Hockey Players who DIDN'T ENJOY playing in the NHL

[@jackmakackov7077]

"No one remembers number 2." Number 2 was Chris Pronger......

[@v4v819]

Dude, i'm a hockey fan and i don't know who he is! But i wasn't born last century, so... 🤷‍♀

[@GregGumbel]

The people saying Carey got figured out: isnt it more likely he didnt care to adjust? top goalies all have books on them, the shooters figure it out, they compensate, the book changes. rinse-repeat.

[@Snipes-76]

Exactly

[@gjsharpe]

What a great idea for a video! Jim Carey was such a crazy story

[@hockeyxchange3]

It’s always interesting to learn about some stories from back then!

[@v4v819]

Never knew he was the Net detective before he became the pet detective! I knew he was Canadian and i guess it's true what they say that all Canadians grow up playing hockey and are born to play!

[@poejavelski148]

I resonate with Slater Koekkoek so much. I also suffered from eating issues due to anxiety, at one point every day I could barely eat and I will never forget weighing myself one day and seeing 126 on the scale… at 6’3! After putting an ungodly effort into dieting and lifting, I am now 190 pounds, but sheesh was that hard to do with my eating issue. It’s so much better now since I got into meditation, but I wouldn’t wish anxiety related eating issues on anyone.

[@hockeyxchange3]

Glad you are back to good health my friend!

[@poejavelski148]

@@hockeyxchange3 Thanks so much brother it means a lot 🙏

[@asshat1607]

dude, i'm 5'11, 125 lbs. people always wanna feed me. i can't imagine what they thought of you. anyway, my pancreas stopped working and my kidneys hate me though. i wish i could eat. i'm always hungry. glad you found your way. i'm stuck here.

[@poejavelski148]

@@asshat1607 Yeah man, I was literally a walking skeleton. At the time I was delusional thinking I looked good because I had shredded abs, looking back I legit looked like a ho1ocaust survivor 😂 I’m sorry to hear that it has affected your health more than just your weight and mental being. I will say though bro you are not stuck there. Took me 4+ years to finally breakthrough and actually gain serious size. I seriously was contemplating giving up with lifting because 4 years later I weighed only 10 pounds more and still looked like a stick. Granted, that was mostly to do with grossly underestimating how much I was eating. However, I guess something just clicked and I knew nothing was gonna stop me this time. To get through it, I would say try to get into a meditation routine. Start off a few days a week, and slowly build to 10 minutes every day. You should also hit the gym if you aren’t already, and do a good workout routine, I did push pull legs for the majority of my bulk before switching recently, working out 5 days a week. Eating is the toughest part, but my advice is if you’re too anxious to eat even though you’re hungry (trust me, I know that horrible, horrible feeling way too well) then just don’t even bother for a bit. Let it be there, don’t try to fight it. When you feel like eating, go for nuts and seeds. They are the most calorie dense foods. Liquid calories will also be your friend. Idk about you, but even when I’m super anxious, I will usually be okay getting liquid down. What I’ve learned is it’s so important to stay relaxed and even when you are on the verge of a panic attack, you acknowledge it’s there without fighting it, and you even accept that it’s okay if you need to throw up this one time (at least for me throwing up was the result of a panic attack, I know some people respond differently). Used to have chronic anxiety basically every day, but after doing these beneficial things, slowly but surely I will only get overly anxious periodically. Oh also, I deleted all social media except youtube. I found it really helped for me.

[@NavyPanther54]

Nice video dude. I don't follow hockey that much and I'll probably forget this info, but it was a nice video to listen to on my drive home

[@hockeyxchange3]

Glad you could give it a watch! Hope you learned some new info about hockey!

[@yeltsin6817]

Gretzky said Nillson was the most skilled guy he ever played with.

