Kessel Voted Most Overrate in Players Poll again

[MissTeeks]

The Postmedia Player Poll came out today. Phil Kessel was voted most overrated again:

http://www.torontosun.com/2016/03/28...postmedia-poll

Who’s the most overrated player in the NHL? (28 votes)

29% (8) — Phil Kessel, Pittsburgh
11% (3) — Dion Phaneuf, Ottawa / P.K. Subban, Montreal
7% (2) — Eric Staal, New York Rangers
4% (1) — Alex Burrows, Vancouver / Sean Couturier, Philadelphia / Marc-Andre Fleury, Pittsburgh / Ryan Getzlaf, Anaheim / Claude Giroux, Philadelphia / Ryan Johansen, Nashville / Evander Kane, Buffalo / Antti Niemi, Dallas / Max Pacioretty, Montreal / Ryan Suter, Minnesota / Shea Weber, Nashville / Dale Weise, Chicago
Last year’s winner: (tie) Phil Kessel and Dion Phaneuf, Toronto


Who’s the dirtiest player in the NHL? (36 votes)

25% (9) — Zac Rinaldo, Boston
22% (8) — Brad Marchand, Boston
19% (7) — Radko Gudas, Philadelphia
6% (2) — Corey Perry, Anaheim / Ryan Suter, Minnesota / Zack Kassian, Edmonton
3% (1) — Matt Greene, Los Angeles / Ryan Kesler, Anaheim / Michael Latta, Washington / Dion Phaneuf, Ottawa / Antoine Roussel, Dallas / Wayne Simmonds, Philadelphia

Last year’s winner (tie): Brad Marchand, Boston, and Zac Rinaldo, Philadelphia


Who’s the biggest pain in the ass to play against? (35 votes)

11% (4) — Corey Perry, Anaheim / Zdeno Chara, Boston / Ryan Kesler, Anaheim / Brad Marchand, Boston
9% (3) — Patrice Bergeron, Boston
6% (2) — Derek Dorsett, Vancouver
3% (1) — Cal Clutterbuck, New York Islanders / Ryan Ellis, Nashville / Micheal Ferland, Calgary / Brendan Gallagher, Montreal / Patric Hornqvist, Pittsburgh / Patrick Kaleta, Buffalo / Duncan Keith, Chicago / Leo Komarov, Toronto / Patrick Maroon, Edmonton / Chris Neil, Ottawa / Steve Ott, St. Louis / Dion Phaneuf, Ottawa / Ryan Suter, Minnesota / Shea Weber, Nashville

Last year’s winner: Corey Perry, Anaheim


Who has made the biggest impression on you this year? (37 votes)

22% (8) — Patrick Kane, Chicago
19% (7) — Connor McDavid, Edmonton
11% (4) — Dylan Larkin, Detroit
5% (2) — Shayne Gostisbehere, Philadelphia / Jaromir Jagr, Florida
3% (1) — Frank Corrado, Toronto / Jack Eichel, Buffalo / Ryan Ellis, Nashville / Johnny Gaudreau, Calgary / Braden Holtby, Washington / Roman Josi, Nashville / Erik Karlsson, Ottawa / Evgeny Kuznetsov, Washington / Clarke MacArthur, Ottawa / Evgeni Malkin, Pittsburgh / Alex Ovechkin, Washington / Artemi Panarin, Chicago / Dion Phaneuf, Ottawa / Vladimir Tarasenko, St. Louis


What’s your favourite Canadian NHL city to visit? (37 votes)

38% (14) — Vancouver
27% (10) — Montreal
19% (7) — Toronto
5% (2) — Edmonton / Ottawa
3% (1) — Calgary / Winnipeg


What’s the worst Canadian NHL city to visit? (35 votes)

37% (13) — Winnipeg
34% (12) — Edmonton
20% (7) — Ottawa
3% (1) — Toronto / Montreal / Calgary

**Due to rounding, percentages don’t always add up to 100.

[CroFlames]

Cool stuff, thanks for sharing. Poor Dion and Phil. Always getting picked on by the bullies.

[Badgers Nose]

How many times did Bieksa vote? LOL

[Locke]

I think this demonstrates pretty well what a lot of people say about Hall.

Kessel went from a loser team where his only responsibility was to score goals and put up points to a contender where he was required to play a team game and lo and behold his production dropped like rock.

No way, who could have seen that coming?

[Erick Estrada]

Dale Weise in the most overrated player category? I guess one player in the voting must have it out for him.

[CorsiHockeyLeague]

Are you saying the same thing would happen to Hall? I see them as pretty different specimens.

I just love how completely Boston dominates the "dirtiest player" category, with a nod to Philly (particularly as Rinaldo is a former Flyer).

[Senator Clay Davis]

Originally Posted by Erick Estrada

Dale Weise in the most overrated player category? I guess one player in the voting must have it out for him.

Just look at the rest of the list of overrated players, and then just randomly....4th liner Dale Weise. Yeah I'm guessing someone is just being petty.

[morgin]

37 votes was the most they could get for a category? I think the story here is that the players seem to find this poll stupid and the majority don't care to respond.

[Azhouse]

They must be talking about last year for the Ferland vote. He has hardly been a pain in the ass this year.

[the-rasta-masta]

Originally Posted by Locke

I think this demonstrates pretty well what a lot of people say about Hall.

Kessel went from a loser team where his only responsibility was to score goals and put up points to a contender where he was required to play a team game and lo and behold his production dropped like rock.

No way, who could have seen that coming?

Production dropped like a rock? Pretty sure he is on pace to match last years totals.

[Locke]

Originally Posted by the-rasta-masta

Production dropped like a rock? Pretty sure he is on pace to match last years totals.

Right, but last year was his 'sulk year' and his points haul was lower than his normal standard.

[Flames Draft Watcher]

Originally Posted by Azhouse

They must be talking about last year for the Ferland vote. He has hardly been a pain in the ass this year.

Or there's just less highlight reels of his hits being shown because this isn't playoff coverage. Heck, half his hits you can't even see on TV because the camera pans away before he's finished his check. He's still been hard to play against this year, leads the team in hits.

[Komskies]

Originally Posted by Senator Clay Davis

Just look at the rest of the list of overrated players, and then just randomly....4th liner Dale Weise. Yeah I'm guessing someone is just being petty.

May it was Lucic's vote?

[saillias]

Kaleta? Haven't heard that name since 2014ish. And no one thinks Phaneuf is good anymore.

[Locke]

Originally Posted by saillias

Kaleta? Haven't heard that name since 2014ish. And no one thinks Phaneuf is good anymore.

It still boggles my mind that Ottawa took that contract on. Thats gotta be one of the worst contracts in the league and the book is pretty much written on Dion, hes hit whatever ceiling he has.

[TheScorpion]

Dion Phaneuf is so overrated, he's underrated

[GoJetsGo]

Originally Posted by Azhouse

They must be talking about last year for the Ferland vote. He has hardly been a pain in the ass this year.

Just because it's not as noticeable game in and game out as the Vancouver series doesn't make this true.

Ask OEL about his thoughts after last night. Ferland absolutely pasted him. Happens often enough I can see the merit in this result.

[saillias]

Players think Ryan Suter is dirty? What did he do?

[Finger Cookin]

Glad the players recognize what a dump Winnipeg is.

[Resolute 14]

Phil "guaranteed 50 goal scorer with Crosby and Malkin" Kessel? Overrated? You don't say?


That said, we're taking about 30 votes here. One third of one percent of NHL players.