Most frustrating Hab you've watched

[JianYang]

Why be frustrated by this bum? He was a choke artist.
When he left Zednik out to dry he became the most embarrassing coward to ever don a Habs jersey.

& those disappointed with Drouin.......I’ve watched him live since he was a kid and he has unbelievable skill. BUT, he also has a mental health issue that’s impacted his life & obviously his game.......so there’s that.

Also he's admitted his wrist is damaged goods.

 

[Mandala]

Why be frustrated by this bum? He was a choke artist.
When he left Zednik out to dry he became the most embarrassing coward to ever don a Habs jersey.

& those disappointed with Drouin.......I’ve watched him live since he was a kid and he has unbelievable skill. BUT, he also has a mental health issue that’s impacted his life & obviously his game.......so there’s that.

I would not judge harshly. Remember when Latendresse played with concussion symptoms and did not retaliate in fear of ending his career or worse? How many players of the previous era played with concussion symptoms?

 

[Habs10Habs]

I thought he underachieved a bit, but I don’t think the upside was there like people claimed. I didn’t see it anyway.

Fair enough. Thanks for your reply.

 

[StCaufield]

I like Anderson for his predictable yet hard to stop drives to the net. He'd be a lot more frustrating if he somewhat decide to become a fancy player.

I’d never hope he tries to be fancy. Maybe completing a simple pass though would be great

 

[Bomatane]

I’d never hope he tries to be fancy. Maybe completing a simple pass though would be great

Anderson is also often MII (Missing In Inaction).

 

[River Meadow]

I have not seen Mike Ribeiro yet.

Soooooo much talent, but some of the worst off ice issues in NHL history

Yup.

Guy didn't even train....

Literally played his whole career just winging it. lol

 

[RyderRocks73]

Kotkaniemi was awkward to watch during his time in Montreal. Someone as tall as him should not be stooping with knees bent when he skates. He looked like he was dragging part of his body behind him all the time. He didn't really assert himself or protect the puck well and looked timid often, even in open ice.

 

[Bourne Endeavor]

Desharnais is a sort of honorable mention pick for me.

I despised how much favoritism Therrien had for him but that isn't really a slight against Desharnais himself. In fact, he was perfectly effective—dare I even say good—when deployed sensibly. It's just that he rarely was due to the aforementioned obsession Therrien had for him that led to the frustration.

Attitude wise, Pacioretty would definitely be up there for me. That just seemed to be a sense of entitlement in his latter tenure here, especially when he and Suddan were vying for captaincy. His lackluster leadership and downright abysmal showing in the playoffs certainly didn't help.

In terms of on ice play, Drouin is the runaway favourite of the current era. So much talent yet he can't seem to put anything together. Losing a stalwart like Sergachev for what will soon be nothing only makes it sting all the more because, on paper, this was a perfectly decent hockey trade. Granted, Drouin had a lot of cockiness back then he certainly didn't backup.

Of the bygone years, Kovalev wins. I absolutely adored him as a player due to the raw talent he possessed but my god did I want to strangle him at times when he clearly couldn't be bothered to put in a second effort more than once a week. He easily could have been a consistent top ten player in the league if he gave a damn.

 

[RyderRocks73]

In fact, he was perfectly effective—dare I even say good—when deployed sensibly.

One frustrating thing that he did was fall into opposing players in an attempt to win at the faceoff dot.