[@williammontroy9024]

If you can skate basically Gretzky will say you’re the best player he’s seen

[@yeltsin6817]

@@williammontroy9024 watch the clip of Nillson when a reporter asked if he could hit a cross bar. He wound up from the blue line and hit it first shot. Bobby Hull said the same thing. That Nillson was an amazing talent

[@zTeaTheCoffee]

I feel like if he wanted to, Kent Nilsson could've genuinely become an all-time great, given how good he was in Europe for years after leaving North America. Perhaps if he had played in a more reasonable market. I don't doubt his passion for the game, no one becomes that good without passion, but when you get that much shit from the press, love for hockey isn't really enough. If you add his WHA numbers, his totals become pretty ludicrous though: in 711 games he put up 345 goals and 900 points. For reference, over 1000 games, i.e. a regular career at that time, that would've been 485 goals and 1265 points, which is ridiculous

[@BeyondMusic420]

Brett Hull once said i dont really like hockey im just good at it

[@tadroid3858]

It's the same for all sports. Mike Reid was an all-pro tackle for the Cincinnati Bengals who quit the NFL because it affected his ability to be a concert pianist.

[@jamiepike6909]

Another great video Dude, great choice for the subject👍

[@PxThucydides]

Brett Hull once said, "I don't actually like hockey. I just happen to be good at it."

[@FreddieBear1]

Bjørn Skaare was one of Norways greatest hockey players in Norwegian hockey history. He played only one game in the NHL. He refused to play more than his debut game, because he got injured and lost motivation to play. He considered the NHL style too violent and too brutal. He was offered other opportunities, but said no and moved back home instead. He played for Detroit Red Wings vs Colorado Rockies in November 1978.

[@truckmusic1]

You sound like Kif from Futurama. Kind of unsettling tbh

[@waynethera2712]

Jim Carey just got figured out. As a Caps fan I could see it even in his Vezina season.

[@AD-df5tm]

Yeah this is the real answer. He was a one year wonder like dozens of others. He was never going to repeat rhe success of his first season no matter how much he loved playing.

[@Unholy_Louie]

I like the content but dude, you sound like an AI. My advice: Talk to us, don't "read" to us (even if you're actually reading your prepared text, deliver it as if it were a conversation). In a just a few days of practice you can improve enormously, as the biggest thing is to realize how robotic you sound + willingness to change that. In no time you won't be pausing like an AI after every few words, and there will be a clear distinction between you telling the story/commenting VS reading an actual quote (right now it's all the same : quoting, commenting, explaining, and even reacting - you said "wow" after mentioning a stat but it was through the same tone with everything blending tougher.

[@hockeyxchange3]

Always appreciated with honest feedback! Will continue to work on it!

[@Unholy_Louie]

@@hockeyxchange3 I think you really should dude, because the content is very good, and you already some momentum. I just subbed, and wouldn't have taken some of my time to write this if there wasn't anything special about your content. I had to learn myself for a core part of my job, and I was provided with a "natural speech" coach (not sure if it's the right translation, but you know, something along those lines). It's also the kind a of this radio people need to learn, when and how to breath, etc; although being live is another beast. Nowadays there are plenty of resources online, so I'm sure that after an afternoon or so of research, you could yourself a daily routine of exercises and stuff. If there's less stuff than I imagine, let me know and I'll try to track down again the great repository of links that would be perfect for you I think. Cheers and good luck dude :)

[@orbyfan]

There should have been some mention of Kent Nilsson's career with the Jets in the WHA.

[@hockeyxchange3]

I’ve mentioned him in another video once before talking a little about his WHA career & I didn’t want to be repeating myself with that info but still good you recognized it

[@LotsToUnpack]

I have a fear of flying so I think with the amount of road games I might have just quit after a few years just because the flights would stress me out more than the games. Haha.

[@hockeyxchange3]

Haha I can only imagine how terrified you were each time

[@lafleur84]

Jim Carey was simply figures out . I remember the book was out on him, "beat him on his glove side ". He just couldn't compete

[@jadenippersiel912]

Amazing idea

[@Albert8044]

What about Shayne Corson toward his last days as a Leaf he lost his interest to play in the NHL.

[@AD-df5tm]

Its definitely possible that Carey didnt love playing and thats why he struggled after his first season but its probably more likely that his first season was kinda just a fluke and after he went back to his true level. He was never a hugely regarded prospect or anything (he played US college and was a second round pick) and certainly not someone who was expected to be one of the top goalies in the league.

[@tygriffith7893]

Would have been sick!!!

[@Thenextmattpike]

84 game rookie season for Daigle.

