Your team’s 3 most embarrassing moments

[MetalheadPenguinsFan]

I'm not sure the best team in hockey - Red Wings - ever had a single embarrassing moment.

Draper whining about Crosby and the handshake line in ‘09 says hello?

 

[MetalheadPenguinsFan]

1. The alleged Dan Quinn incident

2. Signing that POS Billy Tibbetts, and Mario as our owner publicly saying that Pittsburgh signing Tibbetts was “a great accomplishment”

3. Mike Sullivan still being employed and extended here as coach despite multiple seasons of failure

 

[DamonDRW]

Draper whining about Crosby and the handshake line in ‘09 says hello?

far from really embarrassing. even Crosby winning to the refs after each and every hit in his first 5-7 seasons is not that embarrassing. after all he was just a kid till his late 20s.

 

[Lazlo Hollyfeld]

I'm not sure the best team in hockey - Red Wings - ever had a single embarrassing moment.

As a fellow Wings fan, I can appreciate your loyalty but I've posted a few earlier in the thread.

 

[Kamus]

Trying to compare those 2 players ….. just yeah.

There must be a reason for a “bottom 6 player” to have 30% more points???

 

[David Bruce Banner]

1. Canucks lose 13-0 to the Oilers (Nov. 8th, 1985)


2. The Bertuzzi Incident (March 8th, 2004)


3. Game 7 Collapse vs. the Wild (May 8th, 2003)



I was tempted to include the entire Messier/Keenan Era and/or Benning's Tenure but they were epochs not moments.

 

[CBJWerenski8]

Mike Babcock, taking 9 years to make the playoffs for the first time, taking 14 years to win a playoff game/taking 19 years to win a playoff series for the first time.

 

[Silky Johnson]

Sens in not particular order.

Spartan

"We are a...team"

"Proudest monent"

 

[JianYang]

Are you not entertained?

Not my team but I felt emabrassed for them, regardless. The best is when this Trojan guy walks between the players and they are trying not to laugh.

For my team, I'd probably say that big loss to Detroit in 1995 and the resulting Roy meltdown.

But after that game, the embarrassment quickly shifted to outright sadness.

 

[jimmysheva]

Colorado
1. Losing to Edmonton after being 3-1 up in 1998
2. Losing to Minnesota after being 3-1 up in 2003
3. Losing 2002 game 7 7-0

 

[Boud]

For the Sens take your pick…

- Eugene Melnyk opening an investigation for the Matt Cooke and Erik Karlsson incident.

- Ottawa receives 1rst rounder penalty for botched Dadonov trade.

- Dorion responds “We’re a team” when asked what’s fans should look forward to with the roster he constructed…and generally Pierre Dorion being a PR nightmare.

- Trading Mark Stone for Erik Brannstrom and Dorion calling it a great day, smiling like an idiot during the presser.

- Sending down Matt Murray the year he signed a 24M contract.

- The Uber incident featuring Chris Wideman and Matt Duchene where they called the assistant coach an idiot.

- Eugene Melnyk threatening to fans to move the team out of Ottawa at the outdoor game on national broadcast.

- Melnyk having an interview with Mark Borowiecki to discuss “the plan”.

- Dorion’s “Year’s of unparalleled success”

- Assistant GM Randy Lee being accused of sexual harassment against a minor male when he was responsible for the young players in the organization. Organization pays for his lawyers and doesn’t suspend him when information is made public.

- Losing the initial Lebreton arena deal resulting in a billion dollar lawsuit for Melnyk.

- Not signing Alfredsson in his last year because of lowball offer.

- Shane Pinto 41 game suspension for gambling.

- Lalime tries to save a puck shot to his blocker side with his glove in game 7 of the playoffs against Buffalo.

- Chris Phillips putting the puck into his own net in the Stanley cup Finals.

- Drafting Tyler Boucher in the top 10.

- Hiring Pierre McGuire as A/GM to only get fired a year in.

There’s more.

 

[Tkachuk Norris]

Calgary Flames, in no particular order:

Buying out Martin St. Louis
Trading Joe Mullen for a 2nd round pick because his "drop" in production meant he was washed up.
Proclaiming Mark Jankowski as one of the best players in his draft class.

Honourable mentions: 1990-1994 Seasons, drafting Trevor Kidd instead of Martin Brodeur

Dennis Wideman hitting a ref has to be one

 

[Miro4Norris]

Nashville, Probably this season lol.

