I think Eichel just needed a fresh start out of Buffalo and Vegas gave him that, the Knights's locker room seems to have loved him, with Eichel even starting new traditions the players enjoy

Not to defend Eichel entirely, but when it comes to the surgery he wanted to get I still kinda side with him. Even if you have a history of being shitty and entitled, you're the one that has to live with that body once your hockey career is over. That type of thing should be the player's choice 100%.

This was a great video. It's nice to see something different and not just the same clips recycled by hockey youtubers. I really enjoyed this and go some information i wasn't aware of.

Why isn't anyone talking about Tony DeAngelo? The guy actually got kicked off the Rangers because of his attitude, and has bounced from team to team since then.

I was so happy the Wild didn’t jump in on the Eichel sweepstakes. We just got away from Suter and Parise ( I didn’t know of the Edina Rink situation ) but did know of Suter going to upper management to complain whenever he felt unjustly treated. Parise’s game had dropped off in his last few seasons here and he was not happy with being a healthy scratch. Evason plays who is best for the team and Guerin took care of this situation immediately. Even though the Wild is dealing with the money issues, it seems to have worked, 113 points and a deep pipeline for the future. The Jets situation is interesting and Wheeler is a MN player. It seems like he is a solid player and person, maybe not. Just like in business or work, a bad coach or manager can drive you out, same with other players, especially if it’s two of the supposed leaders. Great info 👍

Jack Eichel is a clown and I never liked him BUT I'm glad he stuck to his guns and got the surgery he wanted. Was very obvious that was the correct decision from the jump

Wow I had no idea about Mark Scheifele until now. Great work!

Messier is probably the greatest example of this ever.

Good channel Alyssa. Keep up the solid work!

I really liked your ad read. It was my favorite one on all of KZfaq.

In that end of season clip Sheifele, sitting next to the interim head coach's son and all around team player (Lowry), Sheifele decides after not having a good year, nor even trying to play into the Jets' systems to use the time to promote himself. So not a great look.

How come DeAngelo didn't get on the list?

Thanks for muting your ad for us ahead of time lol XD

It's amazing that Suter went his whole career without any of the Locker Room Cancer allegations coming out until his production declined.

Our stunningly incompetent FO dumped Fleury, Tuch, Krebs and Reaves (all fan favorites) to make room for Eichel, who was already badly injured. So they blew up the lineup, obliterated the cap, alienated fans, failed to make the playoffs, and made the Knights a laughingstock all for a player who didn’t even play for the first several months because he had to have surgery. I’m still waiting for someone to explain to me how that was a good idea. Rumor has it that there is some unease in the locker room because of the loss of favorites. The Knights will have to play cap juggling hockey in order to make everything make sense and to not alienate fans even more. This is our GM’s first GM position in the NHL by the way. Apparently, “cap” is only something you wear on your head.

The middle part of the video has no sound. Great work tho!

Since the whole Eichel thing, draft prospects have all pointed out that it was clear in their interviews that Sabres were looking at personality, high character guys. Eichel completely shifted how they looked at players. He burned them

Thanks for muting the ads 😂

Scheifele is by far the worst. Between him and Wheeler, they singlehanded destroyed a good Jets team from within. That’s why Laine, Roslovic, and Trouba left, it’s the reason why Big Buff decided to quit the team. Maurice is to be blamed too because he enabled and encouraged Scheifele’s behaviour.

That surgery is routine. If the team and player weren’t at odds it would have been a non issue. Plus, where outside of sports, does anyone have the right to dictate our choice of surgical procedures to endure? I mean, seriously this wasn’t a risky or experimental procedure. The real issue was Eichel being an extremely valuable, but totally cancerous (as you so rightly included him in your list) personality. The excuse of it being about the type of surgery let both buffalo and Eichel get what they both wanted.

I guess KZfaq didn't like the fact you had a hello fresh commercial since they turned the sound off when it started. I guess they take exception to self monitization!

On video with THIS TITLE, Alyssa's really not giving Evander Kane any luv! Perhaps January does not count as 2022? I mean he literally led the Sharks in scoring the season before, yet was banished to their farm team in the AHL before being suspended by the team.

I find it funny that my dad predicated that suter and parise were locker room cancers in about 2015. In billy G we trust

As a Jackets fan I don’t know about anywhere else, but I can guarantee that Domi was very well liked in the Columbus locker room, since he’s been seen a good amount with his former teammates this offseason, even being at Oliver Bjorkstrand’s wedding with PLD, Cam Atkinson, Zach Werenski, and Jack Roslovic

Eichel's end of season press conference blew up in his face.

