Teammates who didn’t like one another

[hacksaw7]

Holy crap. Honestly the organization should've suspended him for a long time for this

 

[Voight]

Johnny Oduya and Evander Kane. Oduya openly came out and said Kane was an outright bad teammate. And that there are guys in the past who had egos and such that still wanted to win but Kane is not even that and that he poisoned the locker room...something like that (there is a quote from him floating around)

Its more like Evander Kane and everyone hes ever played with in the NHL.

He's had issues on every team, but the big one in Winnipeg was Byfuglien.

 

[alko]

Long time ago (20 years...) i read some story in one Czech magazine about NHL, that Rob Ray and Matthew Barnaby were like Tom and Jerry. There was a lot hate and also a lot of love. One time they should fight in a hotel and one of them was throw through the window.

Also Eric Lindros and Ulf Samuelson in one team was a weird picture.

 

[GMR]

Patrick Roy didn’t like Turgeon. Stemmed from when Turgeon stayed on the bench during the bench clearing brawl in Piestany where Roy’s brother was double teamed by two Soviets. When Turgeon was named captain of the Habs by Tremblay, Roy was not happy.

I’ve heard Gary Roberts and Corson couldn’t stand eachother since their Junior days.

That's one a*hole too many between those two.

 

[Sorry]

Mario Lemieux and Sergei Zubov.

Probably over which brand of cigarettes they preferred.

 

[Albatros]

Its more like Evander Kane and everyone hes ever played with in the NHL.

He's had issues on every team, but the big one in Winnipeg was Byfuglien.

"From that point on, [that picture] went viral and has become the definitive photo of the players’ falling out. Which is something that admittedly makes Hagan [the photograph] feel uncomfortable, because the context of the image was lighthearted.

Kane was injured for the Islanders game. Hagan said he was riding an exercise bike as the Jets began filing through the dressing room hallway to the ice. He got off the bike and stood by rookie goalie Michael Hutchinson to fist-bump the players they hit the ice.

Last in line? Byfuglien. Kane reached out. Buff “basically pretends that Kane wasn’t there,” said Hagan. He keeps walking, Kane gives him a playful shove and Byfuglien then gives him the finger.

“He then nearly crushed me against a wall,” said Hagan of Byfuglien. “His jersey was about an inch from my lens.”

Hagan said the entire sequence was “all in good spirits” and that there was nothing “malicious” behind Byfuglien’s actions. “Kane was supporting the guys headed to the ice. He had a good laugh. Hutchinson had a good laugh. And it was just Buff being Buff. He’s the type that jokes around with the players and the fans.”

Hagan, a freelancer for over five years with the Free Press, said the context of the photo presented a challenge to the editors when they discovered it and wanted to use it to illustrate the relationship between the players.

“The context is far removed from what happened in the last couple of weeks,” he said. “They debated about using it at all, or in what way to use it.”

In the end, the Free Press used it on the video and added context when it added the image to Instagram:

"In a playful mood earlier this season, Winnipeg Jets' Evander Kane jokes with Dustin Byfuglien prior to the game against the New York Islanders' during NHL hockey action at Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, NY."

Hagan is struggling with the same conflict. He took a photo of a lighthearted moment between teammates that’s been redefined as the quintessential example of the players’ animosity."

Behind that viral photo of Dustin Byfuglien flipping off Evander Kane

 

[McGarnagle]

Dougie Hamilton was not loved by his teammates in Boston.

 

[Yozhik v tumane]

Lindros and Brind'Amour

Please tell me more!

 

[GMR]

What about Terry Sawchuk? His personality must have rubbed some people the wrong way. Not necessarily talking about his tragic death but just his playing career in general.

 

[hacksaw7]

Wasn't there also a story of Corson sleeping with Mogilny's wife while both were in Toronto?

 

[FerrisRox]

And speaking about Barnaby, and his Spittin Chiclets appearance: he hated Alexandre Daigle, whom he’d played with for Victoriaville in the QMJHL. While he conceded that the guy was a very talented player who blew past and toyed with other kids in juniors, he said the guy absolutely quit on his team in the playoffs and that when confronted about his lack of effort, he just arrogantly mentioned the NHL contract he’d already signed and that he couldn’t care less about how the team fares in the playoffs, basically.

The story doesn't add up. Barnaby played with Daigle in Victoriaville in 1992-93. Before Daigle had been drafted or had signed an NHL contract.

He also managed 11 points in just six playoff games that spring. Almost double what Barnaby posted.

 

[hacksaw7]

What about Terry Sawchuk? His personality must have rubbed some people the wrong way. Not necessarily talking about his tragic death but just his playing career in general.

