Whats peculiar is that Ed Belfour is the only inductee who got voted in on his first ballot. All the others have been on the ballot for at least one year. Was Ed Belfour’s career really that much better than the others?
Well, there is one area where he stood far above the others—in the EA Sports video games. If you’ve ever played EA Sports NHL 94, then you know that Ed Belfour was nasty. He played for the Chicago Blackhawks that year and had a rating of 98. Only Ray Bourque (rating 99) and Mario Lemieux (rating 100) had higher ratings.
I wonder if the committee considered his legendary status on EA Sports’ NHL 94 as criteria. Doug Gilmour, Mark Howe and Joe Nieuwendyk were mere mortals in the EA Sports NHL series. Kinda makes you wonder.
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