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Re: Kevin Lowe and Ken Holland inducted into HHOF [message #762498 is a reply to message #762422 ]	Thu, 25 June 2020 11:40

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Adam wrote on Wed, 24 June 2020 18:01

mightyreasoner wrote on Wed, 24 June 2020 17:49

K.McC#24 wrote on Wed, 24 June 2020 17:01

mightyreasoner wrote on Wed, 24 June 2020 16:48

Now that Kevin Lowe is in, which Boy on the Bus is next to be pushed for HHOF / jersey retirement by the Edmonton media and Oilers Alumni?

*honourary

None of the above.

Look, we all know that there won't be peace until every member of the Dynasty has their number in the rafters of Rogers Place and their name enshrined in the Hockey Hall of Fame.

How many members of the 1984 Cup winning team do they bring back for the celebration of Lowe's number retirement? There's a gap in the schedule since next year is the 35th anniversary of the Smith own-goal, and the 30th anniversary of the 1991 last hurrah team that fell to the North Stars, so not a lot of reasons to assemble the troops next year other than Lowe's party...unless maybe the 40th anniversary of upsetting the Habs in the first round is a big enough deal...

I think everyone, including those of us who saw the dynasty from the beginning, is ready to move on.

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Re: Kevin Lowe and Ken Holland inducted into HHOF [message #762499 is a reply to message #762498 ]	Thu, 25 June 2020 11:48

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K.McC#24 wrote on Thu, 25 June 2020 11:40

Adam wrote on Wed, 24 June 2020 18:01

mightyreasoner wrote on Wed, 24 June 2020 17:49

K.McC#24 wrote on Wed, 24 June 2020 17:01

mightyreasoner wrote on Wed, 24 June 2020 16:48

Now that Kevin Lowe is in, which Boy on the Bus is next to be pushed for HHOF / jersey retirement by the Edmonton media and Oilers Alumni?

*honourary

None of the above.

Look, we all know that there won't be peace until every member of the Dynasty has their number in the rafters of Rogers Place and their name enshrined in the Hockey Hall of Fame.

How many members of the 1984 Cup winning team do they bring back for the celebration of Lowe's number retirement? There's a gap in the schedule since next year is the 35th anniversary of the Smith own-goal, and the 30th anniversary of the 1991 last hurrah team that fell to the North Stars, so not a lot of reasons to assemble the troops next year other than Lowe's party...unless maybe the 40th anniversary of upsetting the Habs in the first round is a big enough deal...

I think everyone, including those of us who saw the dynasty from the beginning, is ready to move on.

Probably most of us here at least. I was 7 when they won the first Cup, so those guys were all heroes to me...but it's definitely some overkill with the focus back on a single piece of the team's history.

I'm not sure that everyone in the city is there though - have they ever had one of these reunions that wasn't sold right out?

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Re: Kevin Lowe and Ken Holland inducted into HHOF [message #762500 is a reply to message #762466 ]	Thu, 25 June 2020 11:50

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I've got no problem with KLowe getting in as a player. I would also be fine if he never got in. Fact is, it just doesn't matter all that much to me. Rod Langway got in 2002, so they pretty much let anyone in if it fits their agenda that year. As for Lowe the player, compared to many others that have got in before him, yeah I think he deserves to be there. He also won the King Clancy award in 89/90 you know?

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Re: Kevin Lowe and Ken Holland inducted into HHOF [message #762503 is a reply to message #762500 ]	Thu, 25 June 2020 12:02

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jds308 wrote on Thu, 25 June 2020 11:50

I've got no problem with KLowe getting in as a player. I would also be fine if he never got in. Fact is, it just doesn't matter all that much to me. Rod Langway got in 2002, so they pretty much let anyone in if it fits their agenda that year. As for Lowe the player, compared to many others that have got in before him, yeah I think he deserves to be there. He also won the King Clancy award in 89/90 you know?

2-time Norris trophy winner Rod Langway is where you go for a guy you don't think deserves to be in the Hall of Fame?

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Re: Kevin Lowe and Ken Holland inducted into HHOF [message #762506 is a reply to message #762503 ]	Thu, 25 June 2020 12:20

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NetBOG wrote on Thu, 25 June 2020 12:02

jds308 wrote on Thu, 25 June 2020 11:50

I've got no problem with KLowe getting in as a player. I would also be fine if he never got in. Fact is, it just doesn't matter all that much to me. Rod Langway got in 2002, so they pretty much let anyone in if it fits their agenda that year. As for Lowe the player, compared to many others that have got in before him, yeah I think he deserves to be there. He also won the King Clancy award in 89/90 you know?

2-time Norris trophy winner Rod Langway is where you go for a guy you don't think deserves to be in the Hall of Fame?

Least deserving Norris Winner ever though...

I did refer to Lowe as this generation's Dick Duff. LaPerriere from the Habs in the 70s is in as well and that's a joke too.

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Re: Kevin Lowe and Ken Holland inducted into HHOF [message #762513 is a reply to message #762506 ]	Thu, 25 June 2020 12:45

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Adam wrote on Thu, 25 June 2020 12:20

NetBOG wrote on Thu, 25 June 2020 12:02

jds308 wrote on Thu, 25 June 2020 11:50

I've got no problem with KLowe getting in as a player. I would also be fine if he never got in. Fact is, it just doesn't matter all that much to me. Rod Langway got in 2002, so they pretty much let anyone in if it fits their agenda that year. As for Lowe the player, compared to many others that have got in before him, yeah I think he deserves to be there. He also won the King Clancy award in 89/90 you know?

2-time Norris trophy winner Rod Langway is where you go for a guy you don't think deserves to be in the Hall of Fame?

Least deserving Norris Winner ever though...

I did refer to Lowe as this generation's Dick Duff. LaPerriere from the Habs in the 70s is in as well and that's a joke too.

Explain?

It's not like Bourque, Coffey, Potvin, Park, Howe and many others weren't also available to vote on.

