Most Hated NHL Teams

They've gone and accused teams like the Canucks and the Canadiens of dirty play and cheap behavior yet are guilty of so much more of it. Then you've got a number of their fans, who always seem to be able to come out with some sort of convoluted, twisted way to defend their team's goons when they're caught cheap-shotting or injuring other players. Every team has their share of objectionable conduct on the ice, but not only have the Bruins practiced an entire laundry list of it just within the past few seasons, they try to convince everyone that they play a clean, moral, respectable game. It's a shame that the talent is almost always overshadowed by some of the most hypocrisy, classlessness, and dirty play imaginable.

Dirtiest team in hockey. No other team can get away with what they do. Every play ends with a cross check to the lower back, a slash to the back of the legs, or a chara punch to the stomach. Goons. They call other teams cry babies when they complain about not getting the calls, and whine when their team gets the same treatment. They are also the first to dive. If both teams get the same calls that's fine. But as a fan of the game, I have never seen this when watching the goons play. It doesn't matter what team they are playing against. Especially this playoff season, I am not a fan of either Toronto or Tampa Bay, but the things the goons get away with compared to the other teams is disgusting. The league should be embarrassed to have these thugs represent the league.

Starts with the coach accusing other teams of doing things his team does more often, diving, cheap shots, attempts to injure. All this is under the guise of "playing hard", what a bunch of crap. On top of that, they had Colin Campbell's baby boy the year they won the Cup. Rome blasts Horton on a slightly late hockey play and Boychuk breaks Mason's back with a can opener. Enough said. Marchand punches a Sedin in the face 6 times and the Sedin ends up in the box for 10 minutes for asking the ref when the "F" he was going to call a penalty. Pathetic on the NHL.

Go watch Lucic fight on youtube. How many of those fights are him jumping in as the third man with a guy already dancing with someone else? Watch Marchand in a scrum trying to poke guys in the eye, scratch a face, pull an ear. Chara trying to injure Pacciorety was sickening. Other teams have their issues, their cheap players; the Bruins have a culture of cheap and dirty play. In that regard, guess it pays to have your owner sitting as the chairman of the board of governors when discipline is being handed out.

This team is the biggest joke in the league. After Mario left, this team was close to collapse, they couldn't win to save their lives, their fan base basically abandoned them, and the only thing that saved them was the band-wagoners that jumped on board after their up and coming players managed to win 2 cups. From then on forward the only thing that has kept this team afloat is the league's constant praise of the biggest joke of a hockey player ever to put on a pair of skates. You all know him, you all hate him, it's Crybaby Crosby. This guy probably holds more league wide hatred then the team itself, he is the biggest diver ever to play in the league, he takes cheap shots left and right and doesn't get called on them because "he's Crosby," and he loves to try and play the body and start drama on the ice but then crys when he gets hit. He's a joke, but all of his band wagon fans will say "oh you just hate him because he's good," but anyone can be good if you dive and cry as much as ...more

After Mario LeMieux's playing career ended, this team almost left Pittsburgh. It took Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin, and Marc-Andre Fleury to keep the team in the Steel City. Because when these players came, attendance went up because of bandwagon fans, who didn't care one bit about the team before Crybaby Crosby and his supporting cast came along.

Gary Bettman, who should have never been allowed to set foot on a hockey rink, sucks up to them. After the 2008 Stanley Cup Finals (where Detroit beat Pittsburgh), before presenting the Conn Smythe Trophy, Bettman said "Let's first congratulate the Detroit Red Wings, AND THE PITTSBURGH PENGUINS!, on great seasons, and a terrific Stanley Cup Final." The next year, when Pittsburgh beat Detroit, he never even mentioned to congratulate the Red Wings on their season, just immediately praising the Penguins.

I understand why. They have eliminated NHL teams from the 2016 and 2017 NHL playoffs. Some of my friends are penguins fans. It is kind of annoying. I especially kind of hate this team because in the 2017 Stanley cup final they eliminated the Capitals. I don't really care for the Caps I just wanted to see Capitol vs Capitol Ottawa vs Washington. But the stupid penguins prevented that. The eliminated them and then the Senators. I wish I could go back to 2008 and laugh at the Pittsburgh Penguins. But instead the dumb team came back for revenge in 2009. I would never wan't to deal with that.

