4 NHL Players Who STOPPED TRYING After Cashing In #2

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In today's video we go over the stories of Ilya Bryzgalov, Matt Duchene, Kyle Turris, and Kyle Alzner.
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[@RobTalksHockey]

What is your teams WORST contract? Part 1: kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZqeWXmqZd9KUq7s

[@juanjosepazmino5886]

bob😅

[@snipeshow___8925]

Hate to say it, JT 😩

[@jpyxb]

Duchene or johansen

[@sportsfan3236]

Jamie benn

[@burntcheeseburger796]

Nice wallpaper

[@jayden2669]

That loui eriksson face needs to be a meme

[@steve8802]

it is. hello?

[@JM-gj7de]

Bryzgalov gets a pass. He's a total space cadet, lol.

[@Outta-hz1ej]

Poor Bryz. His heart is so humongous big.

[@NYCQuint]

I wouldn’t call him poor! His brain is bigger and it was his fiercest obstacle…. Besides the press, his teammates and Homer when he was in the front office. He is an entertaining (and wealthy) guy though

[@Outta-hz1ej]

@@NYCQuint I posted this earlier, but I always thought Bryz's production dropped because because he was affected by the media criticism in Philly rather than just playing like crap because he was getting paid. From what I've seen of Bryz, he's got a lot of heart. He seems like he could possibly be an emotional guy. Going from a small hockey market in California to a place like Philly, where they really care about their hockey team and have a million reporters plus excited fans might've got to Bryz a bit. It's not like he just wanted to screw off and play crappy once he started getting paid, he's got plenty of interviews where he just seems flabbergasted and frustrated that he played that poorly. Or maybe he got spooked by a bear. He's afraid of them, ya know.

[@chizorama]

@@Outta-hz1ej That's because the Philly media & fans can be downright roothless. I tried rooting for Philly teams(lived in the Lehigh Valley), but the afore mention made it impossible. The go from love to hate in a snap. Carson Wentz is the latest example, went from ginger jesus to the devil basically one season. They hated Mike Schmidt for fuk sakes.

[@seanlcostello]

The Bryz contract was awful but the real travesty was the Flyers front office trading away a young Sergei Bobrovsky for pennies. You know, the future 2 time Vezina trophy winner. Flyers had their own home-developed goalie of the future but instead have him away.

[@violetbluejay]

Blame ownership for that one. For as incredible and important as guys Ed Snider and Bobby Clarke have been for the Flyers' history as a whole - and to be clear this organization isn't what it is without them - how many times have their own personal biases cost this team a realistic chance at the cup since '75? Even when they weren't in 'official' positions of power its not hard to see the moves in Homer or Hexy's times that had their fingerprints all over them. Not drafting Jagr because Ed didn't trust anyone coming out of a country East of Germany. Clarke's refusal to properly invest in a goalie during his tenure in management (which looks especially bad if you factor in the rumors that he always hated how much credit Parent 'took' from him with regards to the '74 and '75 cups) not to mention his mostly personal feud with the Lindros family that literally almost killed Eric in Nashville. Refusal to teardown and rebuild properly around Giroux, leading up to the Bob trade that basically everyone at the time attributed to ownership more than management because it fit their bill

[@shaynegostisbehere2104]

fair point but just remember that bob is getting paid 10 million for a 9.00 svp lol

[@bramstedt8997]

As a Blues fan who saw them trade away Ben Bishop for pennies to bet on Jake Allen, I feel some of that pain

[@nickpincurek7691]

As Flyers fan it wasn't gonna work with Bobcat. Our Management and him couldn't see eye to eye because of the bryz situation. Once we signed bryz I knew we were in for trouble

[@sturrrdy]

that’s Philly for ya

[@wags5892]

Bryzgalov’s contract was so humangus big

[@liamplayz1239]

Right?

[@chriscurtis3150]

THE BEST goaltender in flyers history was tragically killed in an auto accident. R.I.P Mr. Lindberg

[@payrysdoscs4903]

Bryz is just another victim of the Flyers' curse of us never having a consistent goalie.

[@oggamer3737]

No curse needed, bad GM’s and coaches is all that was needed.

[@PRYVTgomerPYLE]

It started when Pelle Lindbergh died tragically. Phila hasn't seen a superstar goalie since! I am not a Flyers fan, I just know a lot of hockey history. Superstition is a thing in hockey, a thing that I believe in too!

