Why do people boo zdeno chara

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If you are still experiencing issues, please describe the problem below and we will be happy to assist you. Ralph Krueger. Canada plays Team Europe in the best-of-three series starting Tuesday, Sept. Jacques Boissinot. Whenever Europe defenseman Zdeno Chara touched the puck, the Bruins blue liner received a chorus of boos from the crowd at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto. The frosty reception didn't bother Chara, but he did admit after Canada's victory that he's not sure why he has has drawn the ire of Toronto's fans.

Sometimes I just don't understand. And when Kane slips up, it gets eaten up. Maybe he should just win another Cup ring so he can plug his ears with the pair classic Patrick Roy for you there. There are few weights in pro sports greater than the title Number One Draft Pick. It seems like there are more busts than booms across the board. Teams making that selection are looking for a game breaker. A cornerstone type player that they can build around.

Certainly the Blues had higher hope for Erik Johnson than this. Trading him to shake up the team and add some talent to the forward unit. While he isn't hated for his perceived shortcomings, he bugged the St. Louis fan base for not panning out and eventually lead management to deal him. Johnson is sturdy, sure. He didn't Daigle bust by any means. But he never lived up to that oh so heavy weight that burdened him from the start of his career. Talk about a fall from grace. After Steve Mason showed an abundance of promise during his rookie campaign, he has fallen into and onto himself, seemingly incapable of making saves at the NHL level.

It may be a case of confidence, or maybe he read too much of his own press. Whatever the reason, Mason has not given Columbus a chance to win on many nights through the last two seasons, and is the one most directly responsible for the Jackets not being able to contend for a playoff spot. While fans of other teams may not even know his name, Blue Jackets fans are fed up with their goaltender of the future and his incredibly inconsistent play.

Mike Ribeiro has earned the dislike of fans around the League for his notorious dives and wanna' be tough guy antics while there is a referee around. And I'm not just referring to the one either. Ribeiro is known for his embellishment, which is a shame because he's a pretty good player otherwise. His slash on Chris Osgood is pretty much burned into my mind as his defining moment, but that may be a bit biased. Do some youtubing on your own time to see why else he makes the list as a hated player.

Mixed in with his tremendous shootout goals are dives, slashes, fakes, and cowering behind officials. I can't imagine the suffering goaltenders wish upon Tomas Holmstrom after a playoff series against him. While the keeper knows that he is playing the Red Wings, he may be under the impression that No.

I've tried to imagine what it's like to watch Homer work from the other side and I just can't get there. But I am sure it has earned him his fair share of negative energy over the years. While I considered slotting in Niklas Kronwall for his nasty open ice hits, Holmstrom has driven more teams up a wall, more often, and as such is more hated on. This is what happens when you win the Stanley Cup as a goaltender, and then hit the free agent market a few short weeks later.

You cash in. What's supposed to happen is the netminder lives up to the billing and brings a particular kind of swagger and legitimacy to a lineup. Needless to say that this hasn't been the case with Nikolai Khabibulin with the Edmonton Oilers. Instead he's been a pretty expensive and remarkably average goaltender. At least overpaid skaters can take up a spot on a lower line and be some kind of advantage to their team. But a guy this expensive and touted playing backup goalie? Can I get a "it's time for a line change, coach?

David Booth is a bit of a goat because of how good he could be, and how good he was supposed to be. Truth be told, he may still be effected by the Mike Richards hit as he didn't really come back the same player. Booth wouldn't make the cut with just about any other team, but the Panthers don't have the name recognition yet for the players to draw harassment for their short comings. And they don't harbor any outright thugs either.

Same deal with Carolina: Am I missing something in Florida? Who do you hate to play against in the Panthers organization. The argument could be make that if was a Mike Richards hit that started all of this concussion talk. It seemed like his hit on David Booth was one of the biggest spark plugs for this head shot rule changes. The hit on the talented Panthers forward, and the guy missed almost an entire season because of the shot.

The Tim Connolly check was pretty nasty as well With Richards the Kings land themselves one of the more notoriously edgy hitters, and a guy who instantly becomes their most disliked and hated on player. Another member of the 'if he could only stay healthy club. While the stigma still follows him from a few injury riddled seasons, the truth is Havlat has been pretty sturdy through the last two years in Minnesota.

But when the offense isn't up to par and the defense surely could be better Havlat has been a across two years for the Wild things get a little stressed. Wild fans are on OK terms with this guy, but he has the reputation around the League for being a guy who gets hurt easily, and fans always hone in on the offensively gifted, injury prone star—as they should to a degree.

When things aren't going well for the Wild, the sentence "Marty Havlat has to play a bit better" is generally part of the consensuses. PK Subban is a lightning rod of a hockey player.

From the time he made his debut on the Montreal Canadians that he had a bit of swagger and toughness to add to a pretty solid offensive game from the blueline. But when you line up humongous open ice hits, and have always been a big personality during games a lot of people are going to come down on you for it.

Subban is no different. Fellow list-maker Mike Richards tore into Subban during a radio interview with Norman Marshall of Metro Networks, saying the following: "He's a guy that's come in the league and hasn't earned respect," Richards told the radio station.

You have to earn respect in this league. It takes a lot. You can't just come in here as a rookie and play like that. Jordin Tootoo is the kind of player that fans would love to see on their own squads, but hate playing against him. Seeing him several times a year against Detroit, I can attest to why. Tootoo is a guy who makes his living on the physical edge, and does plenty of talking, and then fighting sometimes to back himself up.

New, comments. Reddit Pocket Flipboard Email. OK, I can understand booing Michael Ryder every time he touched the puck last night. It was his first game back in Montreal since signing with the rival Boston Bruins. I get that, but why boo Zdeno Chara every time he touches the puck in a regular season game in October?

This practice of booing Chara every time he gets the puck has gone on for years now. I have heard many different reasons for why: everything from "he boarded Kovalev one time" to "it throws him off his game".

So, what's the deal Habs fans?