Teammates who didn’t like one another

[Yozhik v tumane]

Trevor Linden and Petr Nedved

Think this one was mentioned earlier by another poster, also without further context.

Could you elaborate?

 

[Jumptheshark]

Just wondering if anyone knows of teammates who didn’t get along? Hockey tends to be pretty tight-lipped about those sorta things, but I figure there’s gotta be stories out there. Messier in Vancouver? I assume DeAngelo was on the outs with the guys. Not sure where the Brendan Lemieux rumors stand. I’ve heard Jason Blake wasn’t beloved. Anyone know of others or have any more info? I ask because I’m listening to Keith Jones go on about all his great teammates, and it makes me look back to the teams I played on- when everyone got along those tended to be better teams, when there were divides those teams often had on-ice issues.

Do you get along with everyone you work with? Why would a team be any different?

 

[vadim sharifijanov]

He's got that "I'm a disruptor" arrogant delusion that one expects from some podcast bro who hawks crypty rug pulls.

none of the last four words of that sentence are words i understand

Think this one was mentioned earlier by another poster, also without further context.

Could you elaborate?

first i’ve ever heard of this. but there were rumours of a linden-bure rift back in the day

 

[Bear of Bad News]

Also a Canucks fan during that era and I've never heard of a Linden/Nedved feud.

 

[Yozhik v tumane]

Also a Canucks fan during that era and I've never heard of a Linden/Nedved feud.

Yet besides carjackmalone, @crobro mentioned it — twice!

I can’t find anything about this doing web searches. I wonder if it’s supposed to have had something to do with Nedved asking Gretzky for his stick after the Kings eliminated the Canucks in 1993, which was controversial among fans and some speculated being why Pat Quinn decided against matching Nedved’s money demands and ultimately shipping him to St. Louis after a lengthy holdout. I wondered if perhaps Linden had commented on either Nedved’s ”unforgivable sin” of asking his opponent for a stick right after being eliminated, or Nedved’s holdout, but no luck.

 

[Bear of Bad News]

Yet besides carjackmalone, @crobro mentioned it — twice!

I can’t find anything about this doing web searches. I wonder if it’s supposed to have had something to do with Nedved asking Gretzky for his stick after the Kings eliminated the Canucks in 1993, which was controversial among fans and some speculated being why Pat Quinn decided against matching Nedved’s money demands and ultimately shipping him to St. Louis after a lengthy holdout. I wondered if perhaps Linden had commented on either Nedved’s ”unforgivable sin” of asking his opponent for a stick right after being eliminated, or Nedved’s holdout, but no luck.

That’s possible - I was a fan of both players specifically (Nedved having that Seattle experience) and that’s the closest thing to an issue I can think of.

 

[The Panther]

first i’ve ever heard of this. but there were rumours of a linden-bure rift back in the day

That might be because Keenan...? Bure loved him; Linden did not.

 

[TheGreenTBer]

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

Yeah BarASSo was a legendary asshole.

Like, i know goalies are weird, but he was just a total chode.

EDIT: just realized i replied to an old post. My bad.

 

[Crosby2010]

Yet besides carjackmalone, @crobro mentioned it — twice!

I can’t find anything about this doing web searches. I wonder if it’s supposed to have had something to do with Nedved asking Gretzky for his stick after the Kings eliminated the Canucks in 1993, which was controversial among fans and some speculated being why Pat Quinn decided against matching Nedved’s money demands and ultimately shipping him to St. Louis after a lengthy holdout. I wondered if perhaps Linden had commented on either Nedved’s ”unforgivable sin” of asking his opponent for a stick right after being eliminated, or Nedved’s holdout, but no luck.

When Hulk Hogan was getting a divorce from his wife Linda the lawyer of Linda asked him to give him an autograph for his son. Hogan mentions it and the lawyer acknowledges it 30 seconds in, even in this heated exchange, lol. So in all honesty, I think the idea of asking an opponent for his stick after a loss happens more than we'd think. Although I would do it privately if I did it at all.

 

[sr edler]

none of the last four words of that sentence are words i understand

This is how you hawk crypto rug pulls

As for the thread topic at large, pro athletes in team sports are just co-workers like everyone else, and there isn't a large workplace in the world with say 20+ employees (or even 10) where everyone loves each other, the question is most often just the level of annoyance or animosity. People are also nuanced and it's possible to amend, if there's enough common ground to begin with (i.e. not a Miller vs Petey situation). It's possible to both like and dislike the same person, more or less. For instance, me and a co-worker had a falling out before Christmas and hardly spoke a word to each other for two weeks, but then our shared sense of humour still brought us back to each other, and right before I left for another department we heartily hugged it out.