Overhyped and Whipping boys change quickly. Baertschi went from over-hyped to almost a whipping boy of sorts. Stajan was a huge whipping boy, and I will argue he is universally liked. Bouwmeester was over-hyped, turned into a whipping boy with his play, but in his last season with the Flames was fairly universally liked.
Whipping boys stay whipping boys until they work themselves out of it. Butler seemed to do it last season for the most part (though he is no favorite).
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