Who will be your team's whipping boy this year?

[danielpalfredsson]

Well that's not true either. My boss is from Ottawa and is a Sens fan but he would love to see Melnyk sent to the moon...or at least anywhere away from the team.

My post was satirical. Maybe it was too hfsens in for the main board.

 

[rfournier103]

I think Brad Marchand is going to take some heat from the fans this year. I know a few people that have him on their sh*t list for the bad line change in Game 7.

 

[yegoldboysclub]

Marner will be the whipping boy for the Leafs.

 

[BonMorrison]

For the Preds the easy answer is Turris but the low-key, negative nancy part of me thinks Johansen is gonna get it this year.

 

[Crow]

Seabrook, even if he bounces back.

 

[Sempiternal]

Jake Allen!!!!!

How? He already lost the job. He's a backup goalie now until he proves otherwise.

 

[Kamiccolo]

From the Jets, I'll guess either Bryan Little. Nobody to genuinely rip on this year.

Laine?

IMO the answer across the league is Cody Ceci.

Fans and press in TO are going to be on his case nightly.

It is going to get ugly.. Guarenteed

Get out of here with this stuff. Sure, I have read some hot takes on the Leafs board, but I read even more on here from "Neutral" fans about how terrible he is. It's always been the case though. I remember the Kessel and most recently Gardiner hate on here.

 

[Kamiccolo]

Isn't Hyman the odds on whipping boy, now that Brown, Hainsey and Marleau are gone? He's been a whipping boy to many for years, even if it's not deserved.

Hyman will be in Toronto while Barrie gets a pass for being a disaster in his own zone along with Ceci lmao.

Behind the times. Hyman was one because he was playing with Nylander / Matthews, and he had the lowest expected goals out of anyone because they kept setting him up with tap ins he would miss.

Last year he took a step forward and was a beast on the forecheck and could put the puck in the net when given a freebee. He is a beast on the PK as well. Fans have 180'd on him and love him now.

 

[Tom Polakis]

Really? Thought he [Keller] was a stud.

Great rookie season followed by some long slumps during his sophomore season. Lots of pressure on him in 2019-20.

 

[GoldenSeal]

How? He already lost the job. He's a backup goalie now until he proves otherwise.

Um, for one thing he's a backup making Starter money...

 

[CiCi]

I really think for the Capitals it could be Kuzy.

 

[Name Nameless]

Um, for one thing he's a backup making Starter money...

But it's not more than 4.35 mill. Many teams pays their starter double that.

 

[aufheben]

I really think for the Capitals it could be Kuzy.

Must be nice.

 

[Puckstop40]

EJ, Jost, or Grubauer

 

[GoldenSeal]

But it's not more than 4.35 mill. Many teams pays their starter double that.

That's a good thing?

 

[Name Nameless]

That's a good thing?

It just means Allen isn't being paid superstar money. Which of course, makes sense.

 

[armyjoe]

Laine for Winnipeg

 

[Cygnusx1018]

One of Bailey, Beau, or Leddy. Maybe all 3?

Nah, I think its Komarov and Varlamov

 

[harrisb]

For Sens it depends....
Zaitsev is obvious as he’ll be deployed as a top pairing shutdown guy and will fail.
Secondary option is whoever of the young guns coming off ELC’s demands too much money, term, signing bonus will then be smeared and our new whipping boy.

 

[Mr Positive]

Cody Ceci is in for a rough year.

no kidding, if they couldn't wait for Gardiner to leave for a few key screw ups

 

[TheReelChuckFletcher]

With the Canes, it'll be Faulk, not because he's bad, but rather because of unnecessary PP usage vis-a-vis Dougie when Faulk's at his best at even strength.

 

[These Are The Days]

Justin Braun is the most likely candidate for the Flyers. Most fans feel they overpaid for him (2nd and 3rd) and at his age and play style, there's a decent chance he is the least effective defensemen on the team.

Not going to lie.... I really thought the first Flyer response would be Hagg

 

[These Are The Days]

Palat has about 1 period to not suck anymore before Lightning fans whipping boy him so much you'd think we were making a Roots sequel

 

[Rebels57]

Not going to lie.... I really thought the first Flyer response would be Hagg

Hes #7 or #8 on the D depth chart now so I dont expect him to play much.

 

[JayfromNB1219]

Who will the fans turn on this year on your team? For the leafs I’m going to guess ceci. Leaf fans love to bash defensemen and now that gardiner and zaitsev are gone, ceci will probably get the honour

Dependent on the Marner contract and how long the saga plays out I don't see how you can choose anybody but Mitchell Marner...if he has even a slightly underwhelming season after the sht show that his contract saga has become Leafs fans will jump all over him as quickly as they can (and rightly so) mind you if he has a normal year all will be forgotten