And now he is a Stanley cup champion. What a locker room cancer 😂

Thanks for posting a video on a topic that's rarely talked about. I agree and not surprised about the players discussed. Taylor Hall could easily be added, as well as Dougie Hamilton, and Phil Kessel. Oilers traded Hall for that reason, and he's not changed. Flames threw a private party when Hamilton left. Kessel damaged the Leafs with his "we lost, oh well.. we suck anyway" attitude, and general laziness that spread like a cancer through the team. Thought maybe Benn/Seguin from Dallas, but not sure about it, lot of this stuff is kept private.

You could do a whole piece on the Jets toxicity. From the Byfuglien/Kane incident and more. There’s a bad culture there and I honestly think Schieffle got molded into a bad teammate by Wheeler.

The Winnipeg situation sheds some light on perhaps why Dustin Byfuglien retired in his prime.

A lot of jezebels in Winnipeg

When people say "what was Eichel supposed to say when asked about being better than McDavid" my response is that he should have been humble and said something very vague if anything at all. 7 years after the fact, we now see that Eichel is not even half as good as McDavid. In fact, at this point, Eichel would not go 2nd overall in a 2015 re-draft. He is definitely not living up to his 10 million dollar contract. So he has kinda made himself look like a fool for saying he was better than Connor McDavid. In sharp contrast, it was reported that at the time of the 1990 draft, Petr Nedved admitted that Jaromir Jagr was a far better player than himself. Of course, as we know, Nedved was proven right. Now Nedved had his own issues, but in this instance, I'm impressed that he was humble enough to admit that the other guy Jagr was better. So it was very ill-advised for Eichel to suggest he was better than McDavid, knowing deep down that in all likelihood, that wouldn't be the case. Now Eichel has egg on his face. Some negativity he could have avoided.

Gotta love Stasny. Good dude, wish he was still on the Avs for this Cup Run.

Cancer in the locker room you could go back and check out Keith Primeau and his trade from Detroit and why he was slapped out by Bob Probert 🤔 and many others, great video

You missed the ultimate cancer. P K Subban

Also Eichel broke the chemistry in Vegas-

subban on the habs was a locker room cancer

I wanted Eichel to succeed so bad in Buffalo but it always seemed like people were on egg shells around him...he gave off the vibe of entitlement and honestly management screwed the pooch in building around him so I hope he finds success in Vegas but I think for the Sabres instead of a Star player they now have a stable of young good talent to grow together in a refreshing culture.....team to watch for sure

I have seen the clip when Subban, playing in Montreal, announced starting line up in so cringy way that team mates were uncomfortable. What one could get by picking up some here and there is that Subban being the type never able to know when to stop, sucking the air out of a room.

Yet there’s countless guys still on the Sabres that would tell you all the stuff about Eichel isn’t true.

With the Eichel situation, when it comes to him saying he was better than McDavid what was he supposed to do? Sell himself short and say he was second best? I'm sure he could have worded his statement better than he did but he would look like a fool if he just agreed that he was second best, if even that. And the whole situation with his surgery, I don't fault him for wanting surgery that he thought would be better and give him a better quality of life in the long run than whatever surgery Buffalo wanted him to have. Regardless of whether it hadn't been used before or not, there is no 100% guarantee that you'll come out of surgery better than you went in, especially when it involves areas like the neck or back. I don't get why he receives the hate he does for the surgery issue. However there is also no denying that Buffalo seemed to play better once that whole saga with him finally ended....who knows.

Eichel can play, but he is not a leader. I could never warm to the guy. Never. I wish him well in Vegas, but I am more delighted with Tuch. If it were a straight up deal, I would still be over the moon. Tuch changed Buffalo. Krebs was a nice bonus. In truth Eichel was the prefect addition by subtraction player for the Sabre.

Haha I bet unintended but no audio on your paid ad lol love your videos though!