He did, he was an alcoholic and suffered from severe depression and other issues. He really needed mental health counseling but never received any. It was a different time unfortunately

 

[FerrisRox]

The Pat Quinn era Maple Leaf teams from the early to mid-2000's had a very fractured dressing room that began, and really persisted, because of the seething hatred of two veteran forwards.

It was largely a one-side thing where one of them so disliked the other that it led to all sorts of call outs and public dissing that eventually the other side of it (who you would think would be easy to draw into a fight) finally got involved in this feud as well.

I've heard many stories about locker room situations and how eventually people took sides and factions were formed that led to different team dinners, different groups hanging out, changes to how the team travelled, how they stayed in hotels, etc.

It's crazy how a personality conflict has so many trickle down effects in the team dynamic. It apparently went as far as new acquisitions or rookies being "recruited" to one side or the other.

I have been told, that for whatever reason, Pat Quinn thought it was actually a good thing.

 

[FerrisRox]

Not sure if any of his teammates liked Tom Barrasso. Though he may have legitimate psychological issues...depression, bipolar etc. Something like that

Barrasso mellowed considerably later in his career. He was well liked in Carolina and though his stay was very short, he was, by all accounts, terrific in the Maple Leafs locker room.

 

[The Professional]

Holy crap. Honestly the organization should've suspended him for a long time for this

He would get at least 30 games for that if he did that during an actual NHL game.

 

[Yozhik v tumane]

The story doesn't add up. Barnaby played with Dangle in Victoriaville in 1992-93. Before Daigle had been drafted or had signed an NHL contract.

He also managed 11 points in just six playoff games that spring. Almost double what Barnaby posted.

I wrote from memory, but Barnaby wasn’t saying that he or anyone else was as good a player as Daigle, and I didn’t mean to make it sound like that. If you look up the episode, it’s about 41:30 in when he talks about being traded to Victoriaville for the chance to win in his last year before turning pro. He says that they lost in six because Daigle “was a douche”, took a stupid 5-minute major with a crosscheck and was very selfish at a point where they had a chance at getting back in the series, and instead ended up losing. Barnaby says he grabbed him in the locker room after the game, and that Daigle then said “I’ve already signed my contract: I don’t need this shit”.

Just before this, Barnaby said that everyone knew Daigle was going to be the number one pick in the draft, so I think it’s implied that Daigle probably hadn’t actually signed an NHL contract when he allegedly said this to Barnaby, as he hadn’t even been drafted yet, but that everyone thought it practically a done deal considering the hype surrounding him.

When asked if he knew Daigle was going to be a bust, Barnaby says he didn’t think that he would, but that he did think he lacked hockey sense. He said Daigle was so much faster than everybody else at the level, that he had seven breakaways and scored two points per game at a very young age, but that the Quebec league was so bad that he thought it made Daigle look better than he actually was.

But obviously, which is why I mentioned them, Barnaby plain doesn’t like the guy.

 

[CrosbyIsKing87]

Tom Barrasso and J.S. Aubin (or anyone else)...though this probably started as a one-way street...

Yes Barrasso was not a popular guy among some teammates and most if not all media members. He was an a-hole to JS Aubin and Patrick Lalime just because they took some starts away from him (but earned those starts). He stopped talking to all media in about 1993. They inexplicably kept him on the payroll for another SEVEN years and he cost them huge deciding games in 96 and 99, not to mention his sub-par job in 93. He won two Cups but the rest of his career left a stain. Polarizing player.

 

[FerrisRox]

I wrote from memory, but Barnaby wasn’t saying that he or anyone else was as good a player as Daigle, and I didn’t mean to make it sound like that. If you look up the episode, it’s about 41:30 in when he talks about being traded to Victoriaville for the chance to win in his last year before turning pro. He says that they lost in six because Daigle “was a douche”, took a stupid 5-minute major with a crosscheck and was very selfish at a point where they had a chance at getting back in the series, and instead ended up losing. Barnaby says he grabbed him in the locker room after the game, and that Daigle then said “I’ve already signed my contract: I don’t need this shit”.

Just before this, Barnaby said that everyone knew Daigle was going to be the number one pick in the draft, so I think it’s implied that Daigle probably hadn’t actually signed an NHL contract when he allegedly said this to Barnaby, as he hadn’t even been drafted yet, but that everyone thought it practically a done deal considering the hype surrounding him.

When asked if he knew Daigle was going to be a bust, Barnaby says he didn’t think that he would, but that he did think he lacked hockey sense. He said Daigle was so much faster than everybody else at the level, that he had seven breakaways and scored two points per game at a very young age, but that the Quebec league was so bad that he thought it made Daigle look better than he actually was.

But obviously, which is why I mentioned them, Barnaby plain doesn’t like the guy.

I wasn't suggesting you were wrong. I was saying Barnaby's story doesn't add up because it pre-dates his NHL contract, that's all.

