Instead of the comment with most upvotes I’m going to do the player that receives the most comments because most upvotes can be skewed by the fact that it’s usually just one of the first comments
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Conor Sheary
Hmmm. Interesting, whoever really is the most overrated wont be voted the most overrated becuase he is so overrated that he will have a bunch of people voting against him because they like him.
Cirelli
Slater Koekkoek (just based on high draft status)
Brett Connelly (Drafted high but was a bust)
Drouin
Anthony DeAngelo
Connor Sheary
Tanner Jeannot
Killorn? Years ago I would have thought for sure Killorn. But otherwise maybe Jeannot (by Brisebois lol)
Nick Paul. Yeah, he has flashes of greatness but also disappears for 10-20 games at a time. Def not living up to the hype from when we picked him up.
Chris Gratton
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For what we expected and what we got, Jeannot
Ted ward? Vinny at times (sacrilege but… ya know).
I would add Alexander Svitov, Evgeny Artyukhin, and Andrej Meszároš.Also Mark Denis for goalies.
Drouin for sure
Y’all are trashing some good players out here! Shame!
How about Pavel Kubina? Top D money to be double digit minus just about every year. He was alright, but definitely plenty overrated.
Brent Gretzky and its not even close…
Yanni Gourde. He’s a nice story, but was cast fading into nothing before the Coleman and Goodrow trades.
Drouin was terrible for the promise and draft slot. His best move was getting traded.
Cory Conacher
It’s Alexander Svitov. Drouin was also a third overall pick but AS had 13 career NHL goals. The only positive out of that pick was that we traded him to Columbus for Darryl Sydor, who helped us win a cup in 04.
Based on what was given up for him. Jeannot.
That Vinny fella never really lived up to his reputations as the Michael Jordan of hockey
Tony D’Angelo
POS is still scamming teams
Ben Bishop, he couldn’t keep himself healthy to give us a boost.
This one may get a few of you bent
Tyler Johnson
Lived off a career year in 2015 and playoff god.
Never got over 50 points again but was universally spoken of as Tampas 1B center behind stamkos or point
People seem to be putting the value of someone being overrated on expectations rather than people’s opinion on the career for overrated. I guess that is one way of looking it.
Everyone loves Palat but he is underrated? Do you understand then that he isn’t underrated?
This might be harsh on him because injuries really kicked his ass, but the Bolts signed Mattias Ohlund to a fat, 7 year contract in 2009. He only played in two seasons and registered very little impact other than being an amazing shot blocker.
Svitov or Drouin
Pat Maroon, eye test he blatantly never was a good enough player in the last 2 years and when people say they want him back I’m dumbfounded. He’s very much so a good teammate but he’s slow as hell and barely gets in good fights or hits anymore
Overrated when he played for TBL? Or overrated now (as we look back fondly)?
a. Drouin. High DP. Flashy, at times. Valued by others based on our return (starting G) for him.
b. Pick a middle-6 forward on a Cup-winning team. Sure, we love ‘em. They struck gold on their next contracts. And then (whether their “fault” or not)…pfft. I almost picked Ondřej Palát because Reddit really loves him. But well-liked doesn’t mean overrated. I name Tyler Johnson for this activity.
John Grahame? Battled neck and neck with the Bulin Wall for the starter job. After Khabby left, the job was his and he laid a big ole egg.
Trigger Warning
Barclay Goodrow
Drouin
Jake Guentzel
Y’all are overlooking Mario Larocque
(I upvoted Svitov)
Everyone just listed the biggest draft busts that we all know suck. Louis Domingue is easily one of the most overrated by this fanbase. An average third string goalie at best who happened to be the backup on one of the best teams of all time.
Valtteri Filppula – I feel like everyone was always acting like he was a major asset and he wasn’t that productive after his big season in 13-14. His goals were halved the next year and he never replicated that success with us.
And of course, Tanner Jeannot. Other than fighting, he wasn’t worth the king’s ransom that was paid.
