Re: NHL\'s Adam Oates: HOF\'er?
Adam Oates is borderline. Never won a Stanley Cup, was never a top 10 center in the league (IMO), and while he was a terrific assist man, he was a slow skater and not particularly good defensively.
I hardly think it's a slam dunk. A lot of people are forgetting just how many good centers there were in the league when Oates had his best years - would you take Oates over Yzerman, Lemieux, Gretzky, Lafontaine, P. Turgeon, Francis, Statsny, Fedorov, etc.? These guys didn't have as long a career, but they were certainly better players during Oates' peak.
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