The STRANGEST Careers In NHL History

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[@RobTalksHockey]

Can you name a strange NHL career?

[@alexramirez4097]

corey perry

[@unknownx3930]

Dustin Byfuglien

[@noahhiltz5384]

​@alexramirez4097 the goat 🐐 with an underrated hart trophy 👌 win 🏆

[@AggarKyugg]

Devante Smith-Pelly is a favorite of mine because that clutch playoff performance in 2018 and his career seemed strangely short to me.

[@jonathanfrechette756]

Kjell Dahlin

[@UnityOrbit]

I’m looking at Lonny Bohonos hockeydb right now; he returned to the AHL after 4 years in Switzerland and put up a point per game numbers yet again lmao ridiculous that he didn’t get given more chances

[@thephotonepoch9759]

When you see things like that....there must be more to the story. Funny given the points made prior in the video about what people.bring to the room and their personality. Guy must have some skeletons in the closet to get no interest in the NHL/AHL.

[@brianlepoidevin6217]

There was no mention in this story about Bohonos’ drug problems.

[@UnityOrbit]

@@brianlepoidevin6217 ahhh that would make much more sense

[@Pijonty]

Dany Heatley. Manslaughter in ‘03 50 in ‘07 Frickin All Star with a side of escaping guilt

[@ZeppelinReborn]

Craig MacTavish as well; killed a young woman while driving drunk and then went on to win 4 Stanley Cups

[@Squirrelpadre]

I have a 12 DUI’s

[@coasterfreakist18]

That pronunciation of Michel Therien’s name was BRUTAL

[@JukkaliMx]

Almost makes me think it was made intentionally, like the videos runforthecube used to upload many many years ago xD

[@bionicbagel1]

semin was unnecessary man lol

[@whitegd4100]

Nah pretty necessary haha

[@RobTalksHockey]

I don’t know what happened to me that day, but I started crying laughing while editing that lmao

[@remytt4]

Super Necessary!

[@declanhannigan4586]

So outta pocket

[@colinbrunette54]

@@RobTalksHockeycome

[@ragejohnson1567]

LOL the way he pronounced Michel Therrien

[@jossyjones]

Même Michel Therrien a de la difficulté à prononcer son nom.

[@joeshmow1583]

I know sometimes I wonder how much hockey he actually watched growing up. He screws up alot of names as if he has never heard them. Michele was head coach for montreal for years.

[@RobTalksHockey]

@@joeshmow1583 think of it the other way, I consume so much hockey content that I’m bound to mess up a name every now and then from the thousands of players I have watched and researched

[@thebatman8895]

@@RobTalksHockey Sorry, but your explanation doesn't fly. I barely watch hockey these days, but I still knew who Michel Therrien was and that you pronounced his name incorrectly. If you want to be a "professional" hockey youtuber it would only take a few minutes of research to determine how to pronounce the name of a player/coach correctly in order for you to get it right.

[@RobTalksHockey]

@@thebatman8895 Wow you are so right Batman good job buddy

[@MrSharkFIN]

6:09 That transition is underrated... And the timestamp 💀

[@RobTalksHockey]

hahaha

[@christiankristalyn65]

You gave Biz a lot of credit for Mike Smith putting an average team on his back for the entire season lol 😂

[@JoeBeaudette]

I always scratched my head at Bohonos’ outcome. If I remember correctly I played season mode in NHL 2000 with the Leafs and Bohonos was an absolute beast. I was a huge fan of Mogilny and Bure in Vancouver and then Sundin in Toronto, then he played in Manitoba for a year while I was at my Moose fandom peak as a young teen from Winnipeg so he was never too far from my attention as a hockey fan and then… he was gone. I never understood and I still don’t frankly.

[@jonathanfrechette756]

That Michel Therrien pronunciation has to be the worst I've ever heard hahaha

[@RobTalksHockey]

I just went for it lmao

[@jonathanfrechette756]

@@RobTalksHockey great video tho!

[@randytassugat7400]

As a Hab, Therrien doesnt deserve proper pronunciating👍👍👍

[@TheSportingConnoisseur]

The stories you’re able to tell in all your videos are always super compelling!!

[@SSNESS]

Eric Boguniecki

[@Usiris23]

My low key favorite thing about your videos is when the 007 theme kicks in. Always gets me

[@TonyfromLaSalle]

Love the support for Bohonos. Amazing guy!

[@carsonscards5616]

Harri Sateri has a pretty odd career. Took him 10 years to make to the NHL after being drafted, goes back to Europe, signs with the Leafs, claimed by the Coyotes and then went back to Europe.

[@lilwoodiewood3457]

Uhhh u mention sateri but not Tim Thomas...