You know, to an extent I understand a player being pretty self-centered when it comes to his money and his ability to make more... **especially** in hockey. I'm a football fan who's learning hockey, but a couple things are clear even to me: - Team management doesn't give a crap about yesterday, they just care about what you can do for them tomorrow. So exactly how much to do you, the player, want to break your ass for a company that'll dump you and your contract the minute you get hurt? - Hockey players are like any other pro athlete. Mom, Dad and the rest of the family sacrificed A LOT to put you at the pro level. Sibling events got ignored, money that could have been better spent on the family went to sports for you, etc. **YOU** are the family's meal ticket, you owe them and you have to pay off. - Sometimes you just don't gel with a team or management style. I can't discuss this about hockey, but in the NFL if, say, a QB is drafted by a Defense First coach, that's gonna effect that player's bottom line. OTOH, at the end of the day you're still playing a team sport. If you play selfishly, you'll be out of the league faster than you can say 'idiot'. A balance has to be struck between all the forces tugging at a player, and failure to strike that balance has doomed more than one career.

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I hope Domi finds a perfect fit. He’s also a Type One Diabetic and that can come with highs and lows that can be difficult for people to understand. He has to plan and be more careful with his health than other and that is a lot of stress. I’m the mom of a young T1 hockey fan and he does so much for the community and so much to make these kids feel like they can do anything. I’d love him on my wings ❤️

All I am getting out of this is that in general, the best ice hockey players with the most beneficiary mental and psyche for the game and locker room are the Slavic boyz. Down to earth, mostly likeable, willing to play for the team without being drama queens or divas. What a contrast between Stastny and his captain. Or this year's draft. Main reason between Slafkovský and Wright was very visible.

I never heard anything bad about Domi here in Columbus and I do know some of the players. He seemed to be liked. You can't put much stock in what Tortorella says because he never says anything good about anybody. The one player I do know was a big time issue was Ryan Dzingel. He didn't like anybody and the feeling seemed to be mutual. He wasn't offered a contract when he became a UFA and when Carolina did finally sign him, they couldn't get rid of him fast enough. This past season he started in Arizona, was traded to Toronto where he was promptly released and picked up by San Jose where he appeared in all of 6 games. He was so bad in Columbus that he was a healthy scratch for some of the playoff games against Boston in 2019.

I guess the cancers un WPG is why big buf stop to play hockey…

Alyssa, I like your voice, your approach and your presentation. You are hard but not unfair here.

Hamonic was with islanders for a while before he was traded to western Canada. Their was no stories or issues when he was with islanders. He was traded to Vancouver because he wanted to be closer to home. I believe their is more to the story though. Nothing came out from the Islanders players bad about hamonic.

I second @Jeff D visa vie the sound and the video

What about Subban ?

where talyor hall

Eichel got the correct surgery for his injury. Someone had to be the first hockey player to get the superior procedure. Buffalo not allowing it for so long was a dick move on their part. Also, from day 1, management publicly treated Eichel as the guy they had to settle for by "losing" the lottery. Being drafted by a team with incompetent management like the Oilers or Sabers seems incredibly frustrating. I wouldn't put it all on him.

Think it was JS Dea that was outspoken about the noticeable difference in Eichel’s leadership vs Crosby; saying that Crosby is the type you wanna go into battle with (unlike Eichel). When you have owners and a (former Stanley-Cup-winner) GM that are from Buffalo, that’s the last thing they wanna hear is their captain wants out. But his postgame comments about the Buffalo fans when he returned to play the Sabres were rather childish - right up their with Avery’s “sloppy seconds” remark. By the end of this season, Sabres players were all smiles and didn’t want the season to end. How’s that for a shift in culture

Don't forget about Darcy Regier who mismanaged the Sabres for years and sold off top talent in their prime stsr years Derek Roy , Danielle Breier, Chris Drury, and after leaving no one else to help him Ryan Miller what a embarrassment.

And how about Evander Kane?

You missed Tkachuk in Calgary but you can make up for it next season in Florida.

Yep, Minnesota is in cap hell for the next three seasons buy it's worth every penny. The Wild are a very different, much better team without Ryan Suter calling the shots and going over everyone's head by going straight to the owner with all his grievances. Equally to blame? Mike Yeo and Mikko Koivu for allowing it to happen for so many years. BTW, if you're not from Minnesota, the drive from St. Paul to Edina is never an easy one. Even on a weekend afternoon the traffic on I-494 is a nightmare.

Eichel...from the draft the claimed that Edmonton will regret taking Mc David over him. So, I can see how the arrogance of Eichel and his inabillity to accept that a Canadian is better than him could be toxic in a room.........but wow, he must watch Mc David highlights alone in ahhhhhhhhhh

The fact that Vegas got worse by adding a 10 million dollar player in jack eichel tells you what you need to know lol

I like how they cut out the audio for at, wow KZfaq.

