Most frustrating Hab you've watched

[Zilo44]

I have not seen Mike Ribeiro yet.

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

 

[domiwroze]

L'Aveuglette.

When they pass the puck to him nothing seems to happen and more often than not he turns it over. Terrible player. I hate this POS.

Or Karl Alzner

 

[BLONG7]

Drouin: The Thread.

The guy has all the talent in the world but is dumb as rocks and doesn't have a shred of drive and/or ambition in his entire body. He doesn't even look like he wants to be a hockey player. He honestly just needs to pack it in and retire because it's embarrassing watching him out there. If he's in the league by the time he's 35 I'll be downright shocked. I bet he retires soon. As he should.

What a disappointment of a player. What a shame.

Drouin is a Bergevin Special................move the goalposts, rinse and repeat....
I know guys, maybe this year............

For those saying Kovalev, wow I mean really guys, a ppg player, yes there were nights he seemed lazy, but not near as often as everyone is going on about. He had an amazing career, could he have gotten to 1.25 pts per game, some seasons, probably, but still an amazing player.

 

[Paul Dipietro]

Subban. As much as I enjoyed the entertainment factor in the beginning, he really made it hard for me to root for him towards the end. To the point that I was not completely outraged by the trade

 

[ReHabs]

Subban. As much as I enjoyed the entertainment factor in the beginning, he really made it hard for me to root for him towards the end. To the point that I was not completely outraged by the trade

What happened “toward the end” that turned you off? Can you refresh my memory?

As I recall, the Habs started hot and Subban was great and then Price went down and the Habs went into a ridiculous tailspin. They couldn’t score goals and couldn’t prevent goals. Subban played very well for the first half of season before losing his form along every other player. Bergevin refused to fire Therrien despite the team tuning him out, calling him a foxhole buddy, and at some point Subban got a big injury and went down.

What was it he did?

 

[Hins77]

Price has been frustrating throughout his career. I mean overall he’s been great, but there were always games where you could tell from the first save or two if he was really into the game. If not, he’d have a mediocre night by his standards.

I don’t know how Price is frustrating some fans…. I mean, during many years in his prime, he was the best goaltender according by NHL players. Especially In 2015/2016, when Montreal only score 1 goal, he was able to shut the door. Imo, he didnt had the best team in front of him, and the moment Price been injured, the team were just crashing down at the basement. I don’t know how Price can frustrate someone. His contract is heavy right now, but as a player, he remains the best goalie with Roy we had in Montreal history

 

[Paul Dipietro]

The reckless plays at the blueline. The regular turnovers. Yes the low percentage spinorama plays he was so fond of that resulted in at least 50% turnovers and many of them in premium scoring chances for the opposition

Yes the team was not great in general, but what mostly irritated me was all the "preventable" turnovers that he caused

Don't get me wrong had the trade never happened I would have still cheered for him and his antics. But when it did I was not 100% devastated is all I'm saying

 

[Cole Caulifield]

What frustrates me in a player is watching a player with all the abilities in the world and who can sometimes be really dominant for stretches but who has a tough time being consistent especially if the reasons are self inflicted wounds such as level of effort, training, bad off ice habits, etc.

Guys like Brisebois, Desharnais, Savage, Zednik, Drouin, Danault, Subban never bothered me. They offered overall results consistent to their talent and capabilities.

But guys like Price, Kovalev, Malakhov... are the type that brought me the most frustration. Because they showed they could be great and a lot of the time were capable of better.

 

[CDN24]

I have not seen Mike Ribeiro yet.

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

Came here to see if we were ready to rename it the mike Ribeiro thread yet

 

[Ezpz]

Drouin never showed that he had the talent to back up his draft position here. I never believed he had PPG potential at any point with the Habs.

AK46 would probably be my choice. He had the ability to be a great powerforward and just never looked interested in playing. He'd occasionally get angry and look like Malkin out there.

Defensively Cammalleri easily. The worst defensive forward I have ever seen. Allergic to contact, killed every offensive play that required forechecking. Also a very punchable face.

Josh Gorges for dman. The amount of HFBoards posters that proclaimed he was responsible for Subban's success was insane. PK's offensive capabilities and output went up twofold after we traded Gorges he was such an anchor. I remember the lobby trying to make him captain. Most moved on to Gallagher, who is also quite overrated.

