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Adam Messages: 6918
Registered: August 2005
Location: Edmonton, AB
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inverno76 wrote on Wed, 28 October 2020 17:12 | I don’t think a ring of honour necessarily means that the player was a borderline HOF’er. A honoured jersey is significant to the club and what they did to honour the jersey on the ice and in the community while they wore it.
Smyth, Buchberger, Huddy, etc all exemplified what it meant to be an Oiler and are still are revered long after they left Edmonton.
Retired jerseys can be HOF’ers and hardware collectors. Ring of Honour is a different animal all together for this guy.
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Why revere Buchberger? He was a mediocre player, one of the worst captains in franchise history and then a ridiculous hanger-on for the worst management team in NHL history.
I can get there on Smyth and Huddy...but Buchberger? Might as well just put anyone who plays 8-10 seasons on the Oilers up then.
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