[@payrysdoscs4903]

@@PRYVTgomerPYLE Rip Pelle 😭😭😭😭😭😭

[@jasondashney]

@@PRYVTgomerPYLE Ron Hextall came right after Pelle and dominated for years.

[@PRYVTgomerPYLE]

@@jasondashney not exactly a world beater of a goalie. Hex was known for scoring goals and fighting… not highlight reel saves.

[@Outta-hz1ej]

I always thought Bryz's production dropped because because he was affected by the media criticism in Philly. From what I've seen of Bryz, he's got a lot of heart. He seems like he could possibly be an emotional guy. Going from a small hockey market in California to a place like Philly, where they really care about their hockey team and have a million reporters plus excited fans might've got to Bryz a bit. It's not like he just wanted to screw off and play crappy once he started getting paid, he's got plenty of interviews where he just seems flabbergasted and frustrated that he played that poorly. Or maybe he got spooked by a bear. He's afraid of them, ya know.

[@louiehunter6490]

He clearly didn't care enough about hockey, he says it multiple times

[@emperorpalpatine1228]

Lol Imagine thinking California is a "Small Hockey market"

[@eriklakeland3857]

Duchene is best known as The Cooler: no matter how talented of a team he joins, he always cools them off.

[@Thrashman-ye4cf]

Duchene is a douche. I always thought how it was funny that he wanted to leave the Avs after being there forever. Now he’s been on like 4 different teams and they’ve all been bad, and the Avs have looked great since he left. I guess it’s kinda similar to Johnny T leaving the Isles. They’ve looked good besides this season so far since he left.

[@gunnerchristian5936]

i hate him but this didn’t age well ;(

[@colts2890]

Rob is so close to 60k!

[@charlieb308]

Duchene had a weird man hatred for Ryan O’Reilly, he still talks about him, I wonder how douche bag felt when ROR won cup and was MVP

[@DucksUpDogsDownCatsSlide]

Wow!

[@richardtherichard26]

Not that I’m defending duchene bc I’m a die hard Avs homer, but to be fair, oreilly wasn’t the same person when they were teammates that he is now. I mean not long after he left Colorado there was the tim hortons incident. He was far from the exceptional leader he is today

[@charlieb308]

@@richardtherichard26 Duchene is a bum, he signs that big contract and now can’t even score at all.

[@charlieb308]

@@richardtherichard26 yeah remember when he got liquored up and crashed his 1955 truck into the Hortons lol

[@emperorpalpatine1228]

@@charlieb308 He was second in scoring for the Predators this season, what are talking about?

[@bronny5945]

I’ve been following since you had less than 5k and I gotta say I’m so pumped your channel has grown so big! Top notch stuff as always dude

[@facoba9332]

THE SOLAR SYSTEM IS SO HUMUNGOUS BIG

[@bostonwarrior4824]

Really nice video keep it up I love your content one of my favorite hockey KZbinrs to watch. Been here since the beginning of 2020 and it’s crazy to see how much your channel grows

[@onthegrow8403]

“Wai u heff to be med is only game?”

[@csanadhorvath]

i wanna hear your russian accent, its surely much better than Bryzgalov's english... oh whats that? its not? oh...

[@serzex1770]

It's unly gayme, wai u heft to be med?

[@scooterelway9191]

already almost 60k !! great video rob ! i love the new setup !!

[@Dr.M.VincentCurley]

You are the absolute best Robbie, thanks for giving me something to look forward to when I get home from the hospital.

[@jimmywilliams8045]

I'm glad you brought this up. It's important with these new kids in the league

[@whitegd4100]

I seriously love these videos so much a you're the best RTH

[@repe0]

Duchene definitely bounced back 43 assist and 43 goals in 78 games.

[@NoName-cj8jp]

I love you. The Louis Erickson treatment 😂😂😂😂. You’re content is amazing and you always make me laugh

[@brooksbeach8148]

U make great content love ur vids

[@alioubair4535]

love your videos my guy

[@danielyourboi8872]

I feel like Bryz is the biggest meme player in the NHL.

[@williamwoodsworth441]

Awesome video!!! Love the end, (Montreal fan here), but that is not suffice to. say the rest of the video wasn't exceptional. Loved the Bryzgalov parts too.

[@11DNA11]

Lemme just say this... Duchene bounced back. BIG TIME.