Back when John Tortorella was head coach of the New York Rangers, he put it best. Toward the end of the 2011-12 regular season, Pittsburgh's Brooks Orpik, often considered one of the league's current dirtier players, violently kneed New York's Derek Stepan. While Orpik did get a game misconduct, he was not further disciplined.

After the game, when asked about concern on the play, Tortorella responded, "Absolutely. It's a cheap, dirty hit. It's just... I wonder what would happen if we did it to their two whining stars over there? I wonder what would happen? So I'm anxious to see what would happen with the league with this. Just no respect among players, none. It's sickening."

A follow up question was asked as to why something like that happens, to which Tortorella answered, "Ask the guy who did it, ask him. It's one of the most arrogant organizations in the league. They whine about this stuff all the time, and look what happens."

He continued, "It's ridiculous! But ...more

They accused the Canadiens of playing dirty and got mad at Ryan Suzuki patting Hart's helmet, yet this team is perhaps the most dangerous and dirty team out there. They are hypocrites.

I think it's fair to say that you all are jealous of how solid the Flyers are. Y'all are probably just some salty Pittsburgh fans or some old-time Soviets who are still sad about the Flyers destroying the Soviets back in 1976. The Flyers are a solid team. Solid checks, great goals. The Flyers revolutionized hockey in North America. Did the Flyers ever have to try and relocate? No, because they're a solid team. What about Pittsburgh? They had to sell the team after Lemieux left, because Lemieux (and one or two other players) carried the whole team, proving that they suck. And then they got really darn lucky (or unlucky, I should say. No one wants a crybaby) in the 2005 draft lottery, letting them draft the Crybaby Crosby. The Flyers are a great team. Pittsburgh should be #2, not Philly.

24 Apr 2016.
Flyers down in the first round 3-2, fighting for their playoff life.
As expected, 3 flyer penalties in first period. 2 penalties put the caps on a 5-3 pp. Cheap shot Wayne issues a dirty slash and forces the flyers to spend the remainder of the period in their own zone. Way to go Wayne! The Capitals have lost their momentum and their game, but your cowardly, selfish, dirty play will push them to round 2. You are a disgrace to the league and an embarrassment on anything labeled as "professional"

Flyers are the most dirty hockey team in the NHL. The play cheap shots and their fans are just like the players, they are nuts. Honestly, I think that Flyers should top the list and not the penguins, the penguins are hated not because they play dirty but people are jealous about them. But Flyers never won the stanely cup in the last decade, so nobody is jealous about them.

This team is awesome they should not be here people hating the Montreal does not make sense why do people hate this team? the NHL was created in Montreal and it says in the name canadiens so if you are a canadian and you say oh I hate the canadiens then if you are canadian you are saying you hate yourself if you hate Montreal then go move to the United States if you hate them so any Habs haters out there that live in Canada I have Somthing to say move down to the damn states then Canada has not won a cup since 1993 when will the cup come to Canada? I don't think any canadian team should be on this list either because the cup has to come back to Canada

The Montreal Canadiens should be way, way higher on this list than 7th. Are you kidding me? Never mind the fact that refs ALWAYS seem to cater to their continuous whining, they also ignore the constant slashing, cross checking, holding of the stick, falling down, instigating and then refusing to answer the bell. But then you have to listen to them talk about how much class and dignity they have, and how they play the game the right way... Is that like the Ice Capades? I'd put them #1 without question.

I think the main reason why the Bruins are listed as "#1 most annoying fan base" and Montreal is only #4 is because there are probably far more Canadiens fans than any other team in the league. (Kinda like Yankees fans--it's easy to side with a team that has won so many championships in the past.) So, there are more people who would vote for the Canadiens' current biggest rival as the "most annoying fan base." Every team has it's jerk fans but the bigger the fanbase = the more jerks you'll have in it

Montreal has easily the worst general manager in the league. For example the PK Subban Shea Weber trade turned out awful for Bergivin. Second Montreal is terrible at drafting. The majority of their first round picks turn into bottom six forwards with the two exceptions of Kotkaniemi and Price. Plus Montreal fans always think their team is better than yours. Never will a Montreal fan say their team is a less likely team to win. For example Alexander Radulov was straight up a bad person. Montreal fan - Oh he's changed he a great guy now.

