Only two former Nashville Predators have been inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame. While we all love Peter Forsberg and Paul Kariya, their brief play in Nashville wasn’t what got them into the Hall. As longtime Nashville goalie Pekka Rinne approaches the final years of his career, people are starting to wonder if he’ll be the first man to spend the majority (or entirety) of his career with the Predators and be enshrined in Toronto.
The Hockey Hall of Fame’s criteria judges a player on their “playing ability, sportsmanship, character and contributions to his or her team or teams and to the game of hockey in general”.