Biggest jerks in the NHL

[bleachdrinker]

No love for Sean Avery?

 

[Lt Dan]

Uh, that doesn't make Tom Barrasso a jerk.

HFboards to Tom Barasso

 

[ManofSteel55]

Eugene Melnyk

he could easily get multiple threads

I suspect you could add any owner or former owner to this list.

 

[vaspa]

No love for Sean Avery?

Personally I file him under categories of idiot or jackass, but it's not an unreasonable shout.

 

[Nikolajs Sillers]

NHL?

 

[The Gr8 Dane]

Michel Therrien would smoke darts and clip his toenails on his desk when players came into his office

 

[SEALBound]

No love for Sean Avery?

I like Sean Avery. His appearances on SC and his own podcast softened my view on him a bit.

Not saying he's a good guy though.

 

[TheNewEra]

I suspect you could add any owner or former owner to this list.

you probably could but i consider melnyk to be on the ballard tier for owners

 

[Hallonbroder]

Tage Thompson, Jack Eichel, Marner, Elias Pettersson, Erik Karlsson, Bobby Orr, Gretzky, Zhamnov, Alfie

 

[LeafalCrusader]

 

[DekeyPete]

Matt Cooke stole his billet's wife. Sean Avery told the story.

 

[Reality Czech]

Michel Therrien would smoke darts and clip his toenails on his desk when players came into his office

The thread is about the biggest jerk, not the manliest coach ever.

I've heard multiple Tom Barasso jerk stories so I have no doubt they are true.

 

[CharasLazyWrister]

Funny story, my dad got me an autographed picture of Barrasso, because he saw his dad for a neurological consult. When he talked about that, he'd always joke, "I don't know why he did that. I diagnosed his dad with a fatal brain tumor." Maybe he's just a sick bastard.

Got a signed picture from him through my step dad’s friend that was his Porsche mechanic.

I think it’s the only autograph of note I’ve really ever gotten from a hockey player unless Byron Dafoe impresses anyone.

 

[jetsforever]

Wasn't there some locker room drama with DeAngelo?

 

[thethirdhockeyman91]

Dany Heatley

 

[DoubleGold]

Corey Perry

 

[Coffey]

Corey Perry

Did nothing wrong

Except interfere with Talbots glove in 2017

 

[Al Lagoon]

I've read lot of comments on the Wild board about Suter being a jerk.

That's all I know.

 

[DoubleGold]

Did nothing wrong

Except interfere with Talbots glove in 2017

But hey he can go down as the biggest loser ever with 4 SCF losses.

 

[Coffey]

But hey he can go down as the biggest loser ever with 4 SCF losses.

That’s just mental warfare.

 

[Lazlo Hollyfeld]

• Sportsnet - Modano finished at 1499 because Babcock scratched him.
• THN citing the same.
• Modano talking about it on a podcast.
• The Athletic article about Babcock citing the incident.

So... what makes it a fabrication?

It wasn't a fabrication but people make it sound like Modano was about to step on the ice for his 1,500th game when Babcock scratched him. What happened was Modano was out for a significant part of the season with injury, and was made a healthy scratch one game which mean there weren't enough remaining games left in the season for him to reach 1,500.

On the list of Babcock's transgressions this is pretty low for me. Sure 1,500 is a nice round number but isn't a classic milestone like 1,000 games. And frankly Modano was playing awful. Babcock's treatment of Franzen was much much worse.

 

[archangel2]

My only comment about Tommy B is that the NHL hall of fame made him wait 20 years after he retired to get inducted, while inferior goalies got in and it sound like he only got in due to lobbying form Mario

 

[Nogatco Rd]

I like Sean Avery. His appearances on SC and his own podcast softened my view on him a bit.

Not saying he's a good guy though.

Is that the podcast where he mocks and harasses homeless people sleeping on the street? Or maybe I’m thinking of his twitter feed?

 

[SEALBound]

Is that the podcast where he mocks and harasses homeless people sleeping on the street? Or maybe I’m thinking of his twitter feed?

That's probably both.

 

[MD93]

But hey he can go down as the biggest loser ever with 4 SCF losses.

Depends how you look at it... Two Olympic golds, a Stanley cup, World Championship gold, World Junior gold, a Memorial cup and a World Cup gold. Plus the Rocket and Hart. Sounds like winning to me.