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Originally Posted by Cowperson
In player polls, his peers were annually rating Phaneuf among the top three most overrated NHL players BEFORE he was traded by the Flames.
This is nothing new.
Cowperson
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Overrated is one thing but Waters is talking him down like he's a scrub. I think the Phaneuf haters simply run with any nuggets put him in a poor light regardless of the source which is frikking Bill Watters for crying out loud. I'll rest my case on the source is to Toronto fans what Francis is here. In fact Leafs fans dislike him far more than Flames fans dislike Francis. Heck even the Leafs banned him from their facilities.
Dion Phaneuf isn't for everyone it seems but what did he do to Flames fans to deserve all the dislike? It's not his fault the GM hired a head coach that completely destroyed his development. He's not a perfect guy but I don't ever remember him saying a bad thing about the Calgary Flames or the fans and hoping for him to fail just to make that poor trade look somewhat less embarrassing for Flames fans is petty. I'll reserve my dislike for players that diss the organization but not ones that didn't.