^ it's not just hfboards. read what turgeon's teammates said about him in gare joyce's book when the lights went out. not just his teammates from the WJC either, he was always an unpopular guy on his teams because he played such a soft and cowardly game.
interestingly, his brother sylvain was also apparently generally disliked when he was in the league. there is a book called road games: a year in the life of the NHL that i read as a kid. it was partly about the senators' awful first season in the league. basically, it said sylvain was a loner and a malcontent and nobody had any time for him on his previous teams.
http://www.ottawasenatorsfansite.com/Road-Games-A-Year-in-the-Life-of-the-NHL-Product-70093
i think both turgeon brothers look bad in retrospect because they were traded for guys who were their polar opposites and it really showed. pierre was first traded for a smaller skill player who had heart for miles. plus, he was handsome, charismatic, and a beloved humanitarian. fair or not, guys can't help but be compared to who they were traded for, especially when it was a blockbuster.
and, while kirk muller was washed up when he was traded to the isles for turgeon, eric lindros publicly panned the trade, saying "turgeon will have to score 200 points to replace what muller brought to that team." the implication being that muller was a heart and soul guy who made the difference between winning and losing while turgeon, even as a 100 point scorer, wasn't really an impactful player.
sylvain was first traded for pat verbeek, who would go on to consistently match turgeon's offensive peak of 40 goals and 80 points and play a popular hardnosed gritty game doing it. then he was traded from the devils to the habs for claude lemieux, who would do anything to win and would take home the conn smythe when the devils won their first cup.