For being overused in roles they couldn't handle: Desharnais, Weise, third stint Bouillon, Parenteau, Tom Gilbert, Barberio, Mike Condon. Honestly Therrien pissed me off so much. I haven't gotten angry at any other coach to the same extent for just completely misusing the roster he had.

 

[ReHabs]

The reckless plays at the blueline. The regular turnovers. Yes the low percentage spinorama plays he was so fond of that resulted in at least 50% turnovers and many of them in premium scoring chances for the opposition

Yes the team was not great in general, but what mostly irritated me was all the "preventable" turnovers that he caused

Don't get me wrong had the trade never happened I would have still cheered for him and his antics. But when it did I was not 100% devastated is all I'm saying

I think every PMD has turnovers. Won’t argue with you about your impression but he did maybe twenty spin moves in his Habs career total, it wasn’t like he was pulling 360s every night.

How do you gain the OZ if you’re the one carrying the puck? You carry it and risk a turnover. Or your dump it for smurfs to win it back and risk a turnover.

Very often if it wasn’t for Subban or Markov, the Habs had NOTHING. That’s the real frustration from that period — the total lack of offensive talent behind Subban and Markov. We know how that played out.

 

[Paul Dipietro]

I get trying to create something out of nothing but I clearly remember yelling to my TV "why the hell did he do that?!" on so many of those plays

 

[JC Superstar]

Red Berenson

Maurice called him a practice player because he was great with the puck when there was no contact. Wasn't surprised when he scored six in a game for St Louis, he was that talented. Blossomed as a coach, tribute to his thinking man game, too bad he wasn't action man too.

Don't agree about Sprague Cleghorn though: he was really mean.

 

[peate]

Charles Hudon, this guy wasn't NHL caliber and they kept calling him up and medias would always say HUDON NEVER HAD A REAL CHANCE.

I was so relieved when he left

Chantal's secret child.

 

[HuGo Sham]

No it’s not.

Not unless you want to talk about how frustrating it was watching our idiot coach play Desharnais in front of him night after night no matter how they were playing.

THAT was frustrating.

this is also true lol.
lots of true answers in the bergevin era

 

[ReHabs]

I get trying to create something out of nothing but I clearly remember yelling to my TV "why the hell did he do that?!" on so many of those plays

Absolutely. Lot of mistakes and boneheaded moves. He was never the most clever player.

That said you have to keep in mind he was the only player who would generate plays. He tilted the ice massively, because he was the only guy capable of carrying the puck!

 

[MXD]

Tbh, THE thing that really annoyed and frustrated me from Subban was his stick-taping. Obviously much more a joy than a frustration all in all.

 

[MXD]

I have not seen Mike Ribeiro yet.

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

Welll...

- It's been a while
- Off-ice issues don't have much bearing on whether a player is frustrating to watch or not.
- Geez he was here at the same time Jan Bulis was.

 

[Habs Halifax]

Brisebois got to be on this list right?

 

[sampollock]

DD and JD small and useless

 

[Garbageyuk]

Vladimir Malakhov. Will always believe that if he had any kind of heart, work ethic, and true desire and love for the game, this guy would have been one of the best overall D to have ever played the game.

I remember my Dad always bitching about this guy when I was a kid. Something about a ski trip that he read in the paper one morning set him off

 

[JianYang]

I just got reminded of Scott Gomez taking the puck from behind his own net, and exiting his own zone, and neutral zone so fluidly.

.... And then the play inevitably dies as he gains the opposing blue line.

Rinse and repeat.

 

[Tetragrammaton]

Desharnais was not only a hard-working player, he was also a pretty decent player for a few years. He was never a No. 1 C, but that's not on him. It was a frustrating situation that Desharnais was our No. 1, but he himself was not frustrating.

 

[Kaiden Ghoul]

Gill

For such a huge guy i tought he could be a lil bit more physical

 

[MasterD]

Gill

For such a huge guy i tought he could be a lil bit more physical

Really? That's the most annoyed you've been about this team's shit roster over the years?

Gill was way too slow to run around hitting people, but he was great for us as a stabilizing presence on the D end, especially on the PK.