The Hockey Hall of Fame will announce its 2015 class on Monday, and here’s what we know for sure: Nicklas Lidstrom would be in already were it not for a mandatory waiting period.
There are a couple of other presumptive locks for this year, although they carry their own caveats in ways that Lidstrom doesn’t.
Here are the odds for the Hockey Hall of Fame Class of 2015 as we see it. Along with the players mentioned here, we expect Pat Quinn to be posthumously inducted in the “builder” category and Angela Ruggiero, U.S. women’s hockey legend, in the as a women’s player.