Seeing how it's tough to hate someone when you don't even know what they look like, I doubt Bader hates any hockey player. I mean, I wouldn't be surprised if Bader is the guy you go watch a hockey game with and you have to explain what "icing" is for the entire first period. I'm not sure he's ever watched a hockey game. He's not a particularly bright guy, he's just a guy who came up with an algorithm for prospects at a time when the hockey draft and mathematical sports analysis were both getting really hot.
That being said, Bader actively roots against prospects who prove his model wrong, which is difficult because so many prospects, especially defensemen, do exactly this. When he finally quits -- which is usually not until a prospect he dismissed as not-that-good is universally recognized as very good -- he tries to make it seem like some sort of anomaly. Like: "my model is perfect, but gosh some guys just beat the odds!" Which is all well and good when Wyatt Johnston becomes a star, but not so much when a prospect the entire world except for him was high on, like with Brady Tkachuk or Cale Makar or whomever.
With Mukhamadullin, Bader might not know he's on San Jose since he gets all his player information from one single website (eliteprospects.com) and they don't often post transaction news. Did you check his Devils rankings? Bader might still be under the impression he's a NJ prospect.
Aw crap, I just realized I forgot Miroschnichenko on this list. This is why I shouldn't do things off the top of my head.