He went 4-2-4 in 3 consecutive years of Hart voting too. When Gretzky was pre-determined to win.

Do you think voters just had an aneurysm while voting for 2 consecutive years (placed 2nd in the 3rd)

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Re: Kevin Lowe and Ken Holland inducted into HHOF [message #762521 is a reply to message #762513 ]	Thu, 25 June 2020 13:42

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If Guy Carbonneau can get voted in, Lowe can be in, in my opinion.

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Re: Kevin Lowe and Ken Holland inducted into HHOF [message #762522 is a reply to message #762513 ]	Thu, 25 June 2020 13:55

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NetBOG wrote on Thu, 25 June 2020 12:45

Adam wrote on Thu, 25 June 2020 12:20

NetBOG wrote on Thu, 25 June 2020 12:02

jds308 wrote on Thu, 25 June 2020 11:50

I've got no problem with KLowe getting in as a player. I would also be fine if he never got in. Fact is, it just doesn't matter all that much to me. Rod Langway got in 2002, so they pretty much let anyone in if it fits their agenda that year. As for Lowe the player, compared to many others that have got in before him, yeah I think he deserves to be there. He also won the King Clancy award in 89/90 you know?

2-time Norris trophy winner Rod Langway is where you go for a guy you don't think deserves to be in the Hall of Fame?

Least deserving Norris Winner ever though...

I did refer to Lowe as this generation's Dick Duff. LaPerriere from the Habs in the 70s is in as well and that's a joke too.

Explain?

It's not like Bourque, Coffey, Potvin, Park, Howe and many others weren't also available to vote on.

He went 4-2-4 in 3 consecutive years of Hart voting too. When Gretzky was pre-determined to win.

Do you think voters just had an aneurysm while voting for 2 consecutive years (placed 2nd in the 3rd)

I had a post about this a while back. I think people over-rate defence first players in hockey and always have. Toughness is over-prized, shot blocking the same.

Let's look at the second year because it's the most egregious, despite Langway TRIPLING his goal output year over year:

Langway 80GP 9G 24A 33Pts
Coffey 80GP 40G 86A 126Pts

This is only the second time in history that a defenceman scored 40 goals in a season (Coffey would do it again a couple years later and set the record at 48). This was the third highest point total for a defenceman of all-time at the time (4th now) and the highest by anyone not named Bobby Orr.

While Langway won because he was considered a defensive stalwart, he was a +14 to Coffey's +52. Langway was 8th on his team in plus minus and 4th among defencemen, while Coffey was the top blueliner and 2nd on his team so it's not simply that Langway was excelling on a terrible team. The Capitals were pretty decent (48-27-5, 2nd in the Patrick Division) and he was not head and shoulders above any teammates in any measurable categories - he basically won based on intangibles as far as I can tell, despite an absolutely incredible season from Paul Coffey - who was 2nd in the entire league in scoring.

I do think some of that is Oilers blowback and some belief that Gretzky was a big part of it, but no one else not named Orr ever did anything close with or without Gretzky. Langway, tied for 43rd among defenceman in scoring that year, shouldn't likely have even been a finalist.

Edit: Bourque (96 points) and Potvin (85 points) should have been the 1984 runners up.

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Re: Kevin Lowe and Ken Holland inducted into HHOF [message #762523 is a reply to message #762503 ]	Thu, 25 June 2020 13:59

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NetBOG wrote on Thu, 25 June 2020 11:02

jds308 wrote on Thu, 25 June 2020 11:50

I've got no problem with KLowe getting in as a player. I would also be fine if he never got in. Fact is, it just doesn't matter all that much to me. Rod Langway got in 2002, so they pretty much let anyone in if it fits their agenda that year. As for Lowe the player, compared to many others that have got in before him, yeah I think he deserves to be there. He also won the King Clancy award in 89/90 you know?

2-time Norris trophy winner Rod Langway is where you go for a guy you don't think deserves to be in the Hall of Fame?

My point is, there's been plenty of players voted in that could go either way. Lowe isn't the first, and I would suggest, isn't a terrible selection by any means.

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Re: Kevin Lowe and Ken Holland inducted into HHOF [message #762525 is a reply to message #762503 ]	Thu, 25 June 2020 14:07

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NetBOG wrote on Thu, 25 June 2020 12:02

jds308 wrote on Thu, 25 June 2020 11:50

I've got no problem with KLowe getting in as a player. I would also be fine if he never got in. Fact is, it just doesn't matter all that much to me. Rod Langway got in 2002, so they pretty much let anyone in if it fits their agenda that year. As for Lowe the player, compared to many others that have got in before him, yeah I think he deserves to be there. He also won the King Clancy award in 89/90 you know?

2-time Norris trophy winner Rod Langway is where you go for a guy you don't think deserves to be in the Hall of Fame?

Worth asking - did Lowe ever finish Top 5 in Norris voting? I know he never made any first or second team all-star teams.

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Re: Kevin Lowe and Ken Holland inducted into HHOF [message #762527 is a reply to message #762525 ]	Thu, 25 June 2020 14:21

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Adam wrote on Thu, 25 June 2020 14:07

NetBOG wrote on Thu, 25 June 2020 12:02

jds308 wrote on Thu, 25 June 2020 11:50

I've got no problem with KLowe getting in as a player. I would also be fine if he never got in. Fact is, it just doesn't matter all that much to me. Rod Langway got in 2002, so they pretty much let anyone in if it fits their agenda that year. As for Lowe the player, compared to many others that have got in before him, yeah I think he deserves to be there. He also won the King Clancy award in 89/90 you know?

2-time Norris trophy winner Rod Langway is where you go for a guy you don't think deserves to be in the Hall of Fame?

Worth asking - did Lowe ever finish Top 5 in Norris voting? I know he never made any first or second team all-star teams.

Once. 84/85 he was 5th. only had half the points of the 10th place guy but I'm sure he demonstrated a ton of intangibles.