[@jordan_said_what]

I had to rewatch the Semin part since I was so thrown off by the splooge noises

[@CrustyHCF]

Another great video thanks man 👍🏽

[@jeffwhite5007]

My dude, the squirt everytime you say semen.😂

[@izaksmith538]

Rob, your posts are always top notch! The way you build suspense is fantastic and the payoff is always worthwhile. You have my respect and admiration, but you make me greedy for more!

[@WarioSaysSo]

I'm not sure this belong in this context, but somehow I got to my mind a Swedish former elite defender in hockey back in the 80's anf 90's - Anders Eldebrink. He played in a lot of international championships, including 6 IIHF world Championships, 1 Olympic Games and 2 Canada Cup. He was somehow undrafted in 1978 or 1979 by NHL teams, but came around to make a great impression a few short years later with his skilled defenseplay and play-IQ that was argued to rival the Sovietunion's defenders! And those was near evrey international championship beside CC topping all ranks. He got picked up by Vancouver Canucks in 1981 and would remain with them for 2 seasons, but due to the smaller ice-rinks he struggled to adapt to the faster and nore physical gameplay. And after 1982.83 season, he packed his bag after failing to prove himself in Qiebec Nordiques. Yet he went back to Sweden and international contests and proved to be one of the best defenders in the world outside the NHL! Winning championships, medals, awards and recognition. Even Borje Salming & Vjateslav Fetisov who made it to the NHL claimed Eldebrink was a truly inteligent defender and playmaker. But what would things have been if he had made it to the NHL? - 21 Years of professional Hockey career (1977-1998). - IIHF World Championship Gold medalist: 1987 + 3 Silver medals: 1981, 1986 & 1990 - Olympic Bronze medalist: 1988 - 3-time Switzerland National League A Champion: 1993, 1994 & 1995 (EHC Kloten). - Swedish Elitserien Leage Champion: 1985 (Södertelje SK). - 14 Swedish seasons - Södertelje SK - 6 Switzerland seasons - EHC Kloten - 2 NHL seasons - Vancouver Canucks & Quebec Nordiques. - 1 AHL season - Fredericton Express. - 1988 Olympic All-Star Team + Swedens best point scorer. - 1989 WC All-Star Team - Swedish Elitserien Leage - Guldpucken Award (Swedens hockey MVP): 1985 - 2-time Swedish Elitserien Leage - Guldhjalmen (League MVP): 1988 & 1989 - Number #2 retired by Södertälje SK.

[@lilwoodiewood3457]

If he made the nhl the wouldn't have been that good... it's not rocket science it was a decent player .. but not Bobby orr

[@WarioSaysSo]

@@lilwoodiewood3457 Very different play styles. More similar to Lidstrom then Orr. I say if he had managed to properly adapt to the NHL, he could very possibly been a level of many 1st line defenders and an All-Star level player.

[@lilwoodiewood3457]

@WarioSaysSo umm this isn't about play style but ability and Lindstrom isn't any where near orr .. u don't here people argue Nicklas over Wayne

[@lilwoodiewood3457]

@WarioSaysSo he could've but he didn't cause he wasn't good enough . Like I said he was a decent player but not one of the best in the world

[@WarioSaysSo]

@@lilwoodiewood3457 Orr was an offensive playing defenseman. In his era defense play near not exist. Lidstrom was excellent in playing defense and offense and placing himself all the time where he was needed in gameplay. Eldebrink was very similar.

[@alfiesmullet1311]

The sound effects going with Semin 😂

[@Habsfan56744]

Great video rob

[@dan3307]

love it - physical skilled players = Tkachuks. I grew up in the Detroit area in the 90s. I witnessed the birth of a combination of skill as in the Russian Five as well as grit as in the Grind Line (if you don't know about them, there are BOOKS written on them). If you look at teams like the Devils, Avalanche, Stars of the 90s/early 2000s you see this combination playing out in arguably the best era of hockey to date. Then guys like Pavel Datsyuk come along and literally do things skill-wise that no one has ever done before! This gave birth to your skilled players like McDavid (who has Datsyuk-like skill combined with Gartner-like speed and Crosby-like strength and edges). But why haven't teams like Toronto or Edmonton who have arguably the most skilled rosters in the current era gone past the Western Conference Finals? And more poignantly why are teams like the Florida Panthers upsetting teams like Boston? The answer is grit. This is why it is imperative teams find the Bisses or Reaves' or McSorleys (Gretzky's enforcer) or Kocurs/McCartys (Yzerman's enforcers) to protect their stars and change the outcome of games. Physicality in hockey is like a big dunk or 3 in basketball or a big hit or play in football or a homerun in baseball. IT CHANGES THE MOMENTUM OF THE GAME! It'll be interesting to see what Toronto does next year with adding some grit (Reaves) and skilled grit (Bertuzzi...before 2 broken hands). I for one am looking forward to this era of skill and grit. Let's throwback to the 90s (no Matthew Tkachuk, not the haircut)

[@oilcountry2720]

Yo, you should do a video about chl vs ajhl.ect/college. More and more players are going college route. Should do an in depth review of why. Love your content

[@tiago2828]

Great video man! Btw you're in Vancouver, right? We should go for a beer!