Its more the fans and city than the team itself. Toronto thinks it's the center of the universe and everything it does is gold. Their fans are terrible and mocked survivors of the Boston Marathon bombing by making t-shirts that said "Toronto Stronger" (to counter "Boston Strong" in support of the survivors. And most recently, their fans started chanting in Vancouver during a MOMENT OF SILENCE for Ted Lindsay, who had just passed away.

The Flyers used to be #1 for me because they would do many dirty things and get away with it per game (Carsillo, Hartnell, and Sestito were the worst offenders), but since they've softened up over the years? It's gotta be the Leafs.

It's not even the players themselves. I love players like Marner, Matthews, and Tavares. The media is brutal over there and will do anything to get people's attention. They ran Phil Kessel out of town by blaming him for all of their troubles and making fun of his appearance, for instance. Or how about when the Toronto media wrote several articles about a save that their backup goalie made during practice? It's like they're trying to parody themselves. Just a couple of examples. I cannot even begin to dive into the rabbit hole that is their horrid media.

The franchise is arrogant enough to charge the highest ticket prices in all the NHL despite not winning a cup for an entire generation. They constantly make it seem like they're going to win ...more

From my experience, this is the most hated team, probably mostly because of their fanbase. I am not stereotyping by the way!
My Top 3:
1. Leafs
2. Bruins
3. Penguins

The most delusional fans ever and most fair weather fans in any sport. There fans put car decals and flags on there vehicles in summer time and quickly remove them when season starts and the team doesn't live up to the hype. I guess I don't hate the team as much as I do there idiot fans. Move this team to Vegas let them just have the Marlies.

Simply put: very few current supporters are long-time fans, most are bandwagon fans. Look at their attendance in the first three post-lockout years: 65%, 62%, and 82%. They were bad all three years. Then in 2008-09, Toews becomes captain, Quenneville becomes coach, suddenly they start winning, and people who never supported them before claim that they have been fans forever.

The "fans" are arrogant, the NHL sucks up to the team, Toews is a cocky captain, Kane is selfish and a terrible role model, Crawford is a drunk, and I could go on.

I've been a fan for life and I grew up during that dark era I was not even a teen during the lockout, I have always loved this team. Honestly yes a lot of people hate this team cause they envy our success, this list has a lot of Canucks, Sabes, Panthers, Stars, Sharks, and Caps fans voting for envy but true hate is Red Wing and Blues fans voting. Don't insult our fans. Chicago's first sport isn't hockey(mine is tied with football with baseball and b-ball close behind) it's baseball or football. The 2000s was a successful baseball period for Chicago(I love both teams). Remember their was a lot of boycotting to get the Dollar Bill to be reasonable. You call kids who are only 8 or 9 yrs old who only grew up with an amazing team bandwagon? The fan decline also was because this happened after a playoff streak that went for almost 30 yrs. I frown upon you. So many true fans they just were to ashamed to go to the games. So rude.

Arrogant, bandwagon fans, most of whom don't know much of anything about this team prior to 2007. They think just because they're a strong team now, that their team has always been like this, and use their current streak to belittle all of the teams actually worthy of being in the NHL. Dirty team, nasty hits, and has paid off the officiates so much, that they are all practically blind to the illegal hits and plays this team makes. Chicago doesn't deserve a team.

Blackhawks fans have some of the most cancerous fans. Most of them haven't been around for very long. A lot of fair weather fans. That's enough to gain my vote. On top of the fact that they have such fair weather fans is the fact that the fans are the type that can't admit when anyone that isn't on the Hawks is good. "Oh that was a nice shot I can't blame Crawford for not stopping that one! " "Whatever it was a lucky shot." That type of arrogance burns me up.

VanLose playoffs game plan - give up 130 shots and generate nothing offensively for 40 minutes. And get shutout 3 times. Their 2020 playoffs run was a big fat joke.