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Re: Kevin Lowe and Ken Holland inducted into HHOF [message #762528 is a reply to message #762527 ]	Thu, 25 June 2020 14:24

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CrudeRemarks wrote on Thu, 25 June 2020 14:21

Adam wrote on Thu, 25 June 2020 14:07

NetBOG wrote on Thu, 25 June 2020 12:02

jds308 wrote on Thu, 25 June 2020 11:50

I've got no problem with KLowe getting in as a player. I would also be fine if he never got in. Fact is, it just doesn't matter all that much to me. Rod Langway got in 2002, so they pretty much let anyone in if it fits their agenda that year. As for Lowe the player, compared to many others that have got in before him, yeah I think he deserves to be there. He also won the King Clancy award in 89/90 you know?

2-time Norris trophy winner Rod Langway is where you go for a guy you don't think deserves to be in the Hall of Fame?

Worth asking - did Lowe ever finish Top 5 in Norris voting? I know he never made any first or second team all-star teams.

Once. 84/85 he was 5th. only had half the points of the 10th place guy but I'm sure he demonstrated a ton of intangibles.

8th once and 10th once.

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Re: Kevin Lowe and Ken Holland inducted into HHOF [message #762530 is a reply to message #762523 ]	Thu, 25 June 2020 14:29

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jds308 wrote on Thu, 25 June 2020 13:59

NetBOG wrote on Thu, 25 June 2020 11:02

jds308 wrote on Thu, 25 June 2020 11:50

I've got no problem with KLowe getting in as a player. I would also be fine if he never got in. Fact is, it just doesn't matter all that much to me. Rod Langway got in 2002, so they pretty much let anyone in if it fits their agenda that year. As for Lowe the player, compared to many others that have got in before him, yeah I think he deserves to be there. He also won the King Clancy award in 89/90 you know?

2-time Norris trophy winner Rod Langway is where you go for a guy you don't think deserves to be in the Hall of Fame?

My point is, there's been plenty of players voted in that could go either way. Lowe isn't the first, and I would suggest, isn't a terrible selection by any means.

I totally agree with you.
Bob Gainey is in there. He was a really good defensive player. He had 501 pts. He won a lot of cups on a stacked 70's Habs team.
Clark Gillies has 697 pts.
Rod Langway as people have been discussing. Kevin Lowe had over 100 more points and 5 more cups.
Cam Neely is maybe more of a name. He was a really good player but I wouldn't call him a game changing, dominate player. He doesn't even have 1 cup. Probably best known for being Sea Bass in the movie Dumb and Dumber.

There are tons of guys who are real good players but are they guys who people go WOW. No.

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Re: Kevin Lowe and Ken Holland inducted into HHOF [message #762532 is a reply to message #762530 ]	Thu, 25 June 2020 14:51

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RDOilerfan wrote on Thu, 25 June 2020 14:29

Cam Neely is maybe more of a name. He was a really good player but I wouldn't call him a game changing, dominate player. He doesn't even have 1 cup. Probably best known for being Sea Bass in the movie Dumb and Dumber.

There are tons of guys who are real good players but are they guys who people go WOW. No.

Cam Neely doesn't belong on your list. He was a dominant power forward, and scored just under a point a game (694 points in 726 games). He scored 50 goals in 50 games played - one of only 8 players who've been able to say that.

No Cups, but two trips to the Finals, and another to the semi-finals. Team accomplishments aren't a very good barometer. Marcel Dionne never won a Cup, Kevin Lowe won six of them. Who would you rather build a team around? Hell, Colin Fraser won three cups - does that make him anything but a fringe player?

Neely's numbers would have been better but that health issues cut his career short. He's in a similar category to Lindros, Forsberg, and Bure. All very good, all were only able to play between 700-800 games.

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Re: Kevin Lowe and Ken Holland inducted into HHOF [message #762533 is a reply to message #762532 ]	Thu, 25 June 2020 14:57

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Adam wrote on Thu, 25 June 2020 14:51

RDOilerfan wrote on Thu, 25 June 2020 14:29

Cam Neely is maybe more of a name. He was a really good player but I wouldn't call him a game changing, dominate player. He doesn't even have 1 cup. Probably best known for being Sea Bass in the movie Dumb and Dumber.

There are tons of guys who are real good players but are they guys who people go WOW. No.

Cam Neely doesn't belong on your list. He was a dominant power forward, and scored just under a point a game (694 points in 726 games). He scored 50 goals in 50 games played - one of only 8 players who've been able to say that.

No Cups, but two trips to the Finals, and another to the semi-finals. Team accomplishments aren't a very good barometer. Marcel Dionne never won a Cup, Kevin Lowe won six of them. Who would you rather build a team around? Hell, Colin Fraser won three cups - does that make him anything but a fringe player?

Neely's numbers would have been better but that health issues cut his career short. He's in a similar category to Lindros, Forsberg, and Bure. All very good, all were only able to play between 700-800 games.

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Re: Kevin Lowe and Ken Holland inducted into HHOF [message #762534 is a reply to message #762528 ]	Thu, 25 June 2020 15:01

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Should really sucking for a long-long-time in a management role, be taken into account?

I think so, if someone was pretty good for seven years, then an utter embarrassment for the next seven, that has to have an impact.

If he's a debatable choice as a player, the management terribleness should tip the balance to him not being included.

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Re: Kevin Lowe and Ken Holland inducted into HHOF [message #762535 is a reply to message #762534 ]	Thu, 25 June 2020 15:09

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Magnum wrote on Thu, 25 June 2020 15:01

Should really sucking for a long-long-time in a management role, be taken into account?

I think so, if someone was pretty good for seven years, then an utter embarrassment for the next seven, that has to have an impact.

If he's a debatable choice as a player, the management terribleness should tip the balance to him not being included.

I'll go out on a ledge and suggest it is very rare for a player to be a debatable choice even in the place where he played the bulk of his career. That Edmontonians doubt this is a great Hall pick probably suggests that it isn't.

