The Laziest Player In The League...

[FrozenJagrt]

Some Leaf fans were staunch supporters of his. Even wanted him drafted over Nylander and were pissed when he wasn't. Then he gets here and was just a waste of a roster spot.

I was one of those fans. I also hated the Kadri pick. Sometimes I miss.

 

[kings11]

P
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[Raccoon Jesus]

PLD is so lazy he could barely show up for this thread

and definitely wouldn't contribute his FULL name to it, that's too many letters

 

[Stive Morgan]

Ben Chiarot, although I cant tell if it's just because he's just really, really slow.

His effort whilst committing holding penalties and cross checking guys is unquestionable though.

 

[HockeyVirus]

Pierre Engvall.

He has good size and good skating ability. When he's on, he's a pretty good middle-6'er. But it seems like he just does the absolute minimum for like half the regular season games.

He should feel shame for how little he produces with the natural gifts he has.

There's a reason Leaf nation laughed at Lou signing him for 7 years.

 

[Skolman]

PLD

 

[Statto]

Anyone not saying PLD needs to watch more Kings hockey… if you can stay awake.

Hmm, maybe that’s the issue, PLD can’t stay awake himself….

 

[Go Wings]

Anthony Mantha all the talent in the world and size but just doesn't care most of the time.

 

[Albatros]

Alexei Kovalev? that guy could be the best player in the NHL..... when he wanted to be

He had a video game addiction, more lack of focus than laziness.

 

[pi314]

I don't think Ovechkin is an especially lazy player.

At his peak he played hard. He was always moving and exerting effort. He wasn't great defensively, but I'm not sure that was primarily an effort problem.

He's coasting in that clip, but you can find similar clips of other notable players.

You don't score that many goals and have that many seasons as a noteworthy player if you're lazy.

Laziest player in hockey history WITHOUT the puck.

 

[Our Lady Peace]

Dubois, Mantha, and Johansen are the three that immediately come to mind for me.

 

[TheDawnOfANewTage]

He had a video game addiction, more lack of focus than laziness.

Wait, what? Seriously? Like.. Doom 64, Tetris, what are we talkin here? If he had problems then, dear lord, we’re lucky Marner leaves the virtual reality goggles in the hotel room.

 

[jeffl97]

No longer active, but Alexander Semin comes to mind.

absolute lazer of a wrister when he tried though

 

[Colorado Avalanche]

Xbox controllers used to drive me nuts.

RyJo is one lazy ***** ******

 

[shtorm2005]

Laziest player in hockey history WITHOUT the puck.

Here's a video of his lazy plays without the puck to support your claim.



Top 3 all-time hits leader.

 

[Albatros]

Wait, what? Seriously? Like.. Doom 64, Tetris, what are we talkin here? If he had problems then, dear lord, we’re lucky Marner leaves the virtual reality goggles in the hotel room.

Yeah, 1990s Nintendo stuff. Told he was thinking not about hockey, but about how to beat video game levels once he gets back home while sitting on the bench in the NHL.

 

[TheDawnOfANewTage]

Yeah, 1990s Nintendo stuff. Told he was thinking not about hockey, but about how to beat video game levels once he gets back home while sitting on the bench in the NHL.

Ya, found the quote after reply- that’s absolutely nuts. Kinda makes some sense at the same time- coming from closed-down Russia, a certain personality type (that I may or may not identify with)- you get lost in the infinite new fun technology and games.

Oh, was Voracek lazy on the ice? I just remember his chiclets interview basically being “ya I don’t do that modern shit”. Just surprised me is all- very good player at his peak, but from interviews with other players and my own read on what he said- sounded like natural talent and little effort. Could be way off, lemme know.

 

[Nico Hischier]

Pavel Zacha hasn’t been mentioned yet. He was very lazy in NJ

 

[nowhereman]

Shame on you for missing this one

If that's the best Caps fans can do, that's pretty bad. An NHL defenseman should have no troubles taking the body in a situation like that. Not Crosby's fault at all. The OV gif is just sad.

 

[WayTooCold]

Patrik Laine, playing Fortnite all the time.

 

[Reality Czech]

Alexei Kovalev? that guy could be the best player in the NHL..... when he wanted to be

Come on, would a lazy guy play a 7 minute shift and then score at the end of it?

 

[Arthur Morgan]

Come on, would a lazy guy play a 7 minute shift and then score at the end of it?

he could score at any time he wanted, just only when he wanted to

 

[The Gr8 Dane]

Kovalev

 

[TS Quint]

I don't think Ovechkin is an especially lazy player.

At his peak he played hard. He was always moving and exerting effort. He wasn't great defensively, but I'm not sure that was primarily an effort problem.

He's coasting in that clip, but you can find similar clips of other notable players.

You don't score that many goals and have that many seasons as a noteworthy player if you're lazy.

There are things Ovi flat out doesn't do. This year against the Jets he made me laugh. Someone on his line dumped the puck in for him to chase. Ovi don't chase. He just gives his team mate a stare and goes for a change.

 

[TS Quint]

Laine. God given talent in that shot but just doesn't seem to like hockey.

Byfuglien is another guy who was just good at hockey but didn't like it. He gave back $16m just to not play or even deal with LTIR. He was known for being one of the few players who would gain weight throughout the season. He did have a few years when he was engaged and it was amazing.