But my team Pens, what comes to my mind first. :

1. Current management. Letting a coach to become bigger than the hunger of victory, even after embarrassing results year after year. Wasting organization's 3 Franchise superstars 30's despite them performing on a high level. All of playoff series since 2019. This whole time, icluding Hextall and Dubas hirings. 2021 Expansion draft.

2. Bankrupcty situation in the past?

3. Chicago game 2023 to miss playoffs / Bruins sweep on ECF 2013?

 

[Yozhik v tumane]

Number 1 for Minnesota. Getazlaf scoring a PP goal with your captains stick (Mikko Koivu)

 

[Jormungandr]

As a Coyotes fan, hold my beer…

 

[inthewings]

1.

2.

3. Low-balling all-time franchise great Daniel Alfredsson on the last 1-year deal of his career, leading him to sign in Detroit

 

[Midnight Judges]

For the Caps, in my time as a fan.

1. Trading Forsberg for Erat. I’m still livid today just thinking about it.
2. The Caps blowing a 3-1 series lead to the Canadiens after winning the Presidents’ Trophy by a mile that season.
3. The Brendan Leipsic incident. Glad they kicked this clown off the team quickly after. Caps place Leipsic on waivers after comments

Yeah those are good ones. Here's a couple more:

1974-75 Capitals win a whopping 8 games. End the season with 21 points and a goal differential of minus 265. No NHL team has ever been worse!

Dale Hunter assaulting Pierre Turgeon after scoring a goal:

 

[IWantSakicAsMyGM]

1. Jersey ads
2. Statue of liberty
3. Hmm. The Valentine's Day Massacre after Forsberg retired. Zanon flipping out about reporters standing on the logo. Duchene's 30 goal celebration. A game during 2016-17 when there were more Chicago fans in the building than Colorado. I might be missing one or two.

Signing Brad May as a UFA in 2005.

 

[KeithIsActuallyBad]

I’m surprised so many people are mentioning games or a series as opposed to off ice decisions in the front office or scandals.

The Decade of Darkness pretty much covers that.

 

[GMR]

The Decade of Darkness pretty much covers that.

Which one? The recent decade hasn’t been too kind. I’m talking from a Detroit standpoint.

I would also add this team moved on from Glenn Hall, Johnny Bucyk, Red Kelly, and Ted Lindsay, all of whom should have been retained in hindsight. But those are more bad moves and not scandals.

 

[KeithIsActuallyBad]

Which one? The recent decade hasn’t been too kind. I’m talking from a Detroit standpoint.

I would also add this team moved on from Glenn Hall, Johnny Bucyk, Red Kelly, and Ted Lindsay, all of whom should have been retained in hindsight. But those are more bad moves and not scandals.

I was talking about my team but an analysis of most team's managerial moves would be exhausting. But for the sake of conversation and relatability, Ken Holland and his shitty tenure.

 

[SnowblindNYR]

This whole season.

 

[IComeInPeace]

This is really old now, and I’m not sure who it’s more embarrassing for: the Canucks or the Kings

Pat Quinn, while currently employed as the head coach of the LA Kings signs a contract to become the President and GM of division rival Vancouver Canucks.

Quinn wanted to keep coaching the Kings for the remainder of the season (it was still only December) while also having already signed a contract to be the Canucks next GM and President when the Kings season ended!

He would have effectively been employed by 2 division rivals at the same time.

Imagine that in today’s game:

Paul Maurice tomorrow (ie during the season) signs a contract to become the GM and President of the TB Lightning.

Quinn was suspended from starting his employment with the Canucks until the season was over.

He was also barred from coaching in the NHL for 3 years.

The Kings sued the Canucks for tampering but lost.

 

[IComeInPeace]

1. Trading Kravtsov
2. Sending down Rempe
3. Buying out Henrik Lundqvist so we could keep Georgiev

HM Trading Buchnevich for Blais

I still think Kravtsov returns to the NHL within a couple of seasons and I fully expect him to score 50 in 50.

There is no doubt in my mind this happens.

 

[_habsfan9]

1. Walking downtown MTL 2021 finals wife is wearing a Price jersey after we go down 0-3 in the series and she was heckled and yelled at by absolute baboon Habs fans who were mad at Carey, The guy literally carried them the whole way there. Love the team but we have some real idiot fans.

2. The beatdown in 2008-2009 that the Boston Bruins gave the Habs in the 4-0 sweep during our centennial season .

3. Drafting Andrei kostitsyn over multiple players that could have made a huge difference for our organization. Even at the time I was pissed and mystified