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umteman
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Posted - 01/19/2018 :  08:11:23  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Hear his speech at the ceremony. It is a pretty good one.

https://www.yahoo.com/sports/watch-eric-lindros-heartfelt-speech-024011314.html

Did you hear about the retired proctologist? He spent 40 years saying "what's a place like this doing in a girl like you?"
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umteman
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Posted - 01/19/2018 :  08:28:24  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
An interesting comment was the assertion that John Leclaire should be in the hall. What do you think?

Did you hear about the retired proctologist? He spent 40 years saying "what's a place like this doing in a girl like you?"
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ryan93
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Posted - 01/19/2018 :  16:22:39  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
LeClaire was a great goal scorer, but for me he wasn't elite for a long enough period to be considered for the Hall. With just over 400 goals and 800 points, he falls quite a bit short. He had a few solid campaigns in Montreal, but was a different player the moment he arrived in Philly during the 94-95 season. From that time until 2000 he was one of the leagues top goal scorers. He had to battle through some injuries later in his career.
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ryan93
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Posted - 01/19/2018 :  16:30:55  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Off topic slightly, but I was just looking at the stats from that 2005-06 Penguins team that John LeClaire was apart of and ended up clicking on Ziggy Palffy. I was surprised at just how solid his career numbers were. Not counting his first 2 part seasons, he had a point per game or above in 9 of the 10 seasons he was in the league. The only year he didn't was 2001/02 when he came close with 59 points in 63 games. Fairly impressive for the era he played in.
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umteman
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Posted - 01/19/2018 :  16:58:09  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
I agree with you. I have always considered Leclair to have been a very good player but a bit short of a plaque in HHOF.

Did you hear about the retired proctologist? He spent 40 years saying "what's a place like this doing in a girl like you?"
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