Reverse Dream Team: the NHL's most hated players
by Chris Burton on Mar 31, 2010 12:27 PM EDT
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PrintOver in Clips, it was suggested someone make a full roster of the NHL's biggest douche bags. Well, since I should be studying, I decided to do it. Feel free to make me look like an idiot in the comments or add informed suggestions.
Forwards
Dany Heatley - Mike Ribeiro - Steve Downie (A)
Sean Avery (A) - Matt Cooke - Corey Perry
Darcy Tucker - Maxim Lapierre - Dan Carcillo
Cam Janssen - Chris Neil - Derek Boogaard
Defense
Chris Pronger (C) - Dan Boyle
Mike Commodore - James Wisniewski
Healthy Scratches:
Jarkko Ruutu, Alexandre Burrows
Goalies:
And there you have it. Who'd I miss?
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I like Commodore. Funny dude. I would say Phaneuf instead.
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by The Ghost of Bebop on Mar 31, 2010 12:38 PM EDT reply actions
Yeah, I went with him based on personal experience. Phaneuf or maybe Orpik would’ve worked as well.
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by Chris Burton on Mar 31, 2010 12:40 PM EDT up reply actions
Eww eww eww Orpik. I loath the man. He would have been on my list.
I agree totally about the stupidity of the average person. Horrifyingly, nearly 50% of people are even stupider!
Orpik would have made my list — hands down. Given that he’s a hypocritical douche bag who injures other players and has the nerve to call Ovi a “dirty, reckless” player. And calls Semin a “crybaby” when he’s a whiner as well.
Rooting for him is like rooting for the bully who tortured my kids in childhood.
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I was scratching my head on that as well, but then realized goalies tend not the be obvious jack asses. (well, Patrick Roy….). So, I guess you would take Marty for that whole sleeping with the sister drama, and then Timmy seems to think he’s better than he really is.
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Dammit, you beat me to it. This was exactly the rationale. No NHL goalie is a douche like all those skaters; so I had to loosen my criteria.
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by Chris Burton on Mar 31, 2010 12:50 PM EDT up reply actions
well, Emery used to be a douche, but he seems to have been less of a douche this season, and I find it really hard to rag on a guy who has necrosis of the hip before he’s 30.
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I guess this is also current players only, as Tom Barrasso is potentially the biggest douchebag goalie to ever play the game.
by DrinkingPartner on Mar 31, 2010 2:21 PM EDT up reply actions
I don’t believe Hextall was anywhere near the douche off the ice that Barrasso was. But I could be wrong about that.
by DrinkingPartner on Mar 31, 2010 2:32 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
yeah, i know nothing of off-ice behavior, so if that was a criterion you were using I’ll yield
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Just for goalies, apparently. Brodeur and Barrasso take the cake, I think.
by DrinkingPartner on Mar 31, 2010 3:21 PM EDT up reply actions
And then fucks his wife’s sister-in-law.
by DrinkingPartner on Mar 31, 2010 3:34 PM EDT up reply actions
Ha
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by Chris meet Alex on Mar 31, 2010 7:28 PM EDT up reply actions
The anti Brodeur seems to be Hiller. My seats are right behind the backup goalie spot and my buddy at the Ducks game yelled “Hiller You Suck!” right before the game started and he smiled and turned around and laughingly said “I know!” and gave us a thumbs up. The whole section was laughing. Instant new favorite goalie.
(tho Jimmie Howard for grabbing Crosby is a close second)
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by Chris meet Alex on Mar 31, 2010 7:34 PM EDT up reply actions
Hiller is the only Duck besides Selanne that actually has some class. As for Howard, he’s pretty awesome in my book for doing that to Crosby. Anyone who tries to beat up Crosby earns points in my book.
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by Brad_Richards_Rocks on Mar 31, 2010 7:43 PM EDT up reply actions
did you join “Jimmy Howard owns Sidney Crosby” on facebook?
and that’s a hilarious story about Hiller! Such a shame he plays for the Ducks.
