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November 14, 2006
Yes, but
Colby Cosh: "I'm sure Mr. [Dick] Duff is a wonderful gentleman, but to induct him into the Hockey Hall of Fame is to tempt catastrophic divine recrimination."
True, but I'm sure Cosh is aware that Clark Gillies is in the Hall of Fame. Clark Gillies. If the earth didn't open up and devour the southwest corner of Yonge and Front on that fateful day, then it probably won't happen until the day Charles Wang goes in as a builder. Either there is no god or he's stopped caring about the most ridiculous, most corpulent Hall of Fame in the sporting world.
Posted by Chris Selley at November 14, 2006 06:49 PM
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Uh, sure, the selection of Clark Gillies was a little controversial--but it brings the number of members of the dynasty Islanders in the Hall to all of five. That's a team that won four straight Cups in a 21-team league full of Europeans! Just to bring them up to parity with any randomly selected mediocre '60s Leafs club, we still have to induct Goring, Tonelli, Bob Bourne, Bob Nystrom, Anders Kallur, and Chico Resch. You can start whining about Gillies right about the time we get down to Ken Morrow.
Posted by: Colby Cosh at November 15, 2006 01:18 PM