I always advocate for the riverton rocket Reggie Leach every year I don't understand why he get passed over so many times.
However, Haley Wickenheiser is one of my favourite players ever so I am happy to see her inducted.
- Tom Dusome
Reggie Leach had:
- One borderline great season (1976, in which he lead the league in goals thanks to having two Hall of Famers on his line, one of whom was one of the greatest playmakers of all time, and both of whom finished with substantially more total points than Leach that year).
- Two very good seasons (1975 and 1980).
- Was otherwise basically just a very good second liner who was out of the league by age 33.
In eight seasons in Philadelphia, Leach never led his team in scoring and in fact only once finished in second. He finished 3, 3, 9, 6, 5, 2, 3, 8 in team scoring those years.
By the time Leach retired in 1983, Wayne Gretzky had already amassed more points in his first 4 NHL seasons (709) than Leach did (666) in his entire 13-season, 934-game career.
The reason Leach is not in the Hall of Fame is because he is nowhere even remotely close to being good enough to get in. Barber probably shouldn't even be in either, and he was still way better than Leach.