I do think that if he'd chosen to become, say, a florist after his hockey career ended, rather than sewering the team for two decades, he probably would have more support here though.

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Re: Kevin Lowe and Ken Holland inducted into HHOF [message #762536 is a reply to message #762532 ]	Thu, 25 June 2020 15:16

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Adam wrote on Thu, 25 June 2020 14:51

RDOilerfan wrote on Thu, 25 June 2020 14:29

Cam Neely is maybe more of a name. He was a really good player but I wouldn't call him a game changing, dominate player. He doesn't even have 1 cup. Probably best known for being Sea Bass in the movie Dumb and Dumber.

There are tons of guys who are real good players but are they guys who people go WOW. No.

Cam Neely doesn't belong on your list. He was a dominant power forward, and scored just under a point a game (694 points in 726 games). He scored 50 goals in 50 games played - one of only 8 players who've been able to say that.

No Cups, but two trips to the Finals, and another to the semi-finals. Team accomplishments aren't a very good barometer. Marcel Dionne never won a Cup, Kevin Lowe won six of them. Who would you rather build a team around? Hell, Colin Fraser won three cups - does that make him anything but a fringe player?

Neely's numbers would have been better but that health issues cut his career short. He's in a similar category to Lindros, Forsberg, and Bure. All very good, all were only able to play between 700-800 games.

That is your opinion that he doesn't deserve to be on my list, I don't share it. Maybe his numbers would have been better but staying healthy plays a factor in my books. He scored a good chunk of his goals and points in the 80's where scoring was crazy. NO denying he was a really, really good player but hall of famer? Pretty debatable. There was a time when Lindros and Forsberg were thought of as one of the best players in the league. Cam Neely was a really good player but I am 42, I remember when Neely player. There was never a time that I remember when Neely was regarded as one of the leagues absolute best players like the guys you listed.

Theo Fleury, a player as an Oilers fan I hated. 1088 pts in 1084 games. He score pretty much all of his points and goals in the 90's and early 2000's. The clutch and grab period. At his size, that's pretty freaking impressive and shows how good he was. I'd have him in over Neely personally. Off ice issues are keeping him out but given what that guy went through in junior, I kind of can see why.

Alex Mogilny. 473 goals, 1032 pts in 990 games. He was a really, really good player. I'd probably have him over Neely.

I don't have a problem with Neely being in there but as I said, there are lots of guys who I think is debatable for if they are worth or not. Is Kevin Lowe debatable. Sure he is.

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Adam wrote on Thu, 25 June 2020 15:09

Magnum wrote on Thu, 25 June 2020 15:01

Should really sucking for a long-long-time in a management role, be taken into account?

I think so, if someone was pretty good for seven years, then an utter embarrassment for the next seven, that has to have an impact.

If he's a debatable choice as a player, the management terribleness should tip the balance to him not being included.

I'll go out on a ledge and suggest it is very rare for a player to be a debatable choice even in the place where he played the bulk of his career. That Edmontonians doubt this is a great Hall pick probably suggests that it isn't.

I do think that if he'd chosen to become, say, a florist after his hockey career ended, rather than sewering the team for two decades, he probably would have more support here though.

Yeah, I'd bet a dollar a 45 year old Caps fan could give a solid 15 minute speech on why Rod Langway was a great HOF player. I couldn't do that for Lowe and I should love the guy. He was tough. He came back. He won Cups. He scored the first goal (tipped in off Gretzky, I got your back Crude). Hell, I was pictured in the Gateway (I think) with him in 1983-4. The details are fuzzy. My point is, he should be our guy, the secret Oiler that was never getting enough praise. He's not. He's the old guy at a college party.

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RDOilerfan wrote on Thu, 25 June 2020 15:16

Adam wrote on Thu, 25 June 2020 14:51

RDOilerfan wrote on Thu, 25 June 2020 14:29

Cam Neely is maybe more of a name. He was a really good player but I wouldn't call him a game changing, dominate player. He doesn't even have 1 cup. Probably best known for being Sea Bass in the movie Dumb and Dumber.

There are tons of guys who are real good players but are they guys who people go WOW. No.

Cam Neely doesn't belong on your list. He was a dominant power forward, and scored just under a point a game (694 points in 726 games). He scored 50 goals in 50 games played - one of only 8 players who've been able to say that.

No Cups, but two trips to the Finals, and another to the semi-finals. Team accomplishments aren't a very good barometer. Marcel Dionne never won a Cup, Kevin Lowe won six of them. Who would you rather build a team around? Hell, Colin Fraser won three cups - does that make him anything but a fringe player?

Neely's numbers would have been better but that health issues cut his career short. He's in a similar category to Lindros, Forsberg, and Bure. All very good, all were only able to play between 700-800 games.

That is your opinion that he doesn't deserve to be on my list, I don't share it. Maybe his numbers would have been better but staying healthy plays a factor in my books. He scored a good chunk of his goals and points in the 80's where scoring was crazy. NO denying he was a really, really good player but hall of famer? Pretty debatable. There was a time when Lindros and Forsberg were thought of as one of the best players in the league. Cam Neely was a really good player but I am 42, I remember when Neely player. There was never a time that I remember when Neely was regarded as one of the leagues absolute best players like the guys you listed.

Theo Fleury, a player as an Oilers fan I hated. 1088 pts in 1084 games. He score pretty much all of his points and goals in the 90's and early 2000's. The clutch and grab period. At his size, that's pretty freaking impressive and shows how good he was. I'd have him in over Neely personally. Off ice issues are keeping him out but given what that guy went through in junior, I kind of can see why.

Alex Mogilny. 473 goals, 1032 pts in 990 games. He was a really, really good player. I'd probably have him over Neely.

I don't have a problem with Neely being in there but as I said, there are lots of guys who I think is debatable for if they are worth or not. Is Kevin Lowe debatable. Sure he is.