[@emperorpalpatine1228]

Yes he did. And he hasn't been a problem in Nashville as of yet.

[@Puukkki]

Avalanche have cup duchene have no cup. He make teams lose. He weenie.

[@poirebalboa]

Great stufff

[@kylessportscards]

Just subbed!

[@95VideoMan]

The new set looks sick!!!

[@whitegd4100]

My man said Erik Karlson's ankles 😂😂😂😂

[@DuffMan604]

My favourite hockey channel

[@camero2596]

I loved Bryz, his personality is delightful, he never played for my team tho so maybe I’d think differently if I was a flyers fan

[@HShockey92]

sup great vids. Get him to 60k.

[@mr2slick910]

Love the new intro

[@Oxmen33]

Can you do a vid on the best defensive forwards of the modern era?

[@bramstedt8997]

O’Reilly, Bergeron, Kopitar jump out. Toews in his prime

[@joepalooka2145]

Great video!! Five stars!! You are talking about a big secret which the NHL media won't talk about. You won't see Ron McLean or his Hockey Night talking heads discussing this subject, or anyone else because it would get them in a lot of trouble. You can add a new name to your list: Elias Petterson of Vancouver Canucks. He's got his huge contract, he's in the big money, and now his entire game has gone downhill. He's playing it safe, he avoids getting hit, and he's just showing up every night because he has to. The loyal fans deserve a lot more!

[@dalelore2725]

disagree

[@mannperson]

Immediately thought about Daige seeing that title lmao

[@trumanzerse1169]

Where did you get that Canucks sign in the background?

[@mikaturansky8188]

Erik Karlsson should be on here. Was amazing until his 11mil contract. It could be argued he isn't the same due to injury though.

[@thomashayes507]

I fully expected to see Karlsson on this list too! What an albatross he is going to be for the Sharks for a long time to come! 😭

[@quantumbeak1317]

Definitely a 50/50 here but yeah why you idiots payed so much for him I will never know thanks though.

[@Scuba1Steve]

And a year later without burns he looks like his old self again.

[@Gopherzooka]

I was telling my kids about ilya yesterday, hes hilarious

[@lambknot]

Kane scored a beauty of a goal against Bryzgalov in the 2014 playoffs.

[@TN-wv6ok]

Mackinnon as well

[@camkeefe9304]

until 2027? shoutout bryz

[@dr.loomis4221]

Duchene just had a career year

[@blakeattig5426]

lol Duchene has been a stud this year🤣

[@isaacwest276]

Needs to be renamed as “4 Players who are master negotiators with their agents”

[@Yellowfver783]

Duchene was a big part in the Avs cup last year

[@logansznerch7063]

If you do a part 2 you have to include james neal when he went to calgary

[@AlexSmith-uc8lu]

Noti gang

[@literallywho4197]

The correct answer is Doughty. Kyle Turris was never good; he simply played PP minutes with Karlsson.

[@emperorpalpatine1228]

Yep. This was evident in Nashville where he did absolutely nothing but collect a check.

[@VivecsTDawg]

Dude, You missed Jeff Skinner! lol Averaging roughly 40-60 points in 9 season being a consistent goal scorer, even posting 40 goals in his contract year he was becoming a closely watch player of mine, landing a 8 year $72,000,000 9 mill AAV! Now down to 23 and 14 points in the last two seasons with Buffalo! OOF! Bad luck for Buffalo. Not even sure you can blame Buffalo, I don't think they changed much that season, it was just him.. lol

[@TANMoneyMillionaire]

The old coach also tried to ruin his career by putting on the 4th line and scratching him. Even though he was still one of the best players on the team.

[@Scuba1Steve]

Skinner is bad every second year. Seriously go look at his career stars. 60 point year followed by 20 point drop then 60 point year etc etc

[@masterofnuggets590]

Send a link for the Eriksson wallpaper LOL 🤣😂🤣

[@kahnatohru1906]

illy b is one of my all time favorites

[@armandoortiz9114]

Bryz had the best goalie consultant in the league in Anaheim. got starter money (after jiggy got hurt) for only being a backup.

[@ericozirney1011]

You should do a video on players who bounced backed after a buyout.😀

[@kalelongworth6924]

I would definitely watch that video

[@aarongedge7596]

My team had the Clarkson deal, but if you skip that, mike komisarak was also terrible after signing in Toronto.

