 & S67 players. STHS is notoriously fickle, and even 1,300 TPE players like Stropko Jr. have suffered from “decent but not great” careers in spite of their obvious high earning capacity.

 

Indeed, like strangely many defensemen thus far, Stropko peaked with a low-60s point peak season, while Smitty’s enjoyed the fruits of multiple 80+ point seasons. And Calgary hasn’t experienced the same level of team success as Seattle, Moscow, or Vancouver. Further down the list, players like Roll Fizzlebeef (1,037 TPE) suffer from similar point numbers in spite of playing at forward and are similarly devoid of individual accolades. Those with any accolades after Smitty – like D/RW Denver Wolfe and Anthony Matthews – earned almost all their accolades in the M, sometimes multiple seasons in. Since those don’t factor heavily into the Hall conversation, even Wolfe’s S67 Continental Cup with Vancouver won’t be enough to elevate him. Gritty has no individual accolades, but as a 1,004 TPE player, he was part of Vancouver’s S67 and Moscow’s S70 championship squads. But we’ve seen time and time again that a pair of championships aren’t enough to even broach the conversation for the Hall, even with better overall scoring and defensive statistics.

 

In short, there’s one shoo-in candidate… and that’s probably where S65’s HoF aspirations end.

[Victor 10,942]

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[SlapshotWrangler 864]

I can't even name another S65 player from the top of my head lol

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5 hours ago, SlapshotDragon said:

I can't even name another S65 player from the top of my head lol

 

Gritty

Roll Fizzlebeef (or something like that)

Orion Slade

Tyler...Barbarash? Barberdash? 

 

That's basically it as far as who is still active/not retired, and that might be pushing it for Slade.

Edited May 30, 2020 by flyersfan1453