Bottom Line: Todd Bertuzzi cheap shots Steve Moore...Tiger William's is the Career Penalty Minutes Leader...Tom Sestito was a Talentless Toothless Goon...Pretty Much sums up the Vancouver Canucks Feanchise with just 3 Names LoL

As a Chicago fan I have grown to absolutely hate everything about the Canucks probably more so than the Wings because at least the Wings have some class. Burrows pulling Duncan Keith's hair, Rome's dirty hit on Horton in the 2011 Finals, and of course Ryan Kesler refusing to fight Andrew Ladd because he "doesn't fight fourth liners". This team is stacked with self entitled cry babies and drama queens.

You can't blame players as they are drafted and traded by certain teams which are out of their control and market forces cause players to sign with the highest bidder, but many of the fans of this organization act almost nonhuman. If a player on the opposing team is seriously injured by an illegal check by a Canuck player, the fans cheer for more blood, as long as its more opponents than canucks.

The team has a level of classlessness from the organization to their fans. The organization even encourages them to be classless. They spend the entire time chanting the goalies name like a bush league team would do. During play stoppage they show fans of the opposing team and everyone points and laughs at them and makes fun of them. Bunch of clowns on skates.

Oh and if you say anything that isn't "the Kings play like Gods" then the fans get offended.

The most overrated team in the NHL. They don't even have any real fans. Just a bunch of sissy bandwagonners. Before 2012 no one gave a crap about them. Then when they start winning, they actually get fans that don't know anything about hockey.

A boring no offense playing team that relies heavily on a stifling defense and goalie. Also, cheap tactics from players like Dustin Brown, Jordan Nolan, Kyle Clifford have made this team a loathsome one.

I can't believe no one's voted for these guys yet. I really wanted to vote for Boston, but they're already near the top, so I'll just sum it up with -- Dustin Brown. He plays like a prick, and he looks like one too.

The Caps don't even pretend to play the puck. They just slash, clothesline, cross-check and thug it up out there in pursuit of trying to maim or kill their opponent whenever they face a team who is better than they are, who is playing better than they are, or who is winning at any given moment (which is a lot). Not just dirtiest hockey team, dirtiest sports team.

Side note: their most prominent player brags about driving drunk and speeding and getting away with it by giving away game tickets. So I'd like to thank law enforcement in the DC-Capitol area for placing their personal off-duty recreational pursuits ahead of their actual on-duty obligations to keep the roads safe.

How ironic that an nhl team representing the nation's capital employees two russian commies. An cocaine addict and some fat, slow, one trick pony named chicken. Not to mention scummy fanbase who just can't stop bragging about winning a Stanley cup. I detest CRAPitals with a passion

They think one cup erases decades of failure preceding it. LOL. Team is filled with goons. They’re going to need to savor that cup for a long time.

They always are out to hurt the oppositions best players when there down or being embarrassed. There PP consists of Ovi in the left circle taking a one timer. this team annoys the hell out of me on how the refs always seem to be on there side at home. And bandwagon fan central. enough time has been wasted on this typing this for this waste of space team.

I hate this team, their arrogant fans and their homer announcers. This organization is pathetic, 4 championships in the 100 years they've been around. Now they're trying to sign every big name to buy championships. Lundqvist is definitely the most overrated goalie in the league. The guy is huge in that net, he is most likely wearing twice as many pads as any other goalie to take away shooting areas. I can't stand it.

The New York Rangers are the 2nd worst team in the NHL behind the Boston Bruins but I vote for NYR because they need to be 2nd and because they are violent against the Montreal Canadiens. They injured Carey Price in 2014 and they injured a lot of players from the Habs. They have no respect against the Canadiens and they should not even be a team those damn Rangers cheaters.

100 years and only 4 cups... How can you get behind a franchise that horrible. They're whiners when things don't go their way; and when their on top they still complain to the refs, yet they have bred a culture of cheap shot artists. But the main point I wanna make is NASH IS A BABY!

Only reason they are a decent team is because they have money.