 

[tinyzombies]

Ill never forget the post-game late in that dumpster fire 2015-16 season, they were in the lockerroom and this midwit reporter shoves a microphone between PK and Pacioretty and asks them if they have a problem/dont like each other. You can guess what the response was, but the body language between the two was all wrong.

FWIW from my limited perspective as a fan, I dont think Ive ever seen evidence of Subban being a bad teammate per se, but his personality is exactly the kind of thing that grinds Canadian/hockey people types gears. Maybe a little racism in the pot, but "too big for the team" is an unforgivable crime in Canadian thinking, and everything Subban does just shouts "Im somebody and I know it"

And right or wrong, Pacioretty just makes my skin crawl. The least authentic personality I can ever remember seeing, I wouldnt trust him behind my back for a second.

Subban explained his personality. He wasn't getting the calls on the ice, so he went on the offensive and used it to agitate and draw penalties. I think he goes over the top to be accepted in the lockerroom and to draw ire on the ice. But nobody showed up at that hospital event ... that was mighty strange and a classless move by the organization.

 

[FLAMESFAN]

Gary Roberts couldn't stand Fleury, and can't blame him.

Roberts was known as one of the hardest working players, while Fleury had the talent to be a top 10 all time, but little work ethic.

 

[tornadowarning33]

Wasn't there also a story of Corson sleeping with Mogilny's wife while both were in Toronto?

It almost seems to be normalized in pro sports. I get the feeling that even in situations where there's at least some legitimacy behind allegations like this, it only gets reported on by bloggers, tweeters and tabloids because its not widely accepted behavior in society at-large and is somewhat taboo to even talk about for "legit" media outlets. This seems to have the side-effect of making these stories harder to believe from the beginning.

Colorado had a similar situation late in the 2010-11 season. Some blogs picked up a story regarding Chris Stewart from a reliable source who stayed anonymous. Stewart allegedly had messed around with teammate wives/girlfriends while recovering from a hand injury sustained in a fight with Kyle Brodziak. Colorado hadn't been all that great up to that point in the season, but when Stewart came back they completely cratered. Craig Anderson took a mysterious leave of absence for "personal reasons" in mid-February. About a week later he gets flipped to Ottawa for Brian Elliott.

The day after the Anderson trade, Stewart gets shipped off as part of the Erik Johnson deal. Both Stewart and Anderson played very well for their new clubs after the respective trades, which created even more smoke around the rumors.

Those moves seemed to soothe the Avalanche locker room until the Duchene - O'Reilly "slapfight" saga a couple of years later, as someone posted a few pages back.

 

[Voight]

Ill never forget the post-game late in that dumpster fire 2015-16 season, they were in the lockerroom and this midwit reporter shoves a microphone between PK and Pacioretty and asks them if they have a problem/dont like each other. You can guess what the response was, but the body language between the two was all wrong.

FWIW from my limited perspective as a fan, I dont think Ive ever seen evidence of Subban being a bad teammate per se, but his personality is exactly the kind of thing that grinds Canadian/hockey people types gears. Maybe a little racism in the pot, but "too big for the team" is an unforgivable crime in Canadian thinking, and everything Subban does just shouts "Im somebody and I know it"

And right or wrong, Pacioretty just makes my skin crawl. The least authentic personality I can ever remember seeing, I wouldnt trust him behind my back for a second.

Not making accusations, but I think there were certainly some fans / supporters that were a little uncomfortable with a black kid from Toronto being the face of the team (in a way).

 

[crobro]

Al Iafrate and Gary Leeman

fetisov and kasatonov

 

[The Panther]

What about Terry Sawchuk? His personality must have rubbed some people the wrong way. Not necessarily talking about his tragic death but just his playing career in general.

I mean, he died as a result of angrily wrestling a teammate, so it's pretty hard to not bring that up...

 

[ForsbergForever]

The Pat Quinn era Maple Leaf teams from the early to mid-2000's had a very fractured dressing room that began, and really persisted, because of the seething hatred of two veteran forwards.

It was largely a one-side thing where one of them so disliked the other that it led to all sorts of call outs and public dissing that eventually the other side of it (who you would think would be easy to draw into a fight) finally got involved in this feud as well.

I've heard many stories about locker room situations and how eventually people took sides and factions were formed that led to different team dinners, different groups hanging out, changes to how the team travelled, how they stayed in hotels, etc.

It's crazy how a personality conflict has so many trickle down effects in the team dynamic. It apparently went as far as new acquisitions or rookies being "recruited" to one side or the other.

I have been told, that for whatever reason, Pat Quinn thought it was actually a good thing.

Wasn't this the reason why Curtis Joseph didn't re-sign with Toronto in 2002. I seem to recall a clip of Quinn reaching out to shake CuJo's hand in a pre-game ceremony (or something like that) but had to awkwardly settle for a tap on his blocker.