Misperceived players

[Plural]

That Kris Letang is awful defensively.

He might not be the worst guy out there. But he does make more than fair share of stupid plays.

But yeah, not as bad as people make it out to be.

 

[GTA]

Chris Kreider - Goalie Killer.

Where there is smoke...or a bloody trail of injured goalies...

 

[BoltSTH]

That the traitor demanding a trade had nothing to do with him been left of the original Canada Olympic roster.

 

[Dying Alive]

He might not be the worst guy out there. But he does make more than fair share of stupid plays.

But yeah, not as bad as people make it out to be.

The majority of his stupid plays are made when he has the puck in the offensive or neutral zone, not the defensive zone. And I don't even think he makes more than his fair share. He's not Suter or Weber but his defense is at worst average.

And frankly now that he's not playing Bylsma's system anymore he's looked like a completely different player, so I question whether his abilities were ever the problem to begin with.

 

[Bob Sacamanu]

That Chris Stewart is a lazy player.

 

[seancolorado]

That Patrick Roy is a Tortorella levels of fiery as a coach just because of what he did his first game against Boudreau's Ducks.

 

[PatriceBergeron]

That Tyler Seguin doesn't put effort into defense.

 

[Rals]

That everyone in the west > everyone in the east.

 

[Cursed Lemon]

That Datsyuk is done.

 

[Rals]

That Patrick Roy is a Tortorella levels of fiery as a coach just because of what he did his first game against Boudreau's Ducks.

That's not why we think he's fiery. He's ****ing nuts.

 

[Invictus12]

Maybe they've meant self-defense

slap slap

As funny as that fight was.... He did seem to get the upper-hand over Staal...

 

[ProspectsSTC]

That Subban is pure offense.

 

[Invictus12]

That the traitor demanding a trade had nothing to do with him been left of the original Canada Olympic roster.

I like it how fans seem to think that the players on their teams should consider the well-being of their fans before they consider their own...

 

[ViewsFromThe6ix]

Kadri is one dimensional

 

[Aceonfire*]

That Hall is lazy....he isn't.
That RNH is weak and small...he isn't.
That Yakupov refuses to learn to play 2-ways...he did.
That Scrivens and Fasth are not that bad...no they are very bad.

 

[GreatStateofHockey]

Yep. When someone says anything about his defensive play being poor, they've completely discredited themselves.

Same thing with Bobby Ryan. He may have been poor defensively in Anaheim, but he's turned into one of the Senators top two way players.

 

[Benedict Kovalchuk]

I really wish that was never recorded.

For what it's worth I think Marc Staal came away looking worse.

 

[PhoenyX]

Same thing with Bobby Ryan. He may have been poor defensively in Anaheim, but he's turned into one of the Senators top two way players.

Ryan wasn't poor defensively in Anaheim and I don't recall any Ducks fans ever saying he was. Must have been other fanbases?

 

[bhawks1399*]

That Patrick Kane is horrendous defensively. He's actually picked up his 2 way game, still pretty bad but not nearly as bad as he used to be.
That Duncan Keith is average defensively. C'mon he's one of the best at using their stick to break up break out passes or odd man rushes in the league.
People say Crosby is bad defemsively, he's not amazing but he's definitely not lazy and he's probably above average if you watch him
One last one is that great two way players defensively like toews, or Bergeron's, or kopitar's defensive play is good enough to make them equal to incredible offensive players like Crosby, Malkin, or Stamkos

 

[izzy]

Same thing with Bobby Ryan. He may have been poor defensively in Anaheim, but he's turned into one of the Senators top two way players.

Only problem I see with him is he dekes himself out a bit too much. He does seem more complete now though.

 

[jc17]

That Phil kessel is fat. I think its a joke to most people, but there is somehow actually people out there who think it's true.

You ever see Phil shirtless?

 

[Blufreezy]

You ever see Phil shirtless?

Yes

http://instagram.com/p/X-lk1huRED/

 

[ThatQuietGuy93]

Vernon fiddler chews his gum loud in warmup. Plus he has a hotshot big shot smile, and skates like he has 10lbs of boiled olives on his ankles

 

[Lebowski]

Yes

http://instagram.com/p/X-lk1huRED/

Well, that's pretty fat. Even for your average Joe, he'd have a couple pounds to lose.

For a professional athlete? He looks way out of shape. Turns out he's one of the fastest, most dynamic skater out there, but he certainly doesn't look in good shape from that picture.

 

[Tkachuk4MVP]

Joe Pavelski is my favorite Shark, but he's not any more "clutch" than anyone else on the team who's accused of being a choker.