09-21-2019, 11:48 AM
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#1
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Scoring Winger
Join Date: Jul 2018
Location: 403
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Notable Whipping Boys That Donned The Flames Sweater - Past and Present
Which Calgary Flames have irked many fans constantly? As in every game, there's at least a few posts (here or other sites) or face-to-face conversations about how incompetent/not worth the contract/useless/etc. this guy is.
Dennis Wideman
Troy Brouwer
Jonas Hiller
TJ Brodie
Brian Elliott
Mike Smith
James Neal
Jay Bouwmeester
Sam Bennett
Name more.
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09-21-2019, 11:50 AM
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#2
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Crash and Bang Winger
Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: Oakville, ON
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Gary Leeman
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09-21-2019, 11:52 AM
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#4
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Franchise Player
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Given how often I seem to read and hear about him not being able to be the best player on a great team... Johnny Gaudreau.
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09-21-2019, 11:52 AM
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#5
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Franchise Player
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Mike Vernon, Zarley Zalapski, Roman Turek
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09-21-2019, 11:52 AM
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#6
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#1 Goaltender
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Matt Stajan during his first couple seasons.
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09-21-2019, 11:54 AM
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#7
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Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Calgary
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If there was a whipping boy of the season
2018-19: Neal
2017-18: Brouwer
2016-17: Wideman
2015-16: Hiller
2014-15: Raymond
2013-14: Butler
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09-21-2019, 11:55 AM
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#8
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Income Tax Central
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Anders. Eriksson.
Never forget. Never forgive.
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09-21-2019, 11:56 AM
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#9
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AltaGuy has a magnetic personality and exudes positive energy, which is infectious to those around him. He has an unparalleled ability to communicate with people, whether he is speaking to a room of three or an arena of 30,000.
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: At le pub...
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Anders Eriksson. I really did want to whip him a few times.
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09-21-2019, 11:56 AM
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#10
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Scoring Winger
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Jeff Lebowski
Matt Stajan during his first couple seasons.
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This is a good one.
“First contract” Stajan was heavily viewed.
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09-21-2019, 11:59 AM
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#11
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Backup Goalie
Join Date: Sep 2008
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Andrei Zyuzin. Awful player.
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09-21-2019, 12:00 PM
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#12
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Calgary
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Backlund. Gio before russia. Bouwmeester.
Almost any UFA signing.
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09-21-2019, 12:06 PM
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#13
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Powerplay Quarterback
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Curtis Glencross and Rene Bourque
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09-21-2019, 12:24 PM
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#14
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Franchise Player
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Kari Eloranta
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09-21-2019, 12:38 PM
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#15
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Franchise Player
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Michel Petit
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09-21-2019, 12:39 PM
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#16
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Not a casual user
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: A simple man leading a complicated life....
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Back in the day it was Mike Vernon. He had a habit of letting in bad goals at the most in opportune times. Both his parents were STH and eventually stopped going to games because of the booing.
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09-21-2019, 12:59 PM
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#17
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Calgary
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Rob Neidermeyer.
Definition of whipping boy differs personally for me. For me, it's players that should be better that what they are, more underachivers, given previously stats, proven skills, and no longer worth what their contract is valued at. Or, over valued by fans.
So guys like Anders Eriksson, who was forced to play with Phaneuf because the Flames really didn't have anyone better, isn't a whipping boy, as he was put in a situation that was over his skill set. Other players also disliked, fall into this category like Petr Buzek, Zuzyin, etc.
A guy like Reichel was a whipping boy for me becuase his disappeared in playoffs (Huselius too) after a good regular season. Derek Morris could've won, and been in constant contention for, a Norris, if he had even one ounce of motivation to work in offseasons over and above his natural talent.
But yes, in general Vernon was a fan whipping boy for his supposed 5 hole.
Leeman and Stajan simply because of the semi hype those guys got nationally as Leafs, and, as they were part of trades the fans didn't like.
Neidermeyer in the early 2000s given his salary.
Turek because he had one bad game and idiot fans booed him off the ice.
Bourque too because he was maddening. Had a lot skil and made some things looked easy but next shift he would make mistakes that 7 year olds wouldn't.
Brouwer I would say more than Neal, as most of us expected Neal to break out offensively given his very recent history. Brouwer had no chance of that offensive breakout, so even if he played as well as he could it wouldn't have changed minds.
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09-21-2019, 01:04 PM
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#18
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Powerplay Quarterback
Join Date: Nov 2014
Location: Calgary, AB
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Point Blank
Curtis Glencross and Rene Bourque
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Those two were so frustrating with their inconsistency. Everytime they showed flashes of brilliance, they followed it up with stretches of awful play.
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09-21-2019, 01:04 PM
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#19
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Franchise Player
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Travis Hamonic
But actually, I wasn’t even a big hockey fan when Anders Eriksson was on the team and even I knew he was bad.
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09-21-2019, 01:06 PM
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#20
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Lifetime Suspension
Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: North America
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Brad Marsh.
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