The following is the opinion of Canes Country as a site.
There are no good reasons Rod Brind’Amour should not have gotten the call from the Hockey Hall of Fame induction committee this afternoon. Yet the wait goes on.
But Brind’Amour’s exclusion from the recognition he deserves isn’t entirely about the tangible facts of his candidacy. It isn’t about the fact that he played on five conference finalists, or in three Stanley Cup Finals, or won two Selke trophies, or was universally admired by his teammates as one of the best locker-room leaders the game has ever seen, or, or, or.