[@canadianbacon2205]

you should really consider doing documentary style videos, the editing and storytelling is great

[@lilwoodiewood3457]

He's to lazy lol ..

[@RobTalksHockey]

@@lilwoodiewood3457Ya me working 50 hours a week on videos is lazy : (

[@itz_puma_2972]

Love the vids would like to see an nhl trades that almost happened (big trades) (past or present) ;)

[@x0gingy637]

3:50 don’t forget Subban did the same thing. The trade worked out for both teams (or the Habs could’ve traded Pacioretty before but Bergevin)

[@trsctr]

Did some googling and according to one source Therrien purposely picked a fight with Bohonos before game 5 and then threw a hissy fit to the police because they declined to arrest Bohonos before the game 😂

[@patricklaplante8461]

My man disrespected the French with calling Michel Therrien, Michael 😂

[@jakephipps9730]

That James Bond background music though.. lmao ❤️

[@natemundt4752]

You never fail to dissapoint with the Goldeneye background music, Rob 🤣

[@RobTalksHockey]

It's a staple at this point

[@kevinstull8552]

Man, Lonny Bohonos is a name I haven't heard in at least 20 years or more.

[@vincentg9091]

I remember in my teenage years watching Tom Kostopoulos with the Habs, and he was litterally a journeyman; paid to lose fights. He did not win any of them. It would be interesting to know his w/l ratio

[@LordBitememan]

Brian Lashoff had a bit of a strange career. He was undrafted and signed by the Red Wings in 2008. He spent the next three years in juniors before reporting to the ECHL. He was eventually called up by the Grand Rapids Griffins where he stuck for the next couple years. In the 2012-2013 season he got a callup with the Wings and managed to stick around. He played the entire 2013-2014 season in Detroit before splitting the 2014-15 season between Detroit and Grand Rapids. By 2015-16 he was back with the Griffins full time. So, seemingly just a guy who had some potential but didn't pan out and ended up back in the minors. Except. . . . The Wings kept him around in Grand Rapids for call ups in case of injury. And they did call him up, reliably, every year, for the next FOUR YEARS! So in spite of basically being an AHLer since 2015 Lashoff was still suiting up for the Red Wings all the way into 2020.

[@nicholasmatusiak7929]

Lashoff is just a great dude and great leader. He was the Captain in GR for a while and was loved by pretty well everyone. He’s not the greatest player by any means but he was a good option for a call up because he wasn’t likely to get claimed and he could do okay on a bottom pairing. The wings kept him around because he was well liked and was a good mentor for the younger guys.

[@MonsterHockey9]

Semin was a great enforcer 😂

[@gintster8368]

Chris Kontos should be on this list. Kudos on the DNA pudding effects to accompany Semin.

[@grahamdamberger7130]

Wonder if that Toronto-Pittsburgh series was the one where Danny Markov did the Jarmior Jagr salute to the Pens while the Leafs were celebrating their series win.

[@philtorrez4198]

I love Biz! Peace from Tucson!

[@RB-wg3qm]

Bear Down!

[@0725038]

John Scott is another weird one. Being able to go to the all star because of the fans making fun of the nhl rule for voting was such a great moments.

[@soulfuzz368]

I think that’s kind of a cynical take. Enforcers have always been fan favourites. Some fans were trolling but there was also a good portion that thought these guys who put their jaws on the line every night deserve some appreciation.

[@0725038]

@@soulfuzz368 Of course, but it's not the fact that an enforcer went to the all star that is weird, it's that the coyotes traded him right before so he doesnt become the division captain and someone else from the yotes get the votes.

[@ethanparker7900]

dont forget that Biz was a black ace during the penguins 2009 cup too. Name obviously didn't get included on the cup due to not qualifying but he did get a ring if I recall

[@lilwoodiewood3457]

Then he did nonthing .. he didn't even play in the finals

[@ethanparker7900]

@@lilwoodiewood3457 yah but he was in the organization though and he did play a little bit in the regular season

[@lilwoodiewood3457]

@@ethanparker7900 it literally didn't matter

[@lilwoodiewood3457]

@@ethanparker7900 their is no but

[@lilwoodiewood3457]

@@ethanparker7900 he was irrelevant anybody else could've took his spot

[@archstanton8126]

Strange career: Jaroslav Pouzar with the Dynasty Oilers

[@christianbooth6235]

same with Jiří Hrdina of the Flames/Penguins. 3 cups in 5 years!