You're definitely allowed to be wrong.

Mogilny should be in the Hall of Fame. Fleury should probably eventually make that. They're both better than Lowe.

Neely was one of the best, and one of the most-feared players in the league of his time. He scored 50 goals in 44 games played in 1992-93. As mentioned, that is a pace that almost no one else, ever, has been able to maintain. Maybe you just don't remember the Bruins of the 80s much.

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Re: Kevin Lowe and Ken Holland inducted into HHOF [message #762541 is a reply to message #762500 ]	Thu, 25 June 2020 17:28

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jds308 wrote on Thu, 25 June 2020 10:50

I've got no problem with KLowe getting in as a player. I would also be fine if he never got in. Fact is, it just doesn't matter all that much to me. Rod Langway got in 2002, so they pretty much let anyone in if it fits their agenda that year. As for Lowe the player, compared to many others that have got in before him, yeah I think he deserves to be there. He also won the King Clancy award in 89/90 you know?

Agree.

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Re: Kevin Lowe and Ken Holland inducted into HHOF [message #762547 is a reply to message #762541 ]	Thu, 25 June 2020 18:34

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Skookum Jim wrote on Thu, 25 June 2020 17:28

jds308 wrote on Thu, 25 June 2020 10:50

I've got no problem with KLowe getting in as a player. I would also be fine if he never got in. Fact is, it just doesn't matter all that much to me. Rod Langway got in 2002, so they pretty much let anyone in if it fits their agenda that year. As for Lowe the player, compared to many others that have got in before him, yeah I think he deserves to be there. He also won the King Clancy award in 89/90 you know?

Agree.

Disagree.

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Re: Kevin Lowe and Ken Holland inducted into HHOF [message #762549 is a reply to message #762530 ]	Thu, 25 June 2020 19:34

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RDOilerfan wrote on Thu, 25 June 2020 14:29

jds308 wrote on Thu, 25 June 2020 13:59

NetBOG wrote on Thu, 25 June 2020 11:02

jds308 wrote on Thu, 25 June 2020 11:50

I've got no problem with KLowe getting in as a player. I would also be fine if he never got in. Fact is, it just doesn't matter all that much to me. Rod Langway got in 2002, so they pretty much let anyone in if it fits their agenda that year. As for Lowe the player, compared to many others that have got in before him, yeah I think he deserves to be there. He also won the King Clancy award in 89/90 you know?

2-time Norris trophy winner Rod Langway is where you go for a guy you don't think deserves to be in the Hall of Fame?

My point is, there's been plenty of players voted in that could go either way. Lowe isn't the first, and I would suggest, isn't a terrible selection by any means.

I totally agree with you.
Bob Gainey is in there. He was a really good defensive player. He had 501 pts. He won a lot of cups on a stacked 70's Habs team.
Clark Gillies has 697 pts.
Rod Langway as people have been discussing. Kevin Lowe had over 100 more points and 5 more cups.
Cam Neely is maybe more of a name. He was a really good player but I wouldn't call him a game changing, dominate player. He doesn't even have 1 cup. Probably best known for being Sea Bass in the movie Dumb and Dumber.

There are tons of guys who are real good players but are they guys who people go WOW. No.

This. My favourite sports talk show is Pardon the Interruption and whenever they debate a Hall of Famer usually in the NFL they always say it's the Hall of the all-time greats and not the hall of the "very good" and sadly I think the NHL has lowered it's standards to the Hall of the very good

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Re: Kevin Lowe and Ken Holland inducted into HHOF [message #762566 is a reply to message #762541 ]	Fri, 26 June 2020 16:05

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Skookum Jim wrote on Thu, 25 June 2020 17:28

jds308 wrote on Thu, 25 June 2020 10:50

I've got no problem with KLowe getting in as a player. I would also be fine if he never got in. Fact is, it just doesn't matter all that much to me. Rod Langway got in 2002, so they pretty much let anyone in if it fits their agenda that year. As for Lowe the player, compared to many others that have got in before him, yeah I think he deserves to be there. He also won the King Clancy award in 89/90 you know?

Agree.

Being a 7 time all star among your peers is pretty good, 6 championships with 2 teams. I never had an issue with Kevin Lowe until he became part of the management group, and this is about the player. The HOF has a lot of players in it that weren't superstars in their era. I'm not in the K Lowe fan club, but at the same time I'm not triggered by the selection.
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Re: Kevin Lowe and Ken Holland inducted into HHOF [message #762595 is a reply to message #762566 ]	Fri, 26 June 2020 22:06

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K.McC#24 wrote on Fri, 26 June 2020 15:05

Skookum Jim wrote on Thu, 25 June 2020 17:28

jds308 wrote on Thu, 25 June 2020 10:50

I've got no problem with KLowe getting in as a player. I would also be fine if he never got in. Fact is, it just doesn't matter all that much to me. Rod Langway got in 2002, so they pretty much let anyone in if it fits their agenda that year. As for Lowe the player, compared to many others that have got in before him, yeah I think he deserves to be there. He also won the King Clancy award in 89/90 you know?

Agree.

Being a 7 time all star among your peers is pretty good, 6 championships with 2 teams. I never had an issue with Kevin Lowe until he became part of the management group, and this is about the player. The HOF has a lot of players in it that weren't superstars in their era. I'm not in the K Lowe fan club, but at the same time I'm not triggered by the selection.
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The decade of darkness management decisions has tainted the respect level he gets in Edmonton, deservedly, but I'm genuinely happy for the guy getting into the HHoF.

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Re: Kevin Lowe and Ken Holland inducted into HHOF [message #762599 is a reply to message #762595 ]	Sat, 27 June 2020 01:09

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Skookum Jim wrote on Fri, 26 June 2020 21:06

K.McC#24 wrote on Fri, 26 June 2020 15:05

Skookum Jim wrote on Thu, 25 June 2020 17:28

jds308 wrote on Thu, 25 June 2020 10:50

I've got no problem with KLowe getting in as a player. I would also be fine if he never got in. Fact is, it just doesn't matter all that much to me. Rod Langway got in 2002, so they pretty much let anyone in if it fits their agenda that year. As for Lowe the player, compared to many others that have got in before him, yeah I think he deserves to be there. He also won the King Clancy award in 89/90 you know?