Their fans know nothing about hockey

Their players fall and carry on about every call

And everyone praises lyndqvist even though he hides in the back of his crease to make easy saves

I'm a hawks fan and I dislike this team but at least they are trying to be relevant so give them a break. Their singing is kind of annoying tho

A team with no Cups I don't hate them but they suck never won a cup. As a Hawks fan I hate Detroit because they are WORTHY RIVALS. The Blues are wanna be rivals. I think the Wild will have won a cup before this team. And Wild started in 2001. I don't hate them but I'm just saying they are trying to be rivals with Chicago. Go Hawks

Team totally sucks! It's anger-generating how you have outrageous fans of a team that hasn't even won the Stanley Cup, is located in a baseball city (hint- the Cardinals), ENOUGH SAID! The Blues fans are giving themselves the "blues", let's put 'em out of their misery- Dear NHL, relocate the ' team!

I hate the blues because they play a very annoyingly physical game and because they have very unsportsmanlike players that take out their anger on the other players. Its not safe for the players and its just not fun to watch. Although, I must admit they have a really good penalty kill.

I hate the panthers I hate the lightning I hate the ducks I hate the bruins and am not a big fan of the san jose sharks either at all there are quite a few teams I hate but I love all the canadian teams and always cheer for just the canadian one because it has been since 1993 since the cup has been to Canada and I really hate the panthers because the PANTHERS SUCK! and SO DO THE BRUINS! I hate the bruins just a Slightly bit more then I hate Florida and tampa the reason why I hate bruins panthers lightning is because the panthers and lightning there in Florida I mean Seriously in Florida if some one wanted to go skating they would have to spend all day in a dome and I hate the bruins is because they look like bumble bees chara is an idiot and everyone hates them and that is why I am posting this is because the panthers and lightning suck

Why does Florida even have a team, they get like no fans, the arena is literally empty most of the time, the NHL should relocate the team to Quebec City a city that actually cares about hockey unlike Florida, but Gary bettmen doesn’t care, he doesn’t care about Canada he only cares about America

I hope this team gets kicked and banished forever from the nhl. Who cares about bad sportsmanship tell me how many people even care about hockey down there.

The cup has been to florida before. To the lightning. So florida has won a cup. They are the same thing different team that's all.

you guys have never been to carolina. EVERYONE IS A CANES FAN, WHEN WE WON IN ,06. THE ENTIRE STATE CELEBRATED.

Svechnikov, Aho, Teravainen, van Riemsdyk, Slavin, Fleury, Slavin, Hamilton
are all gods

The city is too hot, no one supports them, there jerseys suck, there logo is disgraceful, and they just are HORRIBLE!

Act like Whalers fans should embrace them after they essentially replaced the team. No thanks.

CANES ARE THE BEST ALL OTHER TEAMS SUCK ESPECIALLY ST LOUIS AND THE PANTHERS, WE HAVE THE BEST LOOKING PLAYERS, AHO AND SVECHNIKOV ARE GODS. WE HAVE THE BEST AFTER GAME CELBRATIONS AND OUR PLAYERS ARE NEVER BABIES UNLIKE THE PENGUINS AND WE DOn't HAVE A COMMIE TARASHENKO LIKE ST LOUIS, ALL OF OUR FANS ARE DIE HARD

This team has the potential to be the new laughing stock. It’s funny to see a team with 62 wins and 128 points get swept in the first round of the playoffs

Remember when Tampa was first in the league and everybody was like “OHH TAMPA IS GOING TO WIN THE CUP”. Then they finish 62-16, then in the playoffs they get swept in the first round. What an embarrassment just because they were first place doesn’t mean they’re going to win the cup (not saying they’re not going to). This team has to be one of the most overrated contenders in the NHL.

I hate this team. I hope they get kicked out and banished forever out of the nhl. I mean I know it's bad sportsmanship to say that but for 1 the lightning and panthers are both in florida. For two florida does not get hockey weather. They should focuse way more on football and baseball than hockey. And Steven Stamkos is probably there only Canadian player. All the others are russians slovakians americans and czlslovakians.

How does this team piss you off dude? They are both florida. So since the lightning won the cup against the flames in 04 and that tampa and florida are the same you could say that the florida panthers have won the stanley cup before.

