Where Does This Hall Of Fame Class Stack Up?

Yesterday we ran a piece on what it takes to be a Hall of Famer using averages of stats and championships from modern era players who were inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame. Using those numbers, we want to see how the 2012 Inductees - Joe Sakic, Adam Oates, Mats Sundin, and Pavel Bure - stack up with those players. Are they among the best? 

Here are the stats of HHOF members who began their careers after 1967:

PLAYER	FROM	TO	GP	G	A	PTS	CUPS	GOLDS	AWARDS
Wayne Gretzky*	1980	1999	1487	894	1963	2857	4	3	36
Mark Messier*	1980	2004	1756	694	1193	1887	6	3	5
Ron Francis*	1982	2004	1731	549	1249	1798	2	0	5
Marcel Dionne*	1972	1989	1348	731	1040	1771	0	1	5
Steve Yzerman*	1984	2006	1514	692	1063	1755	3	2	4
Mario Lemieux*	1985	2006	915	690	1033	1723	2	3	20
Joe Sakic	1989	2009	1378	625	1016	1641	2	3	4
Bryan Trottier*	1976	1994	1279	524	901	1425	6	0	5
Adam Oates	1986	2004	1337	341	1079	1420	0	0	0
Doug Gilmour*	1984	2003	1474	450	964	1414	1	1	1
Dale Hawerchuk*	1982	1997	1188	518	891	1409	0	2	1
Jari Kurri*	1981	1998	1251	601	797	1398	5	0	2
Luc Robitaille*	1987	2006	1431	668	726	1394	1	1	1
Brett Hull*	1987	2006	1269	741	650	1391	2	1	6
Guy Lafleur*	1972	1991	1126	560	793	1353	5	1	10
Mats Sundin	1991	2009	1346	564	785	1349	0	4	0
Denis Savard*	1981	1997	1196	473	865	1338	1	0	0
Mike Gartner*	1980	1998	1432	708	627	1335	0	2	0
Gilbert Perreault*	1971	1987	1191	512	814	1326	0	2	2
Peter Stastny*	1981	1995	977	450	789	1239	0	3	1
Bobby Clarke*	1970	1984	1144	358	852	1210	2	2	6
Dino Ciccarelli*	1981	1999	1232	608	592	1200	0	0	0
Michel Goulet*	1980	1994	1089	548	604	1152	0	2	0
Bernie Federko*	1977	1990	1000	369	761	1130	0	0	0
Mike Bossy*	1978	1987	752	573	553	1126	4	1	7
Joe Nieuwendyk*	1987	2007	1257	564	562	1126	3	1	3
Darryl Sittler*	1971	1985	1096	484	637	1121	0	1	0
Glenn Anderson*	1981	1996	1129	498	601	1099	6	2	0
Joe Mullen*	1982	1997	1062	502	561	1063	3	0	2
Pat LaFontaine*	1984	1998	865	468	545	1013	0	1	1
Lanny McDonald*	1974	1989	1111	500	506	1006	1	1	2
Bill Barber*	1973	1984	903	420	463	883	2	1	0
Jacques Lemaire*	1968	1979	853	366	469	835	8	0	0
Steve Shutt*	1973	1985	930	424	393	817	5	1	1
Pavel Bure	1992	2003	702	437	342	779	0	1	4
Clark Gillies*	1975	1988	958	319	378	697	4	0	0
Cam Neely*	1984	1996	726	395	299	694	0	0	1
Igor Larionov*	1990	2004	921	169	475	644	3	7	0
Bob Gainey*	1974	1989	1160	239	262	501	5	1	5

No arguments here on the four players merit for the Hall of Fame. Sakic was a shoe-in with his high point total and championships. Oates was always in some sort of debate for being 16th all-time in scoring and 6th all-time in apples. Sundin lacked the championships and awards, but he put up great numbers with not a lot of talent around him (we hope he congratulates Jonas Hoglund during his induction speech). Bure led the league in scoring three times in his 12-year NHL career, and ranks 5th all-time in goals/game with 0.623 - it's a shame we didn't get to see more of Bure as he retired at age 31.

Some quick hits on the players:

• Sakic is the only player of the four that fits the modern era HHOF mould with 500+ goals, +1250 points, 2+ Stanley Cups, at least 1 gold medal, and 4+ individual awards. 
• Adam Oates joins Ciccarelli and Federko has the only players without any Stanley Cups, gold medals, or individual awards. 
• Mats Sundin has the 2nd most gold medals of the 39 players with 4.
• Bure's 3 goal scoring titles put him in the same company as Lemieux and Hull.