The Al Iafrate "Dude, just shave it" Receding Hairline Award

[ThatGuy22]

Come on.

Easy peasy answer..

 

[Hank Plank]

What are you talking about Kessel had glorious comb-over potential. Sadly I'm sure he is way past that point now.

 

[Heffyhoof]

I love how you can’t have a thread about who the most handsome player is (seriously, made one and it got locked) but mocking is totally chill. Weird standard is all.

anyways Laine might be in the running.

Perhaps because good looks are subjective but that receding hair line is obvious

 

[SI90]

Adam Pelech. The disturbing thing is it’s been like this since he was like 20.

 

[lawrence]

EP40

lol not yet. Let him enjoy for a few more years….

mathews on the other hand…….

 

[Reality Czech]

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He still looks nervous.

Love it that so many are still triggered by Binner.

 

[AnInjuredJasonZucker]

The good ol' Planet Al skullet.

This one is well on its way:

 

[Dr Beinfest]

Olli Jokinen has the greatest hair comeback story of all time. Sampled every ~5 years…

 

[Chips]

Who is currently rocking the most egregious receding hair line in the NHL? For reference, this is what Iafrate was working with in his prime:

I dig the Rockin’ Monk look

 

[CupHolders]

Olli Jokinen has the greatest hair comeback story of all time. Sampled every ~5 years…

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As an 18 year old, he played his WJC with a green Mohawk. Unfortunately, no pictures exist that I know of.

 

[CupHolders]

Adam Pelech. The disturbing thing is it’s been like this since he was like 20.
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Adam Pelech is probably the only one mentioned here who’s look (mid age average dependable dad) actually reflects his playing style.

 

[Asinine]

Love it that so many are still triggered by Binner.

 

[DearDiary]

As an 18 year old, he played his WJC with a green Mohawk. Unfortunately, no pictures exist that I know of.

Some people say that he also had a tattoo of a turkey on his chest and a girl on the back. Who can say whether or not its true now

 

[Asinine]

Olli Jokinen has the greatest hair comeback story of all time. Sampled every ~5 years…

I don't see any real signs of hair loss. It just looks like he decided to grow it out rather than keep it buzzed.

 

[Dr Beinfest]

I don't see any real signs of hair loss. It just looks like he decided to grow it out rather than keep it buzzed.

I generally agree, but whether or not he was balding is so hard to say since he spent pretty much his entire tenure on the Panthers with a shaved head. Who knows, maybe just long enough to get those thin spots filled in? One thing we do know though… the man who used to look like a furless cat now looks like caveman.

 

[TheDawnOfANewTage]

I don't see any real signs of hair loss. It just looks like he decided to grow it out rather than keep it buzzed.

what a weird dude- he didn’t just buzz it, he went shiny for much of his career if I remember right. Who the f*** thinks “when I play- no hockey hair. When I coach- that is when we grow it out.” I’m simply fascinated by this dude’s psyche.

 

[hotcabbagesoup]

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He still looks nervous.

 

[Bostonzamboni]

Rick "Nifty" Middleton on the Bruins was receding as a player, but I think did one of those local commercials in Boston for hair treatment years ago, and looks better as he aged. I can't recall if he played sans helmet most of his career.

Sorry, don't know how to post pictures.

 

[Mantis]

Gallagher looks like your local 40’year old meth head. He needs to shave it off lmao.

I live in Saskatchewan. There are like 50,000 of those

 

[S E P H]

Come on.

Easy peasy answer..

I think Kessel has enough side/donor hair and money to get a hair transplant.

 

[Sugi21]

It’s still hanging on I see lol

 

[Phil McKraken]

All these guys are loaded - why not just get hair plugs? I mean if it matters so much that you need to style your hair to hide it.

 

[Player big P]

The good ol' Planet Al skullet.

This one is well on its way:

It's weird to me to see a young, successful man of today make the series of conscious decisions necessary to look like a sleazy seventies porn producer

 

[Chainshot]

I met Iafrate at a bar on Vancouver Island. Dude has hands the size of frying pans.

I remember talking with Steve Thomas and when we shook hands at the end of the conversation, it was as though his hand swallowed mine with room left over for a small apartment building.

 

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I remember talking with Steve Thomas and when we shook hands at the end of the conversation, it was as though his hand swallowed mine with room left over for a small apartment building.

I played poker with gino odjick and the size of his hands was all I noticed. Felt like they were 3x the size of mine, and I'm 6'3