[@cmcavoy84]

Honestly thought this was transitioning into Robidas Island, haha

[@linuspatterson544]

8:38 the coach’s name is French

[@leafsfanforever2896]

5:01 last season there were 666 fights. Coincidence?

[@RR_XII]

Steve Brule has one of the strangest (and shortest) NHL careers I can think of. He made his NHL debut with the Devils during game 3 of the 2000 conference finals, and that was the only game he ever played as a Devil, and he would only play in 2 more games over the course of his career. By fair the most obscure Devil to have his name on the cup.

[@longhairedguyinny]

Weird NHL Career- Jody Gage AHL 500 goal scorer.

[@philtorrez4198]

666 fights is a dope stat

[@AJ-jf4cx]

Todd Bergen. Came up as a 21 year old for the Flyers in 85'. Had 11 goals in the last 14 game of the regular season and 13 points in 17 playoff games that ended in the Stanley Cup finals. Then quit to try professional golf.

[@HonkyTonkHellraiser]

Ahhhhh Lonny "Pass The Bottle" Bohonos

[@nicks8007]

9:39 i know y’all saw that toe drag release

[@TheMemeBorrower.]

Rob Zepp had a pretty interesting career. He was a goalie, drafted twice. Once in 1999 by the Thrashers (99th overall), and once in 2001 by the Hurricanes (110th overall). The weird part of this is that he made his NHL debut *_FOURTEEN YEARS_* after being drafted… with the Flyers in 2014-15. He played 10 games. His record was 5-2-0 (probably came in for relief). Then he retired.

[@lilwoodiewood3457]

Not really just a minor league goalie that got a call up cause of injuries would be werid if he actually made the team out of camp with no injuries

[@lilwoodiewood3457]

Where's Tim thomas

[@TheMemeBorrower.]

@@lilwoodiewood3457 he wasn’t though. He split between the ECHL and the AHL for 3 years, then played in Germany in the DEL for 8 years before signing with the flyers. He was well established for a long time after being in the minors.

[@TheMemeBorrower.]

@@lilwoodiewood3457 on that topic, Mikko Koskinen had a weird career too. 4 games for the islanders in 2010-11, then making his next nhl appearance 8 years later in 2018-19. Obviously didn’t pan out with the oilers.

[@TheMemeBorrower.]

@@lilwoodiewood3457 Tim Thomas obviously one of the craziest stat lines ever for a goalie. There’s too much to really type out for him. But yeah that’s a great player to pick

[@FalloutUrMum]

Is the background music the James Bond theme? Lol

[@RobTalksHockey]

Perhaps 🤫

[@milkman69x]

I can’t believe you didn’t show Semin’s fight in the highlights, it’s all I can see when I hear his name.

[@severed111]

Anybody recalls first Tampa Bay one-season wonder and first superstar other than Brian Bradley? Well, look up a guy named Kris Kontos lol, he made those sad little bolts from the first couple of seasons look okay, but of course Kontos' production waned rapidly.

[@philippemineau2015]

Lonny Bohonos is the coolest hockey player name as far as I’m concerned, only rivaled by Buddy Robinson.

[@CharlieBravoTango]

I see an uptick number of fight being the direct correlation to the skill gap between top 6, bottom 6 players, fact not all d men are used to physical play with the way the game has opened up since 2005(after the lock out) and the way contracts are handled. You have a generation of players players that are bigger, faster stronger and more skilled but at the same time put themselves in vulnerable positions with guys that aren't as used about hitting. More dirty hits leads to more fights

[@lilwoodiewood3457]

U make no sense at all lol I'm not even going point out the hole u find it

[@randytassugat7400]

Bissonette turned from Healthy Scratch Gretzky to ALMOST kind of Gretzky of Broadcasting.

[@ryantwitter343]

Keep talking Hockey Rob.

[@blainehallmark2002]

everytime you release a new hockey card product my wallet screams 😂

[@RobTalksHockey]

😂 I appreciate ya Blaine, no pressure, I will continue to make better and better products 💪

[@blainehallmark2002]

@RobTalksHockey as a lifelong blues fan I'll be waiting for that one, in one of the guaranteed auto packs I bought it had a Vince Dunn YG, and I've just put it another order. can't wait, keep up the great stuff!

[@Swoop187OG187]

Rob Brown is a more 'extreme' version of Lonny Bohonos... He was really skilled and really talented but NO ONE could stand him as a person, lol.. He was narcissistic, conceited and arrogant to the core of his being - in short - he was (one of) the biggest locker room cancers in history.. Think the opposite of BizNasty... Of course there are many strange careers, but Rob Brown came to mind since you ended the vido with Lonny Bohonos lol..

[@BunnEFartz]

@Swoop187OG187 A later version was Robbie Schremp. An immensely talented player who thought he was