Biggest jerks in the NHL
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elmaco
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Paul Maurice is more of a friend of the players than a true authority. It is said Scheifele and Wheeler almost ran the team and they obviously didn't like the new kid.
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I think unless it's a specific fan event, players dont owe you their time or attention. So if you get snubbed for an autograph or something then it doesn't necessarily make the player a jerk.
Lots of posts in here about waiting at practice or the like for players and them not giving you a sig...don't you have any sense of perspective? Maybe the player doesn't want to be singing autographs all the time. If it's for your child then...what the hell are you doing assuming you'll get one just because you're at practice or waiting after hours when the game is over in hopes the players walk by?
I once saw PK Subban across the street while I was at work. I dropped everything I was doing and ran across the street. He was on the phone with his dad (it was Father's Day), I said "Hey PK! Sorry man really quick just wanted to shake your hand and say you're one of my favorite players". He had a really big sigh and said "Sorry DAD one second". He was kind of a jerk about it but I also was invading his space and private time. I wish the interaction went better of course but maybe the guy has a hundred of these types of interactions a month and was just fed up with it that day? I don't know. I wouldn't say he was a jerk for it, just that I wish it was a cooler meeting.
The next year I went to "Keith Relief" in Chicago and there were a bunch of Hawks there. Said hi to a few of them and shook their hands. It was pretty cool. But that was also a thing that they agreed to go to specifically to be interacting with fans. We're not entitled to anything and I think fans forget that
Lots of posts in here about waiting at practice or the like for players and them not giving you a sig...don't you have any sense of perspective? Maybe the player doesn't want to be singing autographs all the time. If it's for your child then...what the hell are you doing assuming you'll get one just because you're at practice or waiting after hours when the game is over in hopes the players walk by?
I once saw PK Subban across the street while I was at work. I dropped everything I was doing and ran across the street. He was on the phone with his dad (it was Father's Day), I said "Hey PK! Sorry man really quick just wanted to shake your hand and say you're one of my favorite players". He had a really big sigh and said "Sorry DAD one second". He was kind of a jerk about it but I also was invading his space and private time. I wish the interaction went better of course but maybe the guy has a hundred of these types of interactions a month and was just fed up with it that day? I don't know. I wouldn't say he was a jerk for it, just that I wish it was a cooler meeting.
The next year I went to "Keith Relief" in Chicago and there were a bunch of Hawks there. Said hi to a few of them and shook their hands. It was pretty cool. But that was also a thing that they agreed to go to specifically to be interacting with fans. We're not entitled to anything and I think fans forget that
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archangel2
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My one observation about meeting players away from the Arena, with their families or just out and about doing normal stuff. Some fans believe they have all the rights in the world to get autographs or play 20 questions with said player. I remember the video of McDavid in Edmonton load food and beer into his car and fans just being all over him. Not all players handle that the same way. Some players want to be able to go about in public and be normal. They owe fans nothing away from the game and on their private time
Clint Eastwood
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An old friend of mine saw him at a bar once and seriously considered sucker punching him. Thankfully he didn't because that's a crime, but the devil on his shoulder was pushing him to do it so bad.
I'm going to assume that was Gionta cause which other Devil could sit on a shoulder.
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Yes, she did drive Canadian Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King to hits wits end.
ChicagoBlues
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Next thing you're gonna say is that King Clancy was a ruthless, violent despot.
JackSlater
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No, but he was best friends with Toronto Maple Leafs despot Harold Ballard.
I wouldn’t expect you to understand heart and soul. Tugnutt was a gamer. Barrasso was a has-been.
How many goals should Tugger have scored against Hasek to extend that Sabres series?
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unless you have reason to think it was racially motivated there's really no reason to include that detail
Why not play better and not give the coach an opportunity to scratch you? Modano signed with contenders and was an offensive black hole on the ice much of the time, yet felt entitled to play every night including back-to-backs with travel. That's on him really.
SeanMoneyHands
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I have a friend who bumped into Jordan Binnington 3 or 4 years ago at the Dallas Fort Worth airport when he was passing through. It was right after the Blues won the cup. He was in the same lineup as him for coffee and said Jordan comes across as a real life arrogant douche just like he does on the ice. 
Paul4587
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Along with being the biggest winner ever, having won almost everything there is to win in his hockey career
HighLifeManIsHigh
McDave is a loser lol
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Why even bother posting this in this thread?
Hey guys, I know some shit and I know this thread is about spilling the beans on guys being pricks, but I won’t do that because of reasons.
It’s the internet. Nobody is gonna dox you and hunt you down because Jacob Trouba didn’t tip at Browns in downtown Winnipeg.
But please, keep your secrets
Reality Czech
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Well Shanahan did steal his teammate's wife for starters.
I would bring up Doug Gilmour as well but people can Google the reason St. Louis traded him themselves.
cowboy82nd
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Some people claim that there's a woman to blame...
Well a jerk, but not a full on criminal like Bill Wirtz, Ballard or if the Yakuza actually owned the Lightning.
I went to school with someone whose dad worked for the Penguins and she said Barrasso got real bad if he had a drink in him.
