What about Makarov and Krutov? KLM Line Should Be Enshrined In HHOF

Sean Leahy's Going Five Hole found this 6/16/2008 on www.greatesthockeylegends.com [flag]

Yesterday I posted that Igor Larionov is the only clear cut choice for Hall of Fame induction in 2008. He is one of the all time greats, even though his best years came behind the Iron Curtain in communist Russia. We never will know how great those Russian players could have been in the National Hockey League. By the time most of them were allowed to leave Mother [link]

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Monday Afternoon Reading Material
Published 6/16/2008 by noreply@blogger.com (Sean) at Sean Leahy's Going Five Hole
Joe Pelletier of Greatest Hockey Legends takes a look at bloodlines in the upcoming NHL Draft and predicts that the famous Russian "KLM" line should get into the Hockey Hall of Fame, which votes in its 2008 class tomorrow. My buddy Greg Wyshynski over at Yahoo!'s Puck Daddy who has photos from the premiere of "The Love Guru" and details on his trip the 2K Sports' headquarters for the lo-down on NHL 2k8 featuring Rick Nash. Mondesi's House has a photo of Pennsylvania governor Ed Rendell paying up on a bet with ...

HHOF: Should Krutov and/or Makarov Make It?
Published 6/17/2008 by Jes Gőlbez (noreply@blogger.com) at Hockey Rants
... Joe Pelletier, who is quite knowledgeable about the players who are up for nomination, goes out on a limb and proclaims that Sergei Makarov and Vladimir Krutov should also be inducted, after assuming Igor Larionov's induction. ...

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