The Hockey Hall of Fame will announce its Class of 2016 on Monday afternoon. It’s one of those classes that considered a “down year,” in that the first-time candidate crop is rather paltry (or in one instance, “Palffy”). This opens the door for some holdovers from previous years, including that paragon of controversy, Eric Lindros.

The following odds were established through previous votes, discussions with those around the hockey world and a feeble attempt at trying to guess what’s on the minds of the Hall of Fame Selection Committee.

Keep in mind that there are also categories for Builders and Women’s Players. Don Cherry, Pat Quinn and Viktor Tikhonov are all eligible in the Builder’s Category. Please keep in mind that the Hockey Hall of Fame is in Toronto.

Here are the latest odds for the Hockey Hall of Fame Class of 2016:

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Eric Lindros

Mark Recchi

If it’s ever going to be Eric’s year, it’s going to be this year.

Lindros is 19th in NHL history in points per game average with 1.138. He won the Hart and the Pearson in 1995. He has just 760 NHL career games, however, in a concussion-plagued career. But one only needs to point at Cam Neely and Pavel Bure as exceptions to the work history rule.

Outside of games played, we all know why he isn’t in yet: He spoke out of turn too often, his clashes with Bobby Clarke, a general dislike of the way he carried himself during his playing days both on the ice and off. Lindros has worked hard to change his reputation after his playing days. We’ll see if he kissed the right rear ends this week.

The bottom line is that Lindros belongs in the Hall of Fame. And, frankly, in a season that lacks a true star name to build a weekend around, the Hall of Fame could use Eric Lindros in 2016.

On the other end of the longevity scale: Mark Recchi, who played 1,652 games from 1989 through 2011.

Recchi was a scoring and winning machine, leading the NHL in assists in 1999-00 while being 12th in career point (1,533) and 20th in career goals (577). The names ahead of his on that points list are hockey deities. Recchi isn’t – just a really, really good player who happens to have all-time-great stats – but his numbers should earn him a place in their club.

We’d say these are the favorites, so adjust your vacation plans accordingly, Philadelphia Flyers fans.

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Dave Andreychuk

Paul Kariya

Andreychuk being left out of the Hockey Hall of Fame with 640 goals is a complete sham. It speaks to the specious depiction of the “complete player” as a Hall of Famer, when in fact the Hall of Fame has in the past honored those who were simply the best at what they do.

No one’s confusing Rod Langway with Nicklas Lidstrom when it comes to being a force offensively and defensively. Clark Gillies is a Hall of Famer for basically being one of the best role players of all-time, and doing it on a dynasty team.

Andreychuk wasn’t a complete player, in the sense that his skating was laborious and he wasn’t exactly Adam Oates as a set-up man. But he has few peers in his ability to dominate around the crease. He was the best at what he did. And his contributions to the lone Stanley Cup team in Tampa Bay Lightning history, as its captain, should weigh heavier than they do.

From the Tampa Bay Times, on Andreychuk:

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