Most overrated player on your favourite team - past or present

[Goose]

Phaneuf got more shit than anybody, people treated him like garbage.

Agreed, but when he first showed up he was in the absolute prime of hype and he couldn't live up to it.

I like Phaneuf, but he was monstrously overrated for the hype he got when he was acquired.

 

[Jwads]

As much as it pains me to say it, Pavelski is my personal choice
In a recent thread about all time best playoff performers to never win a cup his name was brought up a few times. While Thornton and Marleau are seen as all time underperformers. All three guys had some great series and some awful series, but Thornton and Marleau were better players with harder deployment for most their time together.
Love Pavs though.

 

[DisgruntledHawkFan]

Tony Amonte for the Blackhawks. Guy could wheel and he could rip it but that's all he could do.

 

[LeonDraisaitl]

The oilers suck to other team fans. Draisaitl and Mcdavid are playing with garbage their entire careers apparently so who knows

 

[HabzSauce]

Maybe Cammalleri with the Habs? Although He was a sick player and that 2010 run was nutty

 

[Brookbank]

Ed Jovanovski for Vancouver.

 

[LurkerMcgee]

Actually no Toronto Maple Leaf has ever been overrated, everyone kind of flies under the radar

Jeff Finger enters the chat…

 

[Brookbank]

Canucks - Ed Jovanovski.

He came to mind before i read your post.

 

[I am not exposed]

Florida Panthers: definitely Patric Hörnqvist

 

[Bobby Holik agent]

Oh we need more huge goaltenders prospect here who did sweet nothing good.
Devils had a few picked in the 1st round: Jean-Francois Damphousse ,Ari Ahonen, Jeff Frazee (early 2nd)
Trying to find our own Martin Biron behind Brodeur lead us nowhere.

 

[Devilsfan2326]

Maybe Cammalleri with the Habs? Although He was a sick player and that 2010 run was nutty

Cammalleri was fun to watch.

 

[HeadLiceHatty]

John Leclair for the Flyers, once the legion of doom ended was still looked at as a preimere power forward type but was horrifc in the playoffs after Lindros left, and was severly overrated in general imo. One of my fav childhood players, but the truth.

 

[Bozo Nicholson]

JT Miller…biggest bozo.

 

[the paisanos guy]

wayne grezky

 

[Maplebeasts]

Currently? Morgan Rielly. Good offensive instincts but has been a massive problem defensively for the last couple of seasons, especially on the rush.

 

[x Tame Impala]

This is easy for the Blackhawks. Patrick Sharp. I used to describe him as the worst good player in the NHL.

Huh?? How was he overrated?

 

[Ratbath]

Anyone who beat those f***ing Red Russians in 1980 will never be overrated in my books.

that was fully meant as a joke.

 

[Sol]

Trevor Moore. One dimensional winger who becomes a terrified kitten in the playoffs but doesn’t get any flack ever.

 

[Laus723]

Florida Panthers: definitely Patric Hörnqvist

Why him?

 

[Bjornar Moxnes]

Canucks - Ed Jovanovski.

@EdJovanovski

 

[LuckyPierre]

Chris Phillips for Ottawa.

Drafted first overall, long and effective career, but never quite lived up to the first overall billing game in game out. Media was gratuitously soft on him, though, as if his first overall billing gave him more grace than his play deserved.

Two moments stand out that media did not dare talk about because he was so respected and revered.

One, the cup clinching own goal vs Anaheim in 2007 where he infamously put the puck into Emery’s skates. Alfredsson had put the team on his back and brought the game within reach, and moments later Phillips is so cavalier with the puck that our hopes are crushed in one play. You just can’t do that in that moment. Any other defender wouldn’t have survived the criticism, but really, the response was soft on CP4.

And two, the way he set the franchise record for games played. He hung on for about two seasons too long only to eclipse Alfredsson’s franchise games played mark by one, and then was LTIR’d. He was so bad by that point, regularly doing snow angels in the slot and throwing pizzas up the middle, that subtracting him from the lineup and replacing him with anyone else literally propelled the team into the Hamburglar playoff run. Check the game-by-game report if you aren’t sure. It’s eerie that the media chose not to report on that angle, or mention it at all, and is a testament to how overrated and over-respected he was.

Caveat, still a good player, had a long and effective career with a few clutch moments including a series extending ECF OT goal.

But should not have seen his career extend to the point of becoming the franchise leader in GP, and certainly should not have his number retired.