[@Chuck9900]

ryan o'rielly on the sabres

[@Zaghzackio]

W Video Bro

[@soran27]

and number 2 in the draft after Daigle was, CHRIS PRONGER LOL

[@mikemccag]

There's this thing it's called spell check

[@buttonz6139]

Anyone who thinks daigle was one of the worst first overall picks knows nothing about hockey

[@jakob9614]

I feel like many sports fans have this selfish desire for athletes to do everything in their power to be as good as they could be, no matter how much sacrifice they have to make for it. Hell if I was good at a sport I didn’t enjoy it would be stupid not to try to go pro in it and make a lot of money - but the moment I made my money I’d be out if I hated my job. Because really that’s all it is - a job. And athletes are just people. I remember the backlash when Carlos Tevez, a great footballer, mentioned how he didn’t like the sport. Huge amounts of fans were livid about that and couldn’t fathom how a professional athlete disliked the sport he became famous for. I guess my point is that so many people don’t see athletes as people, they’re only there to entertain them and should give everything for their team - not realising how disrespectful and frankly stupid that attitude is. So all the power to the athletes that did their job, made their money and then fucked off to do the things they actually enjoy

[@WillTBDud]

Lol Jim Carey actually looks like Jim Carrey lol

[@v4v819]

Think about it no one would actually want to play in the NHL... IT wouldnt be fun anymore once it's for money and you are obligated to play. Also you got to play every other day and travel inbetween, so you will want to do anything but play hockey after the season... Also it's a very brutal game so you are always being banged up, cut and bruised and slashed day in and day out! So, yes it's fun playing hockey in a beer league or with pals on the pond. But there are far easier and more less dangerous ways of making a living, inbetween playing hockey for fun!

[@satansrobotho]

WTF is that word in your thumbnail lol

[@D-Fens_1632]

You've gotta be a certain kind of crazy to play in the NHL. Have to keep your body highly conditioned while getting banged up all the time, playing with injuries, changing time zones once or twice a week, living in hotels, never really having an off day at home for the majority of the year in some cases, or moving to a different city every year for others, especially those old guys that are lucky to get 1 year deals who bounce around teams before they fizzle out. Then you add in fame and hate and a group of people depinding on you who you have to all get along with. NHL players are a lot like pro wrestlers.

[@Scroooge]

"Opportiniy" lol

[@canuckster24]

Ken Dryden was another kind of borderline case, guy could have easily played at least another 5 years and the Islanders Dynasty is likely never a thing because of it.

[@seannicol7309]

You couldn’t pay me under 500k a year to play hockey ever again

[@ManifestingDaily1111]

Like 🃏 🤡 than won nba championship with denver Quote its job Couldnt wait to go to his horses 😮

[@thousnd5977]

opportiniy

[@JohnDaubSuperfan369]

Money is the only reason to play any sports for. At least these guys are getting compensation for being systematically abused through the junior system.

[@theadventuresofjimmycrapol8827]

Rumors have it that Alexandre Daigle didn't fit in... as in, he was a bit light on his loafers... apparently, on numerous occasions, his body would give his secret away in the showers, much to the dismay of his teammates.

[@Bestjamesbond]

Bruh what does this even mean LOL

[@glen.simpson]

@@Bestjamesbond really dude

[@AD-df5tm]

"Rumours" = "shit you just made up out of nowhere" 😂. Dude is married with 3 kids.

[@Bestjamesbond]

@@AD-df5tm rumors had it that they are all from his teammate

[@theadventuresofjimmycrapol8827]

@@AD-df5tm no, that was the rumor in the day. Wasn't exactly on TSN. Could be the same thing as when I was in HS and everyone was saying Jon Bon Jovi had AIDS - lol But with his Rookie card (dressed in a female Nurse's outfit) - I believed it

[@nomimalone7520]

I totally understand why players avoid Toronto. The fans are ridiculous.

[@hockeyxchange3]

It can be a combination of fans & media, there’s a ton more pressure in Canadian markets 😅

[@billdang3953]

In the past, they wanted to stay away from Harold Ballard.

[@11cost1]

​@@hockeyxchange3Because there not too many options in some of those cities. That all they have ever since they grown up. The winters are long and cold.