Drouin, man that dude has the most insane flashes!
36 comments
Conor Sheary
Hmmm. Interesting, whoever really is the most overrated wont be voted the most overrated becuase he is so overrated that he will have a bunch of people voting against him because they like him.
Cirelli
Slater Koekkoek (just based on high draft status)
Brett Connelly (Drafted high but was a bust)
Drouin
Anthony DeAngelo
Connor Sheary
Tanner Jeannot
Killorn? Years ago I would have thought for sure Killorn. But otherwise maybe Jeannot (by Brisebois lol)
Nick Paul. Yeah, he has flashes of greatness but also disappears for 10-20 games at a time. Def not living up to the hype from when we picked him up.
Chris Gratton
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For what we expected and what we got, Jeannot
Ted ward? Vinny at times (sacrilege but… ya know).
I would add Alexander Svitov, Evgeny Artyukhin, and Andrej Meszároš.Also Mark Denis for goalies.
Drouin for sure
Y’all are trashing some good players out here! Shame!
How about Pavel Kubina? Top D money to be double digit minus just about every year. He was alright, but definitely plenty overrated.
Brent Gretzky and its not even close…
Yanni Gourde. He’s a nice story, but was cast fading into nothing before the Coleman and Goodrow trades.
Drouin was terrible for the promise and draft slot. His best move was getting traded.
Cory Conacher
It’s Alexander Svitov. Drouin was also a third overall pick but AS had 13 career NHL goals. The only positive out of that pick was that we traded him to Columbus for Darryl Sydor, who helped us win a cup in 04.
Based on what was given up for him. Jeannot.
That Vinny fella never really lived up to his reputations as the Michael Jordan of hockey
Tony D’Angelo
POS is still scamming teams
Ben Bishop, he couldn’t keep himself healthy to give us a boost.
This one may get a few of you bent
Tyler Johnson
Lived off a career year in 2015 and playoff god.
Never got over 50 points again but was universally spoken of as Tampas 1B center behind stamkos or point
People seem to be putting the value of someone being overrated on expectations rather than people’s opinion on the career for overrated. I guess that is one way of looking it.
Everyone loves Palat but he is underrated? Do you understand then that he isn’t underrated?
This might be harsh on him because injuries really kicked his ass, but the Bolts signed Mattias Ohlund to a fat, 7 year contract in 2009. He only played in two seasons and registered very little impact other than being an amazing shot blocker.
Svitov or Drouin
Pat Maroon, eye test he blatantly never was a good enough player in the last 2 years and when people say they want him back
I’m dumbfounded. He’s very much so a good teammate but he’s slow as hell and barely gets in good fights or hits anymore
Overrated when he played for TBL?
Or overrated now (as we look back fondly)?
a. Drouin. High DP. Flashy, at times. Valued by others based on our return (starting G) for him.
b. Pick a middle-6 forward on a Cup-winning team. Sure, we love ‘em. They struck gold on their next contracts. And then (whether their “fault” or not)…pfft. I almost picked Ondřej Palát because Reddit really loves him. But well-liked doesn’t mean overrated. I name Tyler Johnson for this activity.
John Grahame? Battled neck and neck with the Bulin Wall for the starter job. After Khabby left, the job was his and he laid a big ole egg.
Trigger Warning
Barclay Goodrow
Drouin
Jake Guentzel
Y’all are overlooking Mario Larocque
(I upvoted Svitov)
Everyone just listed the biggest draft busts that we all know suck. Louis Domingue is easily one of the most overrated by this fanbase. An average third string goalie at best who happened to be the backup on one of the best teams of all time.
Valtteri Filppula – I feel like everyone was always acting like he was a major asset and he wasn’t that productive after his big season in 13-14. His goals were halved the next year and he never replicated that success with us.
And of course, Tanner Jeannot. Other than fighting, he wasn’t worth the king’s ransom that was paid.
Drouin, man that dude has the most insane flashes!