Thursday, November 15, 2007
The Franchise
Ron Francis, the most underrated hockey player in history was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame this week. He finished his career with 2 Stanley Cups, 3 Lady Byng Trophies, 1 King Clancey Memorial Trophy and 1 Frank J Selke Trophy. He finished 4th place on the all time points list and second all time in assists behind Wayne Gretzky. With stats like this you would assume the NHL would promote him and fans everywhere would know his name. In his 23 year career he only played in only 4 all star games. (so much for fan balloting) The hockey News didn't even have him listed in their top 100 players of all time. He was quiet didn't get into trouble and spent most of his career in Hartford and Carolina. The NHL lost one of its brightest stars a few years ago and they should be ashamed of how little fanfare there was. What does Ron think? He didn't care. He was too busy doing his off ice charity work and volunteering with the special olympics. I'll miss you Ron. Best leader ever!!!!!
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