You could have added PK Subban to that list

I have no proof of this but I'm surprised to hear Paul Maurice was "afraid" to do anything. But again idfk. Just surprised

I live in Minnesota now and so glad to see Bill G come to town and drop those two.... it will be nice to watch grow & develop a new team and he won't stand for that bullshit. Avalanche baby !

The idea that Travis Hamonic is a locker room "cancer" is laughable. Travis is an incredible human being that consistently gives back to his community.

NHL trainer here. Pretty sure almost all of these are legit, except Jack. It is common knowledge around the league that Buffalo is a miserable place to play, for many reasons. He had every right to ask for a trade and to have that surgery. It’s funny how fans think players owe them something. They owe you nothing.

I must say finding a channel of a woman passionate about hockey is very refreshing. I like to hear different people's different opinions and views on the sport, and generally I hear the same stereotypical guys over and over talk about it!

I'm a jets fan sheifele has to go .he is not a people's person. We should get 3 good players back.

My sister turned down Shea Weber for a date. I never let her live that down. But at least I never had to meet Suter at a wedding in another lifetime :D

Many of these guys have ZERO clue the amount of money they ate making.

Couldn't get audio on my tablet but it works on my phone yay

He is making Vegas great again

I wonder how the canes are liking Domi?

If Eichel is up there, someone needs to add Tim “I feel bad for our franchise” Murray and a Pegula or two…..

I thought Scheifele was complaining about how Laine's addiction to Fortnite and staying up all night playing that was affecting Laine's hockey abilities

Gen Z and entitlements has caused a lot of this

Great. Now we have 3 more years of Suter in Dallas. He isn’t worth his contract on play alone. When you add in that he seems to have been a shitty teammate his entire career it gets that much worse.

Seriously eichel deserves a year in Vegas first before we declare that remember ROR left bad buffalo to good St. Louis and they went bad with ROR they were dead last at Xmas making ROR look like a. Cancer but with a full season what did he end up doing? So give jaxk time but I’m a sabres fan and he was always underrated I am glad though about buffalo becoming a team when he left

Never been impressed with Eichel. Conner McDavid may have the personality of dead fish, but he is an absolute magician. And his speed makes a much greater threat. I wish he get traded to the Rangers.

Hi Alyssa!!! Love your vids and first like

Sabres will receive a 2nd round pick in 2023, not a 3rd.

I’d take Paul Stastny on my team any day.

Where is Evanturd Kane?

Best thing Wild ever did.

Deangelo has gone quiet for a couple years. He at least is smart enough to shut his mouth and play. He has burned the bridge in New York and Carolina. If he can keep quiet maybe he'll be an okay offensive defenseman in the league. I couldn't figure why Minnesota bought out both Suter and Parise at the same time. Good for Bill Guerin. Scheifele does seem like a jerk and a problem. His running of Jake Evans in the playoffs is something I've never gotten past. It did seem the height of self centered behaviour. Right now he's pitching a Cy Young season and waiting to get out of town. Trade him. Domi seems terrible. Buffalo seems so much better without Eichel. I don't think you can win with him.

Finally when a player reaches the NHL he is for the first time in his hockey career not the best player on the team. Most players adjust to this fact.

Thank god no Kings were on this list. 😂 On Eichel, i felt Vegas did Buffalo a favor. Buffalo has been poorly managed, but if anyone needed cancer, it was Vegas....

Eichel ends his career in KHL gulag

Good line up. I would have liked to see Evander Kane in there. He was a big problem for the sharks

So where's Evander Kane?

is this on purpose that you prononce dummy instaed of Domi, i'm just curious, English it's not my first language

Saying Eichel is a major L take. Dude just came off life changing surgery and the Knights had other injuries. He's gonna dominate next szn and they'll make the playoffs.

The problem with Eichel is that he thinks he's Jean Beliveau.

I think something similar is the deal in Toronto and it’s arrogance and entitlement exuded by Mathews. It’s why Toronto folds under pressure.

never knew eichel was a problem, being # 2 behind mcdavid probably weighed on his pea brain 😂

in hockey its dressing room, not locker room

You left out PK Subban.

Taylor Hall?

Where is Russel Crowe when you need him?