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Ha! I didn’t know there was a group for that. Better go join…
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by Brad_Richards_Rocks on Mar 31, 2010 7:52 PM EDT up reply actions
i haven’t forgiven brodeur for the “shiny visors should be illegal” BS. i seem to recall multiple instances of complaining to the media about other players.
by Natty Bumppo on Mar 31, 2010 4:04 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah, he’s a bitch. Threw a huge temper tantrum last year after CAR won one of those games in OT. Not a fan.
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He’s one of the only goalies I’ve ever seen pull themselves too.
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I’ve seen Lundqvist do it and didn’t Nabokov do it in the Olympics?
Killer_Carlson and Steckel Me Elmo are like brothers to me. And when I say brothers I don't mean like actual brothers. I mean it like how black people use it, which is more meaningful, I think.
Don’t forget Tuukka Rask!
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by Kevin Sellathamby on Apr 1, 2010 5:33 PM EDT up reply actions
What are his qualifications? I know Tim Thomas deserves it but I don’t know much about Rask. Or are you just bitter about the whole Justin Pogge thing?
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You didn’t see his EPIC MELTDOWN video?
You were talking about Marty’s meltdown, so i had to bring up Rask. and if it was bitterness, it would be directed at Toskala because he’s a [long line of expletives] and a mediocre goalie who wouldn’t admit he sucked
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by Kevin Sellathamby on Apr 1, 2010 5:51 PM EDT up reply actions
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by Kevin Sellathamby on Apr 1, 2010 5:53 PM EDT up reply actions
Haha. Yeah I remember that. I still don’t think it’s as bad. He was also definitely right about the first goal. Can’t tell on the second.
Killer_Carlson and Steckel Me Elmo are like brothers to me. And when I say brothers I don't mean like actual brothers. I mean it like how black people use it, which is more meaningful, I think.
I understand Marty Brodeur for his off-ice activities (it is really not good form to have an affair with your wife’s sister…) but for the other goalie I would go with Ray Emery (although he’s battling his demons) or if you can go back in the past Ron Hextall or Billy Smith…
Let's go Caps!
by MikeL-Pivonka on Apr 1, 2010 9:10 AM EDT up reply actions
I’m a little disappointed that Briere didn’t make your team. Exactly how many times do you have to spear a guy in the pills after the whistle blows before you get included?
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Briere is #1 Center on this team
Apparently if you do it to the Capitals it doesn’t count. So, keep counting those spears.
Too bad Mike Duco and David Koci aren’t good enough to make this NHL roster.
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by Marshall Pirate on Mar 31, 2010 1:20 PM EDT up reply actions
in the current “should he or shouldn’t he be suspended” climate, i guess a play like briere’s spear on ovechkin doesn’t warrant a suspension because it wasn’t seen/called by the refs on the ice? if so….well, that’s totally ridiculous.
by Natty Bumppo on Mar 31, 2010 4:08 PM EDT up reply actions
Eh, I didn’t know about that instance. Sorry.
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by Chris Burton on Mar 31, 2010 6:56 PM EDT up reply actions
I’m actually surprised to see none of the Staal brothers on here. A friend of mine who used to work for the Hurricanes organization said Eric’s a jackass IRL.
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Is the list for dirty players or douchebags? B/c Crosby is as douchy as ribeiro or heatley
No, he’s not, I don’t think. Just misunderstood. He’s had like two questionable incidents in the past two seasons, both I would say “heat of the moment” type things.
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by red army line on Mar 31, 2010 3:25 PM EDT up reply actions
Take out Mike Ribeiro and put in Steve Ott. Love them both, but Otter is slightly demented; Ribs is just a showboater :P
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by Brad_Richards_Rocks on Mar 31, 2010 2:48 PM EDT reply actions
The diving stuff is douchey. The entire way he carries himself pisses me off as well.
Killer_Carlson and Steckel Me Elmo are like brothers to me. And when I say brothers I don't mean like actual brothers. I mean it like how black people use it, which is more meaningful, I think.
Ribs has swagger. He’s a complete dick, but I find it endearing. Some Stars fans don’t, but I do.
