NHL's Adam Oates: HOF'er?

[youtalkfunny]

6th all-time assists, 15th points, 23rd points-per-game, 36th games played.

[slothinator]

I didn't vote yet. I don't follow the NHL real close, but wasn't Oates a play maker / power play guy? He was really good in both areas as I remember, but not a goal scorer or a great defender. Please correct me if I'm wrong.

[B00T]

absolutely hall of fame.. wasn't he also like the best face off guy of his generation?

[sylar]

whoever voted 'no' probably doesn't know who Adam Oates is.

a much better poll

[Chairman Wood]

There is no doubt in my mind AO will make it eventually. Larinov will eventually make it as well. It may not be based so much on his play but he was one of the first to bust through the Iron Curtain so to speak and is legacy for that will get him in.

[Vyse]

lawl Adam Oates rapes.

[NhlNut]

I guess I'm the idiot, because I voted no.
And I saw him play a lot. Especially the StL years.

[Triumph36]

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.

[4 High]

I think he should get in for sure.

[kidcolin]

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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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It's funny, I don't follow the NHL, but when I read this thread, I thought, "really? I always avoided his team in the NHLPA/NHL '93-'97 games because he sucked compared to Yzerman, Federov, Lemieux, Roenick, etc."