Agree.

Being a 7 time all star among your peers is pretty good, 6 championships with 2 teams. I never had an issue with Kevin Lowe until he became part of the management group, and this is about the player. The HOF has a lot of players in it that weren't superstars in their era. I'm not in the K Lowe fan club, but at the same time I'm not triggered by the selection.
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The decade of darkness management decisions has tainted the respect level he gets in Edmonton, deservedly, but I'm genuinely happy for the guy getting into the HHoF.

100%. It's hard to separate the jersey from the business suit, but the jersey was a big part of the team's success on the ice.

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Re: Kevin Lowe and Ken Holland inducted into HHOF [message #762600 is a reply to message #762490 ]	Sat, 27 June 2020 10:24

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I’m guessing most of the haters never saw him compete in his prime and only know him as the administrative train wreck of the late 90’s and early 2000’s. The guy has been a part of winning everything that can be won in this game. He lives and breathes Oilers; why else would he have stuck around for the abuse he had received from fans the last 20 years? Yes he has an ego, who doesn’t? You would too with 6 cups with your name on it. As a player, he deserves it and should be up there with the Others.

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Re: Kevin Lowe and Ken Holland inducted into HHOF [message #762613 is a reply to message #762453 ]	Sat, 27 June 2020 15:51

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NetBOG wrote on Wed, 24 June 2020 20:45

Skookum Jim wrote on Wed, 24 June 2020 20:39

mightyreasoner wrote on Wed, 24 June 2020 15:48

Now that Kevin Lowe is in, which Boy on the Bus is next to be pushed for HHOF / jersey retirement by the Edmonton media and Oilers Alumni?

*honourary

Smytty will always be in my Hall Of Fame !

Never understood the love for Smyth and not Weight in this town.

I feel like you’re my doppelgänger that I’ve never met, I don’t know you or have met you but agree with everything you post on here and it’s kind of scary, not pumping your tires at all but I swear I’m batting 1.000 with your opinions (even the Taylor Hall stuff but too scared to come out).

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Re: Kevin Lowe and Ken Holland inducted into HHOF [message #762619 is a reply to message #762613 ]	Sat, 27 June 2020 17:55

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WhoreableGuy wrote on Sat, 27 June 2020 15:51

NetBOG

Never understood the love for Smyth and not Weight in this town.

I feel like you’re my doppelgänger that I’ve never met, I don’t know you or have met you but agree with everything you post on here and it’s kind of scary, not pumping your tires at all but I swear I’m batting 1.000 with your opinions (even the Taylor Hall stuff but too scared to come out).

My opinions are fairly non-standard around here. Not sure you want to be agreeing with me. You'll get stuck at the freaks and weirdos table at the Oilfans High Cafateria.

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Re: Kevin Lowe and Ken Holland inducted into HHOF [message #762764 is a reply to message #762619 ]	Mon, 29 June 2020 19:55

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NetBOG wrote on Sat, 27 June 2020 17:55

WhoreableGuy wrote on Sat, 27 June 2020 15:51

NetBOG

Never understood the love for Smyth and not Weight in this town.

I feel like you’re my doppelgänger that I’ve never met, I don’t know you or have met you but agree with everything you post on here and it’s kind of scary, not pumping your tires at all but I swear I’m batting 1.000 with your opinions (even the Taylor Hall stuff but too scared to come out).

My opinions are fairly non-standard around here. Not sure you want to be agreeing with me. You'll get stuck at the freaks and weirdos table at the Oilfans High Cafateria.

Doug Weight > Ryan Smyth

however:

Taylor Hall is a great hockey player. ;P

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Re: Kevin Lowe and Ken Holland inducted into HHOF [message #762766 is a reply to message #762764 ]	Mon, 29 June 2020 20:43

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CrudeRemarks wrote on Mon, 29 June 2020 19:55

NetBOG wrote on Sat, 27 June 2020 17:55

WhoreableGuy wrote on Sat, 27 June 2020 15:51

NetBOG

Never understood the love for Smyth and not Weight in this town.

I feel like you’re my doppelgänger that I’ve never met, I don’t know you or have met you but agree with everything you post on here and it’s kind of scary, not pumping your tires at all but I swear I’m batting 1.000 with your opinions (even the Taylor Hall stuff but too scared to come out).

My opinions are fairly non-standard around here. Not sure you want to be agreeing with me. You'll get stuck at the freaks and weirdos table at the Oilfans High Cafateria.

Doug Weight > Ryan Smyth

however:

Taylor Hall is a great hockey player. ;P

I think most people on this site would pick Weight over Smyth. I would, and it's not all that close.

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Re: Kevin Lowe and Ken Holland inducted into HHOF [message #762767 is a reply to message #762362 ]	Mon, 29 June 2020 21:08

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Fun fact:

Oilers team salary 2001-2002: $24.3 million
Doug Weight salary 2001-2002: $9 million

That why Weight left. Oilers cheap owners. Smyth just wasn't good enough to command a stupid contract from a rich team.

Kevin Lowe actually did a really good job keeping the team competitive without any money.

Introduction of the salary cap and change in ownership seems to have done more to sewer the team.

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Re: Kevin Lowe and Ken Holland inducted into HHOF [message #762769 is a reply to message #762766 ]	Mon, 29 June 2020 21:15

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mightyreasoner wrote on Mon, 29 June 2020 20:43

CrudeRemarks wrote on Mon, 29 June 2020 19:55

NetBOG wrote on Sat, 27 June 2020 17:55

WhoreableGuy wrote on Sat, 27 June 2020 15:51

NetBOG

Never understood the love for Smyth and not Weight in this town.

