I have to admit I haven't been following a lot of careers since I joined the SHL but what I did follow were my teammates and I'm going to be a homer on this one.

Slappy McDoodle deserved a place in the HoF. Not winning the Challenge Cup probably killed his chances and not winning any individual awards too but over a 16 season career - spent entirely with the West Kendall Platoon - Slappy did everything he could for the team to succeed, often sacrificing what would help him be a better individual player. It's easy for all of us to make a deadly sniper but to choose to help the team physically and defensively is something else.

He still had a very respectable total of 434 points in his career but it's mostly his two-way play that made him such a crucial player to the Platoon.

More than his statistics on the ice, Slappy was what you'd wish every one of your teammates were like and I wish players that had that "it factor" would be considered more for the HoF. I understand not everybody can get in the HoF so you need some guidelines but as someone who shared a LR with Slappy for many seasons, he's the guy I most wish would've been rewarded (that doesn't have a chance to get in anymore) for his loyalty and dedication.