Just the opposite, the HHOF limits the number of former players that can be inducted in a given year to 4 and a lot of the time, less than the maximum gets inducted. They do allow refs/linesmen and builders get inducted as well, but I don't think any of us are going to list refs worthy of being inducted into the HHOF.
With the number of great players are only a year or two from retirement (Moose, Stevie Y, Ronnie Franchise, Chelios, etc.) and those that most likely will only last a year or two more (Hasek, Hull, Forsberg, etc.) it'll be awfully tough for some of the borderline players to make it in the next half a decade. Hell, even some of TC's locks are a longshot in my eyes (well, only Belfour and Richter, I guess).
I'll have to go through the lists when I'm not at work, and give my $.02 (USD) about who's a lock, who's a no-way, and who's borderline.
Different question. Who currently retired isn't in the HOF, that people think should be?