I feel like you’re my doppelgänger that I’ve never met, I don’t know you or have met you but agree with everything you post on here and it’s kind of scary, not pumping your tires at all but I swear I’m batting 1.000 with your opinions (even the Taylor Hall stuff but too scared to come out).

My opinions are fairly non-standard around here. Not sure you want to be agreeing with me. You'll get stuck at the freaks and weirdos table at the Oilfans High Cafateria.

Doug Weight > Ryan Smyth

however:

Taylor Hall is a great hockey player. ;P

Agreed. While I like Smyth as a player, Weight was in another level and it wasn't even close.

I think most people on this site would pick Weight over Smyth. I would, and it's not all that close.

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Re: Kevin Lowe and Ken Holland inducted into HHOF [message #762770 is a reply to message #762767 ]	Mon, 29 June 2020 21:17

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NetBOG wrote on Mon, 29 June 2020 20:08

Fun fact:

Oilers team salary 2001-2002: $24.3 million
Doug Weight salary 2001-2002: $9 million

That why Weight left. Oilers cheap owners. Smyth just wasn't good enough to command a stupid contract from a rich team.

Kevin Lowe actually did a really good job keeping the team competitive without any money.

Introduction of the salary cap and change in ownership seems to have done more to sewer the team.

MacT and Lowe were actually doing a good to great job with limited resources that they had, from 2000 to the summer of 06.

Then the wheels fell off...
... and the car exploded
... and the neighbouhood caught fire
... and the city burned.

[Updated on: Mon, 29 June 2020 21:18]

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Re: Kevin Lowe and Ken Holland inducted into HHOF [message #762772 is a reply to message #762770 ]	Mon, 29 June 2020 21:25

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nullterm wrote on Mon, 29 June 2020 21:17

NetBOG wrote on Mon, 29 June 2020 20:08

Fun fact:

Oilers team salary 2001-2002: $24.3 million
Doug Weight salary 2001-2002: $9 million

That why Weight left. Oilers cheap owners. Smyth just wasn't good enough to command a stupid contract from a rich team.

Kevin Lowe actually did a really good job keeping the team competitive without any money.

Introduction of the salary cap and change in ownership seems to have done more to sewer the team.

MacT and Lowe were actually doing a good to great job with limited resources that they had, from 2000 to the summer of 06.

Then the wheels fell off...
... and the car exploded
... and the neighbouhood caught fire
... and the city burned.

Big reason the team died is when the leadership core Sather left Lowe went away IMO. That is the thing Lowe was missing through the entire run of failed rebuilds. He thought the team could just be handed to kids. He watched guys like Smith, Smyth, Moreau, Marchant and others move on and there was not much left. Team was just lost and the only idea Lowe had to fix it was more kids, and maybe some free agent washed up vets that he or MacT thought could increase the teams overall "Leadership" rating, but, yeah, that doesn't work well.

The game changed a bit too during Lowe's POHO days. He admitted this a few years ago, he didn't realize how important puck moving D were. He said he kept thinking back to how every time Dallas beat him in the playoffs it was because of their top end forwards, so he wanted to get that through the draft. He forgot about veteran leaders and puck moving D that the rest of the league were busy drafting and developing (while we shipped off every one that we managed to draft).

Anyways, results speak for themselves, the game left Lowe behind and he really put no effort into adapting and understanding how the game was changing.

[Updated on: Mon, 29 June 2020 21:27]

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Re: Kevin Lowe and Ken Holland inducted into HHOF [message #762774 is a reply to message #762772 ]	Mon, 29 June 2020 21:42

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Kr55 wrote on Mon, 29 June 2020 21:25

nullterm wrote on Mon, 29 June 2020 21:17

NetBOG wrote on Mon, 29 June 2020 20:08

Fun fact:

Oilers team salary 2001-2002: $24.3 million
Doug Weight salary 2001-2002: $9 million

That why Weight left. Oilers cheap owners. Smyth just wasn't good enough to command a stupid contract from a rich team.

Kevin Lowe actually did a really good job keeping the team competitive without any money.

Introduction of the salary cap and change in ownership seems to have done more to sewer the team.

MacT and Lowe were actually doing a good to great job with limited resources that they had, from 2000 to the summer of 06.

Then the wheels fell off...
... and the car exploded
... and the neighbouhood caught fire
... and the city burned.

Big reason the team died is when the leadership core Sather left Lowe went away IMO. That is the thing Lowe was missing through the entire run of failed rebuilds. He thought the team could just be handed to kids. He watched guys like Smith, Smyth, Moreau, Marchant and others move on and there was not much left. Team was just lost and the only idea Lowe had to fix it was more kids.

The game changed a bit too during Lowe's POHO days. He admitted this a few years ago, he didn't realize how important puck moving D were. He said he kept thinking back to how every time Dallas beat him in the playoffs it was because of their top end forwards, so he wanted to get that through the draft. He forgot about veteran leaders, puck moving D that the rest of the league were busy drafting and developing (while we shipped off every one that we managed to draft).

Anyways, results speak for themselves, the game left Lowe behind and he really put no effort into adapting and understanding how the game was changing.

I tend to agree. Sather's responsible for almost anything good that happens up until 2005-06. He did the miraculous Salo trade. He left us with Weight/Guerin/Smyth as the top line. Marchant/Grier/Moreau was called a checking line, but used more like a 2nd line. And they regularly outplayed their opposition. Hamrlik/Niinimaa/Poti/Smith is a pretty solid top four. Laraque was a decent fourth liner and enforcer. The team had already drafted Horcoff, Comrie, Pisani, Chimera.

Lowe eroded that. Guerin deal turns out well due to Hemsky pick, but the Weight deal was horrendous. Hamrlik for Brewer/Green is a downgrade. Poti goes for for York - that's not bad, but Niinimaa for Isbister/Torres is a loss too. Grier goes for draft picks. Marchant leaves (bitter) as a free agent. Chimera leaves (bitter) in a trade for draft picks. Comrie leaves (bitter) - and we all know that story.

