Martin St. Louis Retires

[L K]

17 seasons of NHL hockey.  1134GP 391G 642A 1033P

One of the best undrafted players of all-time.  Not quite a hall-of-famer but a heck of a career.

 

[CarltonTheBear]

Not quite a hall-of-famer but a heck of a career.

2 Art Ross trophies, a Hart and a Pearson (plus a bunch of Lady Byng's) would make him more worthy than guys we've talked about here being on the edge like Recchi and Andreychuk.

 

[Kin]

Yeah, I think he goes in. I think the only standard by which he comes up short(ha-ha) is comparing his scoring totals against the inflated scoring totals of guys from the 80's/early 90's.

 

[CarltonTheBear]

Yeah, I think he goes in. I think the only standard by which he comes up short(ha-ha) is comparing his scoring totals against the inflated scoring totals of guys from the 80's/early 90's.

Since 2002 he has the 2nd most amount of points in the league, and the 7th highest points-per-game figure. The guys in front of him in PPG are Crosby, Malkin, Ovechkin, Thornton, Datsyuk, and Kovalchuk.

 

[bustaheims]

He's definitely a hall of famer. Maybe not in his first year of eligibility, but he'll definitely be in.

 

[cabber24]

The little engine that could, a true inspiration.

 

[cw]

On top of the individual trophies, first or second NHL all star five times (named 8 times).

Only thing he didn't win was a World Championship (2 silvers, made the All Star team). He won a Stanley Cup, World Cup & Olympic Gold.

He's also been an outstanding character and rep for the game which they also consider.

I think he'll get in.