The Laziest Player In The League...

[DitchMarner]

In honor of Mr. Pierre-Luc Dubois himself...

Who is the laziest professional hockey player? The guy who may have decent to good skills, hockey IQ, physical attributes and anything else desirable in a player aside from work ethic. The guy who's the equivalent of the production line worker who constantly holds up his line or the front office worker who constantly fails to get things done in a timely and professional manner due to procrastination.

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[Profet]

In honor of Mr. Pierre-Luc Dubois himself...

Who is the laziest professional hockey player? The guy who may have decent to good skills, hockey IQ, physical attributes and anything else desirable in a player aside from work ethic. The guy who's the equivalent of the production line worker who constantly holds up his line or the front office worker who constantly fails to get things done in a timely and professional manner due to procrastination.

 

[CharasLazyWrister]

Not every Bruins fan will agree with me on this but many will.

Nick Ritchie.

 

[Seattle King]

Pierre-Luc Dubois, who is known as Le Planeur at my house, cannot possibly be compared to anyone else. He is in a class by himself.

 

[ijuka]

Mark Scheifele

 

[dirtydanglez]

the tyler arnason award.

i'd like to nominate ryan johansen

 

[miscs75]

HM: Oleg Kvasha

 

[Avs2022]

the tyler arnason award.

Unless he was playing the Oilers. Then he looked like combination of Sakic and Forsberg with the defensive ability of Adam Foote.

 

[DitchMarner]

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.

 

[johan f]

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 as a noteworthy player if you're lazy.

The question is about today.

 

[Coffey]

Unless he was playing the Oilers. Then he looked like combination of Sakic and Forsberg with the defensive ability of Adam Foote.

Glad you guys know this too.

 

[Joseppi]

the tyler arnason award.

i'd like to nominate ryan johansen

Good god, Tyler Arnason - that name gives me PTSD. Dude turned into Gordie f***ing Howe against the Oilers.

As a reference, from 2002-2009:

His career averages:
0.18 goals/game
0.32 assists/game
0.50 points/game

Against the Oilers:
0.42 goals/game
0.39 assists/game
0.82 points/game

vs Oilers:
33gp 14g - 13a - 27pts

career average:
33gp 6g - 10a - 16pts

Anyhow, laziest player in the league right now really has to be PLD.

 

[tarheelhockey]

It’s sad to be in a league without Phil Kessel lazily collecting Cups and iron man records.

 

[Nikolajs Sillers]

J .Skinner. Not even bother to show up to playoffs

 

[Profet]

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 as a noteworthy player if you're lazy.

That's great... except that gif is over 10 years old.

So "always moving and exerting effort" should be amended with "... in the offensive zone"

 

[Spargon]

Not every Bruins fan will agree with me on this but many will.

Nick Ritchie.

I wouldn't say he is lazy. Just utter trash.

 

[Sky04]

Who's 38 on that play, he's the opposite of this thread what an effort against 3 guys.

 

[DitchMarner]

That's great... except that gif is over 10 years old.

So "always moving and exerting effort" should be amended with "... in the offensive zone"

I guess that's fair. At least he tried hard and was willing to get physical offensively. Some forwards don't even do that.

Wendel Clark is another guy who threw a lot of hits and worked hard offensively but often seemed disinterested in his own end. I don't really hear many calling him lazy, though. He's cited as an example of the type of player the Leafs need more of these days.

 

[CharasLazyWrister]

I wouldn't say he is lazy. Just utter trash.

I saw enough moments of legitimately good play to believe the other 90% of the time pure laziness.

Guy would make a pass in the neutral zone and then just stand still watching it. Repeatedly. Shift after shift.

 

[santapore]

well...ryan johansen. havent see it but maybe torts got some inside info..

 

[GreeningOil]

Pierre-Luc Dubois, who is known as Le Planeur at my house, cannot possibly be compared to anyone else. He is in a class by himself.

The glider hahaha

 

[MikeyMike01]

Who's 38 on that play, he's the opposite of this thread what an effort against 3 guys.

Jack Hillen

 

[JTToilinginToronto]

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.

 

[Bouboumaster]

It was Armia for us, hands down, until he was sent down

He cameback with the right idea to never be sent down again it seems, because he played with an edge after that

 

[Mitch nylander]

Kyle Wellwood