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by Brad_Richards_Rocks on Mar 31, 2010 7:41 PM EDT up reply actions
In the net, I’d take out TimmyThom and put in Roloson, who’s a real first-rate douche.
Driving under the influence of hockey since godknow's when.
Who falls down like he’s been shot if a player skates near the crease.
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by Knee high to a duck on Mar 31, 2010 3:40 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
love that you handed out the Cs and As. i think i’ll start calling pronger “captain douchebag.”
by Natty Bumppo on Mar 31, 2010 4:00 PM EDT reply actions 4 recs
I think you’d be late to the party in some circles.
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by jordanDC on Mar 31, 2010 4:43 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
that was the hardest decision I made.
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by Chris Burton on Mar 31, 2010 6:56 PM EDT up reply actions
I’m sure it was a tough call between “Dammit Pronger” and Avery.
I’d have gone Avery, but there’s no wrong answer on that one
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by Chris meet Alex on Mar 31, 2010 7:36 PM EDT up reply actions
I think you have to make room for Jarko Ruutu somewhere in the starting line-up. Grade A, world-class dirty player and doucherocket.
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by Knee high to a duck on Mar 31, 2010 6:04 PM EDT reply actions
Who ya bumpin’ out?
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by Chris Burton on Mar 31, 2010 6:55 PM EDT up reply actions
Agreed.
I think he’d have to take Heaters spot in my mind.
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by Chris meet Alex on Mar 31, 2010 7:37 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah, I’m not nearly as anti-Heater as most seem to be. He’s got one high profile instance of alleged douche-baggery and he has the car accident thing. That’s not nearly as bad as these other guys and his stuff is all off ice. I can’t remember him doing something on ice that made me think he belongs on this team.
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Yeah. I mean, honestly, can anyone blame him for not wanting to go to Edmonton?
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by The Ghost of Bebop on Mar 31, 2010 9:32 PM EDT up reply actions
cue Whiter Mage
Dude, did you forget him jilting the Germans?
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by Chris Burton on Mar 31, 2010 10:17 PM EDT up reply actions
Let’s not forget his shitty overlong visor.
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that thing is a travesty
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by Chris Burton on Mar 31, 2010 10:46 PM EDT up reply actions
How could you forget Steve Ott?
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by Kevin Sellathamby on Apr 1, 2010 8:03 AM EDT reply actions
By messing up the formatting that had him in it, starting over, brainfarting, and adding Darcy Tucker instead.
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I think of Richards as more of a shithead than a douchebag.
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I think of him as both
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by Kevin Sellathamby on Apr 1, 2010 10:52 AM EDT up reply actions
what about
jarko ruttu and todd bertuzzi.
I bet if you ask the players ruttu is in the top 5 least favorite, and bertuzzi is a thug, remember when he bear clubbed that guy from behind.
heatley for sure, for the drunk driving accident
downie for suree, avery for sure
great post idea
Given that Chelios is an active player these days, shouldn’t he be on the list? I mean, I seem to remember him having a whole slew of questionable hits and stick work over the years.
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by Wheeler on Apr 2, 2010 12:22 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
As someone who has devoted his screenname and avatar to the celebration of Chelios’ douchebaggery (actually more of the celebration of his getting his just-deserts), I believe I am contractually required to Rec that!
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by Chris meet Alex on Apr 2, 2010 6:10 PM EDT up reply actions
Can’t get ’em all :).
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I can understand why Avery is on this list, but I find his antics mostly funny when they aren’t against the caps, so just putting it out there that at least Avery is a funny douche.
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Avery isn’t purely antics, he takes his cheapshots too. He’s on the top of my list of guys who get that infuriatingly incredulous look when he’s be caught doing something dirty. It’s that look that makes me want to have him spitting up teeth, and I’m against allowing fighting the in NHL. I’m SOOOOO glad I never have to play against him, I KNOW he’d get under my skin.
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by Chris meet Alex on Apr 5, 2010 1:35 PM EDT up reply actions
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