[@diegomorales8616]

I wish this factor would be included in franchise mode of video games.

[@isaacwest276]

That’s one of the reasons why we’re not worried about losing Larsson here in Edmonton. Man had a great season and was one of the best defensive D-men of the year. If he had played liked that his whole career, the Hall-Larsson trade would have been okay. But that’s: the issue. The only time he had this kind of year in the NHL is when it was a contract year. Glad we avoided that bullet, because we took the Barrie one (I should say that I would’ve liked to have Larsson back, but there was no way he was gonna perform like that again until his next career year).

[@ryans413]

Louie Erickson , Erick Karlson , Milan Lucic , Jeff Skinner , Mitch Marner all I can think of anyone got anymore

[@charlesrodrigue5143]

Gosh i laughed hard at your screen😂

[@sjcrowley19]

Duchene has been playing pretty good this year actually

[@blakeattig5426]

Ikr

[@emperorpalpatine1228]

Facts.

[@BobSmith-uc5js]

If you want bad contracts in the future, keep an eye on the D in NJ. Subban and Hamilton have insane amounts of money invested in their play and if that team doesn't improve in a hurry, they'll both be targets by fans and media alike.

[@cjc2076]

Alzner went to Montreal because he “wanted to win”. The same year he went to montreal, the caps finally made their run lmao

[@Thrashman-ye4cf]

He kinda deserves it but damn that would be crushing going through all that to finally leave only to go to a team who ended up worse, and watching your former club raise the cup a year later lol

[@tonylloy327]

The main reason that Vegas and Seattle have had so much success is that they start out with no superstars, but 4 solid lines filled with players who would be 2nd or 3rd liners at best on other teams. That also means that they don't burn a huge percentage of the salary cap on a handful of players...the point being that they have depth instead of top-end talent. IMO, Vegas winning is a *GREAT* thing for hockey, because it shows that the way to win is to build a team that is solid from top-to-bottom...in other words an actual *TEAM*...rather than paying a few players ridiculous amounts of money and filling the rest of your lineup with marginal talent.

[@jacobt8173]

iirc expansion teams get the 9th best player from every team.

[@AJEDDY97]

You could argue that Suter and Parise were franchise-ruining contracts, too.

[@Binglederry6969]

6:51 Notre Dame Hounds Tendy

[@ronemtae3468]

You should do a story on coaches and general managers and owners of teams and how much money they make and look at some of the things they’ve done to not only hurt the team but in some instances help other teams it’s easy to pick out a player who has a very very little control of his environment anyone who plays for Montreal or Toronto 95% of what happens around them they have zero control of it I played juniors in Quebec Montreal and Toronto and I come from New York City and it was absolutely amazing the bullshit that is said and done and I’m only talking low level junior player

[@Bandit3035B]

Bryzgalov is my favorite Russian player of all time he played well in the 06 playoffs and won a Stanley Cup a year later didn't have the best time in Philly but I blame the media for criticizing him so much

[@birdiec]

Like they say "where theres smoke, theres fire" and if ANY player has that energy attached to them like Matt Duchene where everyone says hes a locker room cancer and he somehow always joins a team then the team just tanks in the standing. Im not even thinking about a long term contract for you. Ill maybe give you aav but certainly not term

[@Indium111]

Loui did not forget how to score goals. I'm sure he was one of the top scoring Canucks...when there was an empty net facing him. He always seemed to score the EN goals.

[@stormtrooper-313tk]

5:35 lol 4 of the 5 are Atlantic. We're still a weak division, extremely top heavy. Happy the wings are starting to make the turn

[@lisavauhti7675]

The ducks were listening when bryzgalov said that legendary punchline

[@ibleedorangeforever7039]

I think I am going to do an Ilya Bryzgalov buyout award lol

[@11DNA11]

The trade for Duchene to Ottawa was a disaster :D Avs got their d-core from it :D

[@Nebocsid]

How much hair will be lost if Eriksson does well in Arizona?