Oilers defiantly have a chance at winning the 2018 cup. A lot of people are thinking about the past oilers, they are a totally different team than 2 years ago. They can easily win the pacific division, and are only going to get better. A lot people hate them because they are actually good now, and because they might be leafs fans. They are a young team with lots of potential.

They play dirty, have sucked since Gretzky, won so many lottery drafts, yet still can't win, they also probably get the lottery draft wins by banging the front office.

I'm a Capitals fan, but I want the oilers to become GOOD again!

Not because they suck; I have personal reasons for this.

A hockey team really moved from Minnesota to play here?

Last hated team in the league. I'll take it

Ugliest players on the team

Dallas has a hockey team?

Shut up, we have cups in our history unlike St. Louis *cough cough*

After the Nordiques roster retired... Well... No fizzle in the tank! No suprise!

Stolen from Quebec, that simple

They are trash

What is this team doing so low? They're the most boring active team. All they do is "the trap". Sure, it marginally works but it sure makes for one dull, slow game. Hockey is meant to be entertaining. The trap is not entertaining to watch. Defensive hockey is boring hockey.

This team is not annoyig like most teams. Most teams that are worse play dirty, or are arrogant, and even just do so consistently well that they just start to annoy you. But this team is none of those things, they are just so boring to watch. The game seems to drag on forever.

In my opinion, the game itself is not a "trap" it is indeed entertaining, and if you have a problem with this team, and think its boring, I bet the Rangers would like to hear that. You don't know anything about hockey dumbass.

The only reason they did any good in the past was because of Scott Stevens and Martin Brodeur. Missing the playoffs seems to be the status quo for New Jersey.

The Las Vegas Golden Knights are a professional hockey team based on Las Vegas. They are members of the Pacific Division of the Western Conference of the NHL.

Thanks for my first career hat trick Martin jones. San jose sharks are truly a subpar garbage hockey team. - Mark stone

Classless whiners with a sense of entitlement after being handed one of the best expansion rosters in history.

Screw them. All throughout the 2019 playoffs they were targeting Tomas Hertl. What a classless act from a new team.

When this team was bad from 2017-2018, then John Tavares left to the leafs. then in 2018-19 they had a good season, the fans blamed John Tavares when they were bad those 2 seasons. First round sweep the penguins then get swept by Carolina. This team is garbage anyways.

Islanders fans think they're great because they won 4 straight cups in the 80s meanwhile they're the worst team in the NHL since and make a franchise like the Rangers with all their failures seem great in comparison.

Pretty hardcore fans on the island! Always looking to pick a fight with an opposing fan

I hate all New York teams n matter how good clean or bad New York sucks

Ref jose screwed over 3 teams in the playoffs and karma has finally bit them in the butt. They are 3rd worst team in the league, still no cups, full of bad contracts. Enjoy your rebuild next 10 years, you bottom feeding cheaters!

From childish low IQ juvenile 'fans" to whiny coach and players this franchise is embarrassment to the league. Also their commentators are just as pathetic and delusional as their fanbase. Just listen to brody Brazil and teal town USA. It's pretty funny to watch san jose sharks getting stomped by a brand new expansion team and their salty fans, coaches and players constantly whines about vegas golden knights.

As a blues fan, seeing these frauds playing in conference finals was the biggest joke of nhl league's history. San jose benefited from bogus calls every round. Disgusting scum hockey team

Shameless POS team that probably bribed the refs in the playoffs because they couldn't beat the knights in clean, honest game. Trash coach, trash fans, trash players. This clowns were 9 minutes away from being shutout and be eliminated from first round. This disgusting organizations need to change their name to san jose cheaters.

Definitely top five for dirtiest team in the league, they like to hit men while they're down and let the refs give them the go ahead. Almost like they pay off the refs to jerk each other off while the game is going. Take a cheap hit whenever they can get away with it.

I like this team. Too bad that dumbass bettman tried to get rid of em. I mean ottawa is the capital of all canada why thenhell would bettman try to get rid of this team? also they have a lot of fans.

Worst fan base. All they do is complain and the team is a bunch of dirty players.

You do not know anything about this team then

When will bettman just die already seriously.

Love this team so much

Hokey dosn't belong in Arizona

Phoenix coyoties now arizona coyoties. I hope bettman commits suicide.