Last month, the Hockey Hall of Fame unveiled its class of 2024, which consisted of five players — three in the male player category, two in the female player category — and two builders. Two of the male players, Pavel Datsyuk and Shea Weber, went in during their first year of eligibility. Jeremy Roenick had been eligible since 2012, or three years after he played his last official game as a professional with the 2008-09 San Jose Sharks. That’s a distinction that’s unique to the HHOF, because it takes into account players who continue to play professionally around the world, even after their NHL careers conclude.

So, for example, Datsyuk played five years in Russia after leaving the Detroit Red Wings following the 2015-16 season, which is why he wasn’t eligible for selection until this year. Jaromir Jagr, the NHL’s second all-time leading scorer, hasn’t played a game in the NHL since 2017-18, but he continues to play a handful of games every year for Kladno, the team he owns in Czechia. If Jagr finally stops playing this year, he’ll become eligible in 2027 — and he’ll be about as sure a thing as there is to a guaranteed first-ballot inductee.

That’s the thing about Hall of Fame debates. They generally aren’t too controversial at the top end.

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TARRYTOWN, New York — Alex Wennberg started packing up his belongings in Seattle before he knew where he was headed. Kraken management had told him he was going to move before Friday’s trade deadline, and the team kept him out of games to make sure he didn’t get hurt.

“It’s been a different experience, for sure, sitting and waiting,” he said. “Obviously anxious to get away.”

He finally received clarity Wednesday when New York acquired him from Seattle for a 2024 second-round pick and a 2025 fourth-round pick. Speaking from his new locker Thursday, he called the Rangers “the most exciting thing I’ve been a part of.”

“(The) opportunity is great,” the 29-year-old said. “For me, getting from a team, Seattle — we’ve been fighting to get in — and now instead I feel like I can help this team push (for) the playoffs, and I want to win the Cup as well.”

Wennberg, who has 25 points in 60 games this season, got to New York as quickly as he could, hopping on a red-eye plane with his wife and son and landing Thursday morning. His wife, Felicia, is pregnant with their second child and, after the trade, she posted “(Let’s) get this baby in a cup” on her Instagram story. Wennberg made it to the practice facility in time for 11 a.m. skate and took the ice…

Our NHL style rankings have seen a fair share of players donning hats and blazers, even full suit combos. Calgary Flames forward Blake Coleman, who’s in the midst of a career season, has taken it one step further by donning Stetson hats with his outfits. He credits a Calgary-based World of Vici store stylist for his suits.

“I just have a guy here in Calgary that wanted to play a little dress-up this year,” Coleman said.

As for the hats, Coleman got himself hooked after wearing an Open Road Stetson while attending the Academy of Country Music Awards in Dallas last summer. Owning one turned into owning multiple hats. Even Coleman’s wife, Jordan, grabbed some during the Flames’ road stop in Dallas last November. Coleman also received a Stetson as a birthday gift.

“What’s that old expression? Look good, play good, feel good,” Coleman said. “It’s fun to mix it up a little bit. I was pretty simple earlier in my career. Now that I have the luxury to go get some new stuff, I’ve enjoyed it. My wife used to poke fun at my suit game. I think she’s probably the happiest of anybody.”

Coleman now is considered a style rankings regular for The Athletic. He’s been a part of stiff competition with some of the league’s best dressers, including Auston Matthews, Adam…

TARRYTOWN, N.Y. — When it looked like Will Cuylle wasn’t just going to stay with the New York Rangers for a quick cup of coffee to start this season, Vincent Trocheck pulled the 22-year-old forward aside.

“I just didn’t want him living at the hotel for a long time, that’s not a fun thing to do,” Trocheck said. “I just said, ‘If you need a place to stay, you’re welcome at our place.’

“He was over within the hour.”

It’s a time-honored tradition in the NHL: Rookies bunking in the spare bedroom or guest house of a veteran. Sidney Crosby may be the most famous rookie houseguest, invited to stay with Mario Lemieux during Crosby’s first season with the Penguins. It happens often enough that there are guys who have been the guest and the host, like Matt Moulson.

Moulson was already 25 and no longer a rookie when he and his kid brother’s youth hockey friend, John Tavares, were invited to stay in the guest house at Doug Weight’s place in 2009 with the New York Islanders. But it was still an eye-opener for Moulson, who was engaged to his wife, Alicia, at the time but not yet putting down roots since he’d bounced around the Los Angeles Kings organization for the previous three years.

“When you’re young you come home from doing all the stuff you do at the…