[@FIOSofficial1]

Duchene: proceeds to get 70 points

[@imherecauseyourcommentwasc1222]

Man you see this in all major sports :/ it’s pretty sad

[@danevertt3210]

Haha this video was funny. Although I’m only 40% in……. This is what will happen to Eichel

[@Rberr16]

Let’s get 60k

[@danielvihavainen3053]

LMAO You used well diamond in the rough😂😂

[@ronemtae3468]

And you do stories on individual players because I think one day you should look into his Theo flurry and look at his career did juniors what happened to him maybe you should read his book also I recently met him and I went over and I thanked him for the book I didn’t ask for an autographed stop my thing I told him I just want to thank you for the book that was probably the hardest thing to write as it wants to play and he got it he understood it and he invited me to sit down and have a cup of coffee with him and it was just a really nice easy experience no star power no bullshit no nonsense I mean you can forget this guy was a amazing athlete

[@nerdhockey2994]

Maybe Jim Carey? Vezina winner, retired a couple years later

[@hycraisins]

Bryzgalov's NHL SV% went from .920 in 2009-2010 to .921. .909, .900, .910, and finally .847 in 2014-2015. So he really only dropped off drastically in the last season. The y-axis is not to scale at all.

[@natemundt4752]

Nooooo, the Benning face is gone

[@GabBouvier]

The only reason Alzner was thought to be good was because the Caps defense was and still is their biggest weakness ..

[@rustybarber3016]

I’m scared of bears too!!!

[@dukestorm8813]

Brzgalov is amazing

[@gradycalder9429]

Trouba too

[@petergoesbardownski4041]

I get Bryz had a terrible contract but who was really furious about it, i'd pay that much to have him on my team tbh

[@Samsquamsh]

I feel like the Nurse contract is gonna come back to bite the Oil in a few years. I hope I'm wrong tho. What's your thoughts on that, Rob and friends?

[@birdiec]

I feel like nobody disagrees with you. Its an extremely high risk contract. Like, yes he could be worth that much but i personally wouldnt give out 9.25M for anything less than a guaranteed stud

[@justinwillms17]

The Nurse contract was a result of the market, I think he will be fine. It's the Hyman contract that worries me. I think 4-5 years into the deal it might look bad.

[@Samsquamsh]

@@justinwillms17 Yeah you both definitely aren't wrong. I also thought the Hyman contract stung a big as well. I'm hoping both will pay off by getting a cup within the next 3 years. Key word there is HOPING. lol

[@calcifer948]

Hopefully Turris bounces back this year because he was just terrible in Edmonton last year. Probably the worst player on the Oilers roster. The worst part is you can't even bury him in the minors without taking a hit since he gets paid 1.65 mil. He sounds like a really cool dude listening to his interviews so I hope he can show up and make a difference this year but I'm pretty sure most Oilers fans have already forgotten about him.

[@Gl-my8fw]

He is worth that kind of gamble imo. I hope he does well. You guys are looking good this year and if hyman stays healthy and plays with mcdavid and drai occasionally i think you got another 30+ goal guy who can pk hit and defend with possibly the best work ethic in the league .

[@calcifer948]

@@Gl-my8fwYeah, the forward core this year is looking much better than last year. Even pick ups like Ryan are a pretty hefty upgrade on center over Khaira. We'll see about defence lol

[@XaviRonaldo0]

Paying players after their contract year where it's an outlier is just stupid

[@MrTedMcForehead]

Alexander Semin, Alexei Yashin.

[@richardtherichard26]

Cursed doesn’t even begin to describe Matt duchene. I’ve been an Avs fan, and more importantly a hockey fan and player my whole life. I’ve NEVER in my LIFE, seen someone hit more posts, or get robbed more times, or miss more sure goals, than Matt duchene. It was like a fucking comedy show, every single night this dude would have at least 1 usually multiple points taken away by an absolute act of god. I don’t know what he did or who he pissed off in a past life but the shit was ridiculous.

[@HalfBloodBrony]

So bascily Matt duchene is the James harden of hockey :P

[@stamina8694]

Rick Di Pietro🤑

[@Pzyk0s]

Do i get a 6x6 contract??! Nice time to score no goals

[@elijahhardy2130]

Kyle Turris the Bakersfield Condor

[@JamesWilliams-kt5qr]

He saw a bear in the woods what was he supposed to do. Guess he shouldn't have told Boston he was afraid of bears.

[@clearlyarussianbot]

That's the idiocy of Paul Holmgren. I'm amazed he stayed on as long as he did.

[@1andonlyMiro]

Bobrovsky not here as an honorable mention yet?

[@magenstaffarts]

I know right? I kind of pity Florida, they got fleeced.

[@blakeattig5426]

Bob has been pretty good this year