The Fifth Liners

As I awoke from my slumber on this cloudy and possibly rainsoaked Manchester morning, I found Mike's question of the week sitting in my phone, which read thusly, "Imagine if you will, a Seven Days In Hockey Hall Of Fame. Sounds like plan. But there's a catch. You can only have one player of each nationality.Which do you pick and why?" This will be quite possibly the toughest question I have ever faced! So as always, let's go to war!! To the other talent players left out of this list- its not a personal, I just didnt have space! Seven Days in Hockey Hall of Fame Canada Wayne Gretzky : We'll start with the most obvious candidate in our hall of fame- The Great One's achievements are the ones that we mere mortals only dream about and during his glorious 21 Year career which took in four Stanley Cups with the Edmonton Oilers, LA Kings , St Louis Blues and the New York Rangers , he held over 60 hockey records at the time of his retirement, including...

The Detroit Red Wings has a proud heritage of Hall of Famers, and now two more are being inducted to join such royalty as Steve Yzerman , Dino Ciccarelli and Sid Abel . Chris Chelios played 10 seasons and lifted the Stanley Cup twice for Detroit, he also picked up an Olympic medal and several James Norris Memorial Trophies. As well as a heap of other awards and  recognitions. The defenseman clocked up 1,651 games and 185 goals in his NHL career. This is the first year he's eligible for Hall of Fame status. Brendan Shanahan holds the unofficial record for Gordie Howe Hat Tricks at 17 which is reason enough to be inducted. Add to that the three Stanley Cups he lifted with Detroit and the huge amount of work he's done off the ice, it's criminal that he wasn't inducted earlier.