Kevin Lowe had a fantastic 2005-06 season. Everything he touched turned to gold. Brewer, Lynch, Woywitka for Pronger, York for Peca, Rita and Cross for Tarnstrom, Salmelainen for Spacek, 2nd round pick and Reasoner for Samsonov, 1st rd pick for Roloson. He did phenomenally that year. But other than that, I have a hard time seeing what Lowe did that was great other than that.

MacTavish was a decent coach and kept us on the bubble despite the eroding talent base, but Lowe? Not good.

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Re: Kevin Lowe and Ken Holland inducted into HHOF [message #762775 is a reply to message #762770 ]	Mon, 29 June 2020 21:45

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nullterm wrote on Mon, 29 June 2020 21:17

NetBOG wrote on Mon, 29 June 2020 20:08

Fun fact:

Oilers team salary 2001-2002: $24.3 million
Doug Weight salary 2001-2002: $9 million

That why Weight left. Oilers cheap owners. Smyth just wasn't good enough to command a stupid contract from a rich team.

Kevin Lowe actually did a really good job keeping the team competitive without any money.

Introduction of the salary cap and change in ownership seems to have done more to sewer the team.

MacT and Lowe were actually doing a good to great job with limited resources that they had, from 2000 to the summer of 06.

Then the wheels fell off...
... and the car exploded
... and the neighbouhood caught fire
... and the city burned.

Strong disagree. Sather built a very good low budget team here before he left. All Lowe and mactavish did was manage a lengthy decline. They got lucky being propped up by western expansion (CBJ and Minny were awful) and the addition of the loser point. Look at the Oilers point totals, who was in their division, and their record against the new teams.

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NetBOG wrote on Mon, 29 June 2020 21:08

Fun fact:

Kevin Lowe actually did a really good job

Hey whoreableguy, is he still your doppleganger?

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Adam wrote on Mon, 29 June 2020 21:42

Kr55 wrote on Mon, 29 June 2020 21:25

nullterm wrote on Mon, 29 June 2020 21:17

NetBOG wrote on Mon, 29 June 2020 20:08

Fun fact:

Oilers team salary 2001-2002: $24.3 million
Doug Weight salary 2001-2002: $9 million

That why Weight left. Oilers cheap owners. Smyth just wasn't good enough to command a stupid contract from a rich team.

Kevin Lowe actually did a really good job keeping the team competitive without any money.

Introduction of the salary cap and change in ownership seems to have done more to sewer the team.

MacT and Lowe were actually doing a good to great job with limited resources that they had, from 2000 to the summer of 06.

Then the wheels fell off...
... and the car exploded
... and the neighbouhood caught fire
... and the city burned.

Big reason the team died is when the leadership core Sather left Lowe went away IMO. That is the thing Lowe was missing through the entire run of failed rebuilds. He thought the team could just be handed to kids. He watched guys like Smith, Smyth, Moreau, Marchant and others move on and there was not much left. Team was just lost and the only idea Lowe had to fix it was more kids.

The game changed a bit too during Lowe's POHO days. He admitted this a few years ago, he didn't realize how important puck moving D were. He said he kept thinking back to how every time Dallas beat him in the playoffs it was because of their top end forwards, so he wanted to get that through the draft. He forgot about veteran leaders, puck moving D that the rest of the league were busy drafting and developing (while we shipped off every one that we managed to draft).

Anyways, results speak for themselves, the game left Lowe behind and he really put no effort into adapting and understanding how the game was changing.

I tend to agree. Sather's responsible for almost anything good that happens up until 2005-06. He did the miraculous Salo trade. He left us with Weight/Guerin/Smyth as the top line. Marchant/Grier/Moreau was called a checking line, but used more like a 2nd line. And they regularly outplayed their opposition. Hamrlik/Niinimaa/Poti/Smith is a pretty solid top four. Laraque was a decent fourth liner and enforcer. The team had already drafted Horcoff, Comrie, Pisani, Chimera.

Lowe eroded that. Guerin deal turns out well due to Hemsky pick, but the Weight deal was horrendous. Hamrlik for Brewer/Green is a downgrade. Poti goes for for York - that's not bad, but Niinimaa for Isbister/Torres is a loss too. Grier goes for draft picks. Marchant leaves (bitter) as a free agent. Chimera leaves (bitter) in a trade for draft picks. Comrie leaves (bitter) - and we all know that story.

Kevin Lowe had a fantastic 2005-06 season. Everything he touched turned to gold. Brewer, Lynch, Woywitka for Pronger, York for Peca, Rita and Cross for Tarnstrom, Salmelainen for Spacek, 2nd round pick and Reasoner for Samsonov, 1st rd pick for Roloson. He did phenomenally that year. But other than that, I have a hard time seeing what Lowe did that was great other than that.

MacTavish was a decent coach and kept us on the bubble despite the eroding talent base, but Lowe? Not good.

Yeah, I won't deny that Lowe caught lightning in a bottle that year. Almost missed the playoffs of course, and that was an epic year of choking by the top teams in the west with the top 4 losing to the bottom 4, and after Detroit's choke (in a long run of chokes around that time). We got to play a lot of green teams the whole way through to the finals. But yeah, it ended up a good year. Lowe spent the next 13+ years proving it was a fluke though :)

I actually see some parallels between Chia and Lowe's GM careers. Only Chia got to keep all the talent he inherited. Was probably more than Lowe had too, and the results matched that. Still, in the end, after years of giving away talent for pennies on the dollar, and slowly chipping away at depth on the team, Chia exposed what a weak manager he was, finally after almost a decade. And of course had an epic followup with us to leave no doubt.

"We need to get better immediately. That starts today"
- Lowe, 2013

"Next year I would forecast as another developmental year"
- MacT, 2015

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