Your favorite player on rival(s) team(s) ?

[max21]

Not the biggest rivalry between Washington and NYI but I love to watch Barzal. I also hate Philadelphia but Provorov yes please

 

[Clint Eastwood]

Habs - Brendan Gallagher. I know many Bruins fans hate this guy, but he's basically Brad Marchand (not nearly as skilled of course, but more in the agitator way) except he doesn't have a history of dirty plays (well, not nearly as much). He's just as much a little shit and I respect the hell out of it. Love his heart and his willingness to go to the front of the net despite his height. Wish he was on a team I liked more.

Leafs - Morgan Rielly. Would've been Jake Gardiner for obvious reasons, but he's on Carolina now. Rielly seems like a respectable player despite his last name being spelled wrong. The only real threat on the back end of that team.

Some Bruins fans may differ, but I don't call the Lightning, Canucks, or Flyers rivals.

 

[CharasLazyWrister]

Bruins fan

Habs - Gallagher

Leafs - Jason Spezza. For the laugh. I wish I could pick another player on the Leafs, but their offense all blends together as one, honestly. I can’t tell you whether I like watching Matthews, Nylander, Hyman, or Marner more. They all seem too “alike”.

Canucks - Petterson

 

[Kaner9]

I love Doughy because even though he's a little shit I like that he's a little shit.

 

[Pukboy5kroner]

Florida has never been good enough to have an actual rival. But I like players on other teams.

 

[TaLoN]

Minnesota - Zuccarello maybe, or no one

You can have him for free if you want...

 

[Byron Bitz]

Leafs fan picking Marchand

 

[Kaiden Ghoul]

My team Montreal

Marner in Toronto
Chabot in Ottawa
Svechnikov in Carolina
Bergeron in Boston

I freaking hate the da.m. @#$$ing Hurricanes

 

[xgallantx]

To me being a "fan" of an opponent means you openly watch them when your team isn't on. Why would a Red Sox fan ever tune into a Yankees game? Or vice versa. But if it's who you'd want on your team, that's different.

I disagree here. As a Bruins fan, my fav games to watch are Habs and Leafs games. Why? Because they are so easy to root against. So if the Bruins are not on I can watch these teams play and still have somewhat of an emotional investment. I don't watch Leafs vs Habs though lol
As for having favorite players, do the OP mean actaul favorite players or fav players from that team.. I don't like anyone on the Leafs or Habs, but my least hated would be Price (hate that he's a Hab, he just seems to be so cool under pressure) and I dunno, Jack Campbell...

 

[xgallantx]

To me being a "fan" of an opponent means you openly watch them when your team isn't on. Why would a Red Sox fan ever tune into a Yankees game? Or vice versa. But if it's who you'd want on your team, that's different.

I disagree here. As a Bruins fan, my fav games to watch are Habs and Leafs games. Why? Because they are so easy to root against. So if the Bruins are not on I can watch these teams play and still have somewhat of an emotional investment. I don't watch Leafs vs Habs though lol
As for having favorite players, do the OP mean actaul favorite players or fav players from that team.. I don't like anyone on the Leafs or Habs, but my least hated would be Price (hate that he's a Hab, he just seems to be so cool under pressure) and I dunno, Jack Campbell...

 

[Hockeyholic]

I disagree here. As a Bruins fan, my fav games to watch are Habs and Leafs games. Why? Because they are so easy to root against. So if the Bruins are not on I can watch these teams play and still have somewhat of an emotional investment. I don't watch Leafs vs Habs though lol
As for having favorite players, do the OP mean actaul favorite players or fav players from that team.. I don't like anyone on the Leafs or Habs, but my least hated would be Price (hate that he's a Hab, he just seems to be so cool under pressure) and I dunno, Jack Campbell...

This I understand. Kind of like the Dallas Cowboys. People either love them or hate them (I hate them). So they get eyeballs consistently. Nobody is ever indifferent about them.

 

[Sheppy]

Ehh, probably Marner.

 

[qqaz]

As a Blackhawks fan:

Minny: Dumba/Staal
Detroit: Fabbri
StLouis: ROR/Pietrangelo

As a Leafs fan:

Montreal: Price
Buffalo: Olofsson/Eichel/Skinner
Ottawa: White

I just straight up dont hate a lot. Even rival reams, I'm finding it hard to not name more players. I like hockey too much to hate a team, aside from them playing against my favourite teams.

I could talk to a fan from Ottawa or Buffalo for hours about their own team. If you watch these teams play all the tie, how can you not end up liking some of the players?

 

[Machinehead]

Ovechkin and Subban; that's an easy one.

 

[Filatov2Kovalev2Bonk]

My team



My Rivals:

Like almost everyone this team is super spicy, but I'll take Matthews, Marner, Andersen, Tavares and Rielly to start


Price, Weber, Gallagher


Chara only, rest are kneeing, slashing punks.

 

[Sniper99]

Leafs fan:

MTL: Price
Bos: Bergeron HM to McAvoy
Buf: Eichel I guess.
Ott: Chabot HM to Tkachuk

 

[DeeVeeUss]

FLA isn't yours?

Cats & Bolts have never been good simultaneously. For a while the TB/Detroit rivalry was pretty heated in the playoffs. Nowadays I'd say it's either Boston or Washington

 

[ps241]

My team (RIP Dusty you were never boring)

Stone: love how he plays the game and really pissed we missed out on him last spring. Kid is a class act too

Josi: Very talented player who plays us tough. Also seems like a good captain.

Mac: I gotta go with the guy that is so dynamic

ROR: That was a hell of an add and it really vaulted them to another level. They were always missing that kick ass #1 center who is a two way beast. Also shout out to the Blues fans they are a classy group and kept it clean in last years playoffs on HFBoards.

Honorable mention types for teams we see less of. Either of Walt's kids Brady and Matthew are both really talented. Seth Jones in Columbus is unreal.

 

[Ignite111]

mika zibanejad... if it’s was all time gotta go graves

 

[The90]

Bruins fan

Habs - Gallagher

Leafs - Jason Spezza. For the laugh. I wish I could pick another player on the Leafs, but their offense all blends together as one, honestly. I can’t tell you whether I like watching Matthews, Nylander, Hyman, or Marner more. They all seem too “alike”.

Canucks - Petterson

Odd you group hyman in with the other 3, he could do his job with a shovel. Matthews plays a completely different game than marner and nylander. Just an odd comment all around lol.

 

[Scandale du Jour]

As a Penguins fan, that's a tough one.

Our two biggest rivals are Washington and Philadelphia.

Washington: I despise most of their stars and I think Wilson belongs in jail. I guess it is Backstrom by default. He is my type of player and I probably would like him if he were on another team.

Philadelphia: I am generally rooting for all French-Canadian players... but on the Flyers? Especially since their two Frenchies are not even from Quebec AND are big part of the rivalry (Couturier shadowing Malkin so many times, Giroux being a little bitch all the time)... hummmm tough one. I could say Samuel Morin, but the guy has played 9 NHL games. I guess Provorov. He is a great player.

 

[Harvey Birdman]

None.

 

[TheGoldenGod]

Lol

 

[Cyclones21]

Rangers fan

Islanders:
Mathew Barzal is fairly obvious and Ryan Pulock (right handed defenseman with a bomb).
Flyers:
Sean Couturier, Ivan Provorov
Capitals:
Ovechkin is an obvious one, Tom Wilson seems to be a player you love to have on your time.
Penguins:
I am one of the few that like Sidney Crosby.
Devils:
Kyle Palmieri, Nico Hischier

 

[Cursed Lemon]

Sakic