Most overhyped prospects in recent memory?

[Kshahdoo]

Flyers' Matvei Michkov Lived up to the Hype in Anticipated Rookie Season - The Hockey Writers Philadelphia Flyers Latest News, Analysis & More

Matvei Michkov's rookie season in the NHL is over. His inaugural campaign with the Flyers should make fans excited for the future.

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[Garbageyuk]

The media tried to destroy him for two years

McKenzie’s rhetoric is far from positive.

No other prospect from that 2023 class was scrutinized as much as Michkov.

Lo and behold, Ryan Kennedy of THN kickstarted rumors in January 2023 that Michkov — the consensus preseason No. 2 — had character issues. This started a months-long character assassination by the media and several draft pundits.

Of course they did. Kennedy started the “character concerns” narrative. The top hockey podcast in the world took it to an even deeper level.

This whole narrative looks absolutely hilarious in light of recent developments.

Car crashes, DUIs, and escorts less than a month into his first offseason after getting NHL money

 

[Canuck Luck]

The kostitsyn brothers. At one point, a lot of habs fans were saying they were better than the sedins!

 

[Garbageyuk]

The kostitsyn brothers. At one point, a lot of habs fans were saying they were better than the sedins!

Prove it.

 

[Canuck Luck]

Prove it.

That would require pulling up posts from the late 2000s that no longer exist.

 

[Garbageyuk]

That would require pulling up posts from the late 2000s that no longer exist.

Source: trust me bro

 

[Canuck Luck]

Source: trust me bro

Ignorance is bliss. I really don’t care if you don’t believe me. You’re the one coming to me asking for proof knowing full well those posts no longer exist due to the migrations of the boards

 

[Garbageyuk]

Ignorance is bliss. I really don’t care if you don’t believe me. You’re the one coming to me asking for proof knowing full well those posts no longer exist due to the migrations of the boards

Your claim is that Habs fans expected the Kostitsyn bros to be better than the Sedins?

 

[Bizz]

Lane Hutson.

Severely overrated.

 

[nbwingsfan]

I remember Wings fans absolutely losing their minds about Mantha after this D+1 season

With fairly good reason. 81G in 81games and leading TC in points all while being 6’5 and could skate like the wind for a guy his size?

Dude was just such a damn lazy hockey player.

 

[EdmFlyersfan]

Habs

Doug Wickenheiser (next Gretzky) and Steve Penny (next Dryden)...

 

[Guadana]

Mtl fan is dying on the hill of "not so good Michkov" who had better season than most of players who was drafted before him.

It will never ends.

Anyway. Its Lane Hutson who was overhyped. But he is good to live up his expectations. Great story even with some bad tellers. Bedard had a lot of hype and now he is having too many antihype. Its too early to make conclusions. Zegras of course, was a face of video game, I hope he will find his way to himself. Laf n Kakko had a lot of hype but I hope it's a problem of forwards development system in rangers, they just can't to do it right. So may be they will be better with the time, both are quite young still. Wright story wasn't right and still far from the final picture. There were many local stories like Ty Smith for Devils or Albert Johansson for Detroit but they were more local things.

 

[Craig Ludwig]

Mtl fan is dying on the hill of "not so good Michkov" who had better season than most of players who was drafted before him.

It will never ends.

Anyway. Its Lane Hutson who was overhyped. But he is good to live up his expectations. Great story even with some bad tellers. Bedard had a lot of hype and now he is having too many antihype. Its too early to make conclusions. Zegras of course, was a face of video game, I hope he will find his way to himself. Laf n Kakko had a lot of hype but I hope it's a problem of forwards development system in rangers, they just can't to do it right. So may be they will be better with the time, both are quite young still. Wright story wasn't right and still far from the final picture. There were many local stories like Ty Smith for Devils or Albert Johansson for Detroit but they were more local things.

As a Habs fan, I really wish we had drafted Michkov instead Reinbacher, ugh, I love Michkov's potential. But I do think that if we were given the choice to have Hutson or Michkov tomorrow, I'm taking Hutson. This is not to diminish Michkov's impact, but Hutson is more valuable to the Habs than a dynamic winger.

 

[Guadana]

As a Habs fan, I really wish we had drafted Michkov instead Reinbacher, ugh, I love Michkov's potential. But I do think that if we were given the choice to have Hutson or Michkov tomorrow, I'm taking Hutson. This is not to diminish Michkov's impact, but Hutson is more valuable to the Habs than a dynamic winger.

I do believe mtl fans should not pick between them. It was the choice not about Hutson or Michkov, it was about other D. And I do believe Michkov have higher pick(my prediction before the season was 60-65 points for him). Its not that hard to believe when player has better season than most players who was drafted before him and has one of the best rookie seasons in the modern NHL. And I think mtl did well in the end with making homework and draft Demidov, they will be great. Could be greater but fans could do nothing with it. I still not counting all mtl fans as Michkov haters, its only about loud angry part and I dont know why they are so loud angry because they have Hutson. they have Demidov. And all other players team will build around and already face their first play off. Why some fan still decided to make bad wrong conclusion about Michkov when the player played really good and the team he root for is playing really good?

 

[Draft]

Mtl fan is dying on the hill of "not so good Michkov" who had better season than most of players who was drafted before him.

It will never ends.

Anyway. Its Lane Hutson who was overhyped. But he is good to live up his expectations. Great story even with some bad tellers. Bedard had a lot of hype and now he is having too many antihype. Its too early to make conclusions. Zegras of course, was a face of video game, I hope he will find his way to himself. Laf n Kakko had a lot of hype but I hope it's a problem of forwards development system in rangers, they just can't to do it right. So may be they will be better with the time, both are quite young still. Wright story wasn't right and still far from the final picture. There were many local stories like Ty Smith for Devils or Albert Johansson for Detroit but they were more local things.

I dunno. Unless you were expecting Hutson to grow a foot or win the Norris, he's probably not overhyped if he's won the Calder, brought his team to the playoffs, and broken records in his first season. Given how unexpected his performance was, I think there's an argument that he was underhyped.

I'm not going to name names, but if a prospect is being touted as "generational" but doesn't manage to perform anywhere near that label, I'd probably consider this a case of overhype.

 

[shello]

For some reason my brain went to Matt Gilroy of all players

 

[Canuck Luck]

Your claim is that Habs fans expected the Kostitsyn bros to be better than the Sedins?

yes that’s exactly what I said

 

[Garbageyuk]

yes that’s exactly what I said

Lol. Pulled directly from your ass.

 

[Canuck Luck]

Lol. Pulled directly from your ass.

Dude, how many times do I have to say I don’t care if you believe me or not? In fact I’m sure no one cares whether you do or don’t.

The people that are old enough that were here will likely remember it as well. Probably why my posts are being liked while yours are being laughed at by some other members

 

[SharksFan1992]

Y'all remember Nail Yakupov?

 

[Garbageyuk]

Dude, how many times do I have to say I don’t care if you believe me or not? In fact I’m sure no one cares whether you do or don’t.

The people that are old enough that were here will likely remember it as well. Probably why my posts are being liked while yours are being laughed at by some other members

This is the saddest, most desperate flex I’ve ever seen posted on here

And nobody said that shit lol. The only reason why anyone is liking your posts here is because there are tons of Habs haters.

You can post anything negative about the Habs, their players, or their fans and it will get likes, no matter how crazy it is. Case in point.