A poster made a post yesterday that I feel applies also to Andersson though they didn't include him as an example. He faces top lines a lot of the time and gets no credit for the games where the Flames win a close game, keeping the other team to 2 or less, but gets ripped any time he makes a mistake trying to defend MacKinnon, Matthews or some other star.
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Originally Posted by AC
Goes to show how fans will turn on top performing players when they aren't elite 100% of the time. Iggy used to get torn apart here for being lazy.
How often have we heard fans claim a player gave up on the team? Kadri gets it a tonne and I'm not sure what quantifies that other than being a historically high risk / high reward player.
Backlund is another who's been called lazy despite being a player who has propped up his linemates for much of his career, as the top shutdown forward, often playing through injuries. Monahan got dragged through the mud despite often playing through multiple injuries as well.
And if you're a defenceman that plays a lot of tough minutes? Better not make many mistakes or you'll get eaten alive by the fans.
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