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Rask has the most games played (536), the most wins (291), the most By Joe Haggerty June 28, 2020 1:52 PM saves (13,711), and the best save percentage (.922) in Bruins history. Rask ranks seventh all-time in NHL history with a .9268 save percentage in the playoffs and is the active leader among all NHL goalies with a .9218 career save percentage. He ranks third all-time behind just The Bruins have been pretty darn fortunate over the last 15 years. Dominik Hasek and Johnny Bower, who are both Hall of Famers, and It started with the B’s signing defenseman Zdeno Chara away from the has a 2014 Vezina Trophy to his credit. Ottawa Senators in free agency, and it’s been an impressive run since Rask has one Jennings Trophy and one All-Star appearance, but then with 11 playoff appearances, two Presidents' Trophies, three presumably will get his second Vezina Trophy finalist honor this season appearances in the Stanley Cup Final, and of course hoisting the Cup in when the names are released. Rask is still just 39th all-time with the 291 2011. With all that success comes Hall-of-Fame players right along. wins, however, and 30th all-time with his 50 career shutouts. The fact The Bruins had another extended member of that group gain induction he’s just 33 years old and seemingly still on top of his game means he into the Hockey Hall of Fame this week when Jarome Iginla was named could add substantially to his numbers if he keeps on playing and the HOF-worthy. Iginla played just a single season with the Black and Gold, save percentage is already HOF-worthy at this point. but it was a memorable one. Iggy joins Mark Recchi as B’s HOF players Still, he’s fallen short in some big moments in the Stanley Cup Final and from this current core group’s run after he was inducted a couple of years that is going to stick with Hall of Fame voters when compared against ago as well. And certainly, Jaromir Jagr will join them in the near future other goalies that are the opposite with average stats/multiple Cups like after his time with Boston during the 2013 run to the Cup Final. Marc-Andre Fleury for instance. His only time as a Cup winner was when But it won’t just be about some of the veteran additions along the way for he didn’t play in a game while watching Tim Thomas have a playoff run the Bruins, either. They will have at least a couple, if not even more, Hall for the ages where he did all the things Rask hasn’t yet been able to do of Famers from their core group when the current run is over. in the postseason. Tough call. Here’s a look at the current Bruins team and the Hall of Fame chances of HOF Verdict: He’s not in unless he wins a Cup as the No. 1 guy. some of the more prominent players on their roster: Brad Marchand Zdeno Chara It might have been crazy to think at points earlier in his NHL career that A no-brainer at this point, the Bruins captain will be inducted into the Brad Marchand had a chance at the Hockey Hall of Fame, but it’s Hockey Hall of Fame in one of the first few years he’s under certainly possible if he continues to produce at his current level for consideration. The capper for him was becoming just the second another five years or so. European born-and-raised captain to win the Stanley Cup in 2011 and Marchand now has scored 290 goals in his NHL career and only Johnny putting a Norris Trophy on his defenseman resume in 2009. Bucyk, Phil Esposito, Rick Middleton, Ray Bourque, Patrice Bergeron Chara is a seven-time All-Star and won the Mark Messier leadership and Cam Neely have scored more in Black and Gold. All but Middleton award in 2011, and is the greatest shutdown defenseman of his either are Hall of Famers or will be someday. Marchand leads all Bruins generation as a 6-foot-9 intimidator. Chara just feels like a Hall of Fame players in franchise history with 27 shorthanded goals and has the most legend too when you consider he’s the tallest player to ever suit up in the of any player in the NHL since he broke into the league back in the 2010- NHL at 6-foot-9, he’s played into his forties and he was a Norris Trophy 11 NHL season. Marchand has a Stanley Cup on his resume, he’s been finalist indicating his dominance over a long stretch of time. named an All-Star twice in his career and he had a top-5 finish in the Hart Trophy voting last season. He still holds the all-time hardest shot in NHL history at 108.8 mph and is something of a Paul Bunyan character that people will be talking about Marchand will get his share of Hart Trophy votes again this year and now long after he’s retired. At this point, Chara has played over 1,000 games has 290 goals and 646 points in 751 games. He has even cleaned up his as the captain for the Black and Gold and is still moving up the charts in on-ice act in the last few seasons and has avoided any suspensions as all-time games played (15th with 1,553), all-time playoffs games played well. A career full of fines and suspensions may end up detracting from (35th with 182) and plus/minus (32nd all-time with a plus-288 mark). He his candidacy and he’s definitely made some enemies around the league should be the next B’s player inducted into the Hall of Fame, unless you that may try to deny him hockey immortality. But a few more seasons of count Jaromir Jagr after his short stint in 2013. 30 plus goals and 90 plus points could make it difficult to keep him out, and at 31 years old that is a very reachable goal. HOF Verdict: He’s in. He’s one of the best players in the NHL and one of the most notorious Patrice Bergeron players of his generation, and those players turn into qualified HOF candidates. An NHL award or two or another Stanley Cup title could help Another Hockey Hall of Fame sure thing at this point, Bergeron has put him over the top when it comes to consideration. withstood the test of time to become one of the best players to come out of his talented 2003 NHL Draft class along with Eric Staal, Ryan Getzlaf, HOF Verdict: A few more great years could make this happen.