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Hockey Hall of Fame class of 2018: Who gets in this year?

This year there are two solid locks for the men, and one woman who should be a guarantee but may not be unless we edit her Wikipedia page to say so, since that’s probably what the voters do right before they don their cloaks and paddle each other or whatever this skull and bones society does.

Willie O’Ree
Eligible Since: 1962
NHL Stats: 45GP - 4G - 10A - 14Pts / 0.31 PPG
Team Canada Stats: N/A
Awards: N/A

O’Ree wasn’t an impact player on the score sheet, but he made history in the NHL as the first black player to play for an NHL team.