Comments on: Preparing To Riot: Adam Oates’ annual Hall of Fame bid

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2012 Potential Hockey Hall of Fame Class | NHL Snipers — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 20:22:51 +0000

[...] of vocal minority discontent while being snubbed by the Hockey Hall of Fame. Joe Yerdon has threatened to riot in the past. Joe Pelletier can’t believe the guy’s not in: To me Oates had a better [...]

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By: David Bevan

David Bevan — Tue, 28 Dec 2010 19:11:38 +0000

88-89 Gerrard Gallant amassed 93 points, his career best, while playing on a line with…Adam Oates. 91-92 Brett Hull amassed 86 goals, his career best, playing on line with…Adam Oates. 93-94 Cam Neely amasses 50 goals in 49 games, the only time in his career he managed this feat, and it ocurred while playing on a line with…Adam Oates. 97-98 the Washington Capitals finished 4th in the East, but made it to the Stanley Cup finals, led by their first line centerman…Adam Oates. 02-03 the Anaheim Ducks finished 7th in the West, but made it to the Stanley Cup finals led by the first line centerman…Adam Oates. And in 1992-93 when Oates had 142 points, some of the other top getting forwards on Boston included Joe Juneau, Dimitri Kvartalnov, and Steve Leach.
The teams he played on did better than they should have, and the players he played with had career years. A superb face-off man, penalty killer, two-way player, and one of the best playmakers of all time, he absolutely belongs in the HHOF. Shame on you NHL. Oates should have been showcased by the NHL as an iconic role model for young hockey players.

By: Lee

Lee — Fri, 10 Dec 2010 16:22:49 +0000

WTF?!?!?! Left hockey when it went on strike. Started to come back and looked to see if he’d made first ballot on google today. WTF?!?!?! Seriously…. who do I talk to? I am a Bruins and Blues fan who lived in D.C. for most of the years Oates played there. I had the other team’s sweater on but I saw many, MANY Capitals games in those days. I have seen EVERY great player of the era MANY times, never have I seen such consistent greatness year after year. Well, Gretzky, but he skated off the ice into the HOF. The teams he left fell apart (see my beloved Bruins and Blues) the teams he joined became instant competitors nightly (see the aforementioned Caps and the Ducks). Really, what do I have to do to fix this? Who do I write to? Still pissed at hockey but this is just plain WRONG!!!

By: goOatesy

goOatesy — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 19:24:58 +0000

Never got any respect because his contemporaries were some of the most prolific and in a offensive era.. He was always second fiddle on the awards list, he was runner up so many times for the lady byng alone.

He never won a cup because he was never part of a great team, ever. The teams he was on traded or f%#*d up their teams chemistry.. Only chance he ever got was with Cinderella teams: Washington, Anaheim.

I’ve seen a lot of great passes over the years but Oates was the best. Gretz had super human vision but Oates could pass the puck through a key hole. Some of his assists were through 2 or 3 players; eye popping and make you say “how the hell did he get that pass there?”

Only person who I’d say was a better passer is the great one, making Oates the 2nd best passer of all time (as his daddy wanted him to be), one of the best face off men of all time, and played with the weirdest stick of all time (due to a superstition where the tips in a pack of sticks broke after having success with them he would always cut the tip off the blade to a flat edge on his sticks).

GO OATESY, HOF!

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Puck Headlines: Bruins go Irish; Volchenkov up for grabs | Sport News — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 19:09:42 +0000

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