Agree...when I think "hate", I think Art Modell. So the only guys that even hit that radar screen are Foote and Carter, and I flipped a coin and Carter came up *ss - I mean tails.
As to inlcuding Priest, he's more about just plain hockey incompetence.
George Mathews would crack my top ten. Guy was a complete tool to me and my younger brother when I met him several years ago after a development camp scrimmage.
I'm sorry you had that experience, I have met him several times and he has been one of the nicest guys I've met, he took a good 15 minutes at R bar during one of the lockout events where him and Bill called a game live for an xbox game. He talked hockey, the Jackets, and gathered up Bill and Natalie and took a pic with me. Couldn't have been a better guy. Maybe he was having a bad day or had to run to the bathroom, who knows, give him a second chance.
How so? We all have our reasons for hating certain players. I hated Vyborny because he floated and disappeared in big games. I hated Klesla because he was a jerk in person, and played soft for a man of his size. And I hated Modin for similar reasons, he couldn't score, pass or remain healthy and when he wasn't scoring he didn't contribute in other ways like hitting and forechecking, he's the only 6'3 guy that would turn away from hits in the corners. That and he also was a jerk at a Jackets fest.
Foote was lowballed and lied to by XGMSH. Nash had the C too when he asked to be traded, and had the contract he wanted! Double standard. In retrospect, Foote was SH's first of many screw ups.
I'm surprised Doug Maclean isn't running away with this.
Why? He wasn't a great GM, but hockey is getting bigger and bigger in the state of Ohio (especially the Columbus area) and that was, in part, to the effort Dougie and the Jackets did and are doing in the community. It isn't obvious to those outside of Ohio, but hockey is growing and is actually becoming very competitive. I know a couple of the youth teams that are doing very well in regional play.
There wasn't one thing that Dougie did, until he left, that angered me. He tried to win, he did what he thought was right. He failed. I see no reason to hate that guy. I'll be honest, I've missed his work in the non on-the-ice product.
(Also, voted for Carter, but would like my namesake added. Cringed every time I saw #7 skate out on the ice. Of all the crap we've had at #7, JJ excluded, Quint was my least favorite. He made Heward look like a beast.)
My take on Carter was, bad bad bad fit. Having said that we probably should have know going in it could have went down like it did. He didn't act professional, but we knew he wanted out.
Mason oh Mason... You really bug me.
Can I vote for Filatov's Mom? She ruined that kid... :p
(Also, voted for Carter, but would like my namesake added. Cringed every time I saw #7 skate out on the ice. Of all the crap we've had at #7, JJ excluded, Quint was my least favorite. He made Heward look like a beast.)
Lachance, the pylon that he was, at least seemed to care at times when he was skated around. He didn't play defense well, but it was more diminishing skill than effort.
Quint tried so hard to be offensive that defense seemed to be an afterthought.
Lachance, the pylon that he was, at least seemed to care at times when he was skated around. He didn't play defense well, but it was more diminishing skill than effort.
Quint tried so hard to be offensive that defense seemed to be an afterthought.
He did at least get a hat trick.
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