For me, one of the most interesting upcoming "debates" is if there will be a cleavage between the STHS and the FHM eras of the SHL, especially on the goalies' side. Prior to FHM, a .905 in a season was considered decent - now, it would slot you at 17th for starters in the FHM era. Will that mean that the next few years, as we see some very good goalies start to retire, they will get more consideration than they would have had previously, even should they not have as many McBrides/Challenge Cups as other Hall of Famers, due to steeper competition? Same thing with the young offensive dynamos finally hitting their peak and getting an obscene amount of offense - how will some of the better names in the Hall of Fame stand up to those monster 1.5 PPG seasons, especially considering there's quite a few of them happening at once, and only so many trophies that can be obtained in a single season? Add to that the expansion, which muddles things for criteria of contention even further, and I can only hope our committee already has their eyes on what may need to be done in the future.

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