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Way-too-early picks for the 2020 Hockey Hall of Fame class

The Hockey Hall of Fame Class of 2019 was as weird as was expected in a year without a slam-dunk candidate outside of Hayley Wickenheiser. Defenseman Sergei Zubov got in after a seven-year wait. Center Guy Carbonneau got in after 16 years. Czech hockey legend Vaclav Nedomansky was elected after a 33-year wait. What changed after 33 years? Who knows!

But enough about 2019. What will the Hockey Hall of Fame Class of 2020 look like? Here's our current ranking of eligible candidates.

A stone-cold lock for the first ballot. He has the numbers, with 625 goals (16th all time) and 1,300 points (34th).