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Accessed Denied: Forgotten and Future Heroes Of Hockey's Hall of Fame

Hockey fans love to debate. And there are few debates more contentious than Hockey Hall of Fame inductions. How can Bernie Federko be included? Or Clark Gillies? Who is Dick Duff? Even more contentious is the list of who is not included in the Hockey Hall of Fame. How could they overlook Brendan Shanahan or Rogie Vachon or Pat Burns? We all have our lists of players and builders who we believe should be in the Hall. My current list consists of Eric Lindros and builders James Creighton and Fran Rider. For the most part, I'm happy with the Hockey Hall of Fame's induction standard right now. They may have lowered the bar for the forwards in recent years, but the standards for goaltenders and defensemen seem about right for me. But I know I am in the minority on that one. Most people think the Halls standards are too low, and that they should be tightened. Not superfan Kris Kullas. He has written the book Access Denied: Forgotten And Future Heroes of Hockey's Hall of Fa...