Most over rated player on your team?

[flamesforcup]

Jack Edwards made fun of him last night during a game. Said he'd be crying in the showers or something. There's a thread somewhere about it.

thanks

 

[Pavel Buchnevich]

Skjei. He's like our 3rd best defenseman, and some keep acting like he's going to replace McDonagh's production.

 

[Pavel Buchnevich]

I’d say Deangelo, most of the Rangers board trashes on Pionk for the smallest mistake but Deangelo is all fine and perfect
Pionk is closer to underrated than overrated by Ranger fans

I don't think either apply to this thread. The fan base is split on those two. Some think DeAngelo is great and Pionk sucks. Others think Pionk is great and DeAngelo sucks.

 

[Pancakes]

That's a tough question as a Pens fan. I feel like our stars are appropriately rated.

I guess maybe Riikola or Sprong? I like them but a lot of Pens fans looooove them and neither has done much yet.

 

[3074326]

That's a tough question as a Pens fan. I feel like our stars are appropriately rated.

I guess maybe Riikola or Sprong? I like them but a lot of Pens fans looooove them and neither has done much yet.

Brassard hasn't really moved the needle for me.

But yeah, the Pens forum currently has an unhealthy Sprong obsession.

 

[PensandCaps]

Can't really think of anyone.

Sprong?

 

[Machinehead]

Skjei. He's like our 3rd best defenseman, and some keep acting like he's going to replace McDonagh's production.

I think Pionk has taken over with his recent "I'm going to shoot 25%" bender, but I absolutely would have said Skjei two weeks ago.

Plus, what you said before is true -- Pionk has a very vocal group against him, whereas Skjei really doesn't.

It's not that Skjei is bad, he just doesn't move the needle at all. The needle just sits in its room before dying of starvation. He just exists, and will always be exactly as good as the other four players on the ice.

And that would be much more digestible if he just played like the boring, vanilla f*** he is, but he thinks he's Brent Burns.

For me, he's one of the most annoying players in recent memory. I find Pionk alarming, but I find Skjei more annoying.

 

[TomasHertlsRooster]

Marc-Edouard Vlasic might still be an average 2nd pairing defenseman. But I think even that is rating him too high at this point.

 

[ViktorBaeArvidsson]

Tough to say, probably a mix of Johansen, Subban. Subban should stop taking dumb penalties, but I think that’s just impossible for him to do.

 

[strictlyrandy]

For the Avs... and this hurts to say.. EJ.

 

[Freudian]

Avs don't have any massively overrated players at the moment. If Landeskog keeps up this production, he might turn into one since he's really a 55-60 point two way guy and not a PPG guy.

Barrie and Girard has the type of game that might lead them to be overrated but people around the league seems to have a fair opinion of their strengths and weaknesses.

 

[DanyHeatley]

matt douchene

 

[Snakepit]

Sam Bennett

Awesome that he's stopped taking dumb penalties and at least started affecting the game positively with big hits and whatnot, but at the end of the day he's still on pace for less than 30 points.

I'm happy with the improvement and all and I'm rooting for the guy, but lots of Flames fans act like he's been a consistent 80+ point scorer and get mad when his minutes get limited

 

[PatrikBerglund]

Hampus Lidstrom.

Sorry.

Hampus Lindholm.

Good. Not Lidstrom good.

No one is Lidstrom good.

Magnus is the best defensive defenceman in the world though.

 

[bl02]

Mats Zuccarello.

Surely not this season. Have not seen many Rangers fans proclaim how good he has been this year.

 

[jetsforever]

Tyler Myers maybe

 

[Pavel Buchnevich]

I think Pionk has taken over with his recent "I'm going to shoot 25%" bender, but I absolutely would have said Skjei two weeks ago.

Plus, what you said before is true -- Pionk has a very vocal group against him, whereas Skjei really doesn't.

It's not that Skjei is bad, he just doesn't move the needle at all. The needle just sits in its room before dying of starvation. He just exists, and will always be exactly as good as the other four players on the ice.

And that would be much more digestible if he just played like the boring, vanilla **** he is, but he thinks he's Brent Burns.

For me, he's one of the most annoying players in recent memory. I find Pionk alarming, but I find Skjei more annoying.

After he was scratched, I think he was quoted as saying he needs to be more aggressive.

His pinches are so bad. Nearly the whole defense is bad at it. I wonder if there’s anyone who tracks that. I think the Rangers would be last or close to it.

 

[typicalsavage]

Draisaitl

 

[jvcjdudu jcycyxjene]

It's not my team but Auston Matthews

 

[Volica]

Hard for Calgary.
Every other fan thinks we're shit, our stars are lesser stars, our defence is overrate and garbage; So hard to overrate anyone.

 

[Avelanche]

Avs prob Sam Girard. At least by the fan base. I vaguely remember people thinking he made Barrie expendable.

 

[Pens x]

Matt Murray

 

[SladeWilson23]

Vatanen

Not because he isn't good, but Devils fans actually think he's better than Severson.

 

[frisco]

Brassard.

My Best-Carey

 

[ricky0034]

not really a lot of names to even pick from nowadays for this as far as the Wings board goes

Glendening I guess

I also think that in general people are a bit too high on Bertuzzi,but at least he's actually a decent hockey player(and at still under 100 NHL games probably has a decent chance at getting better)

By our own fanbase? Mantha it seems. Outside of 25 games to start last year he’s looked like a second line winger. He’s good and will prob hit 20ish goals each year, but it seems like a lot of people on wings forums think he’s gonna score 40 goals one of these days.
That day may come, but he’s really not THAT young anymore. Right bow he looks like he can be a low end 1st line complimentary winger, and that’s ok, especially for his draft position. It just seems disappointing because you see the tools are there.
By outaide fanbases opinions I really can’t think of anyone. Larkin seems to be put where he belongs in terms of rankings and nobody else gets much credit. If anything I think we have a good amount of underrated players (Bertuzzi, Rasmussen on the prospect board, Nyquist)

i'd say Mantha is a bit underrated now if anything

I see posts all the time essentially calling him garbage even though he's still relatively young at 23 and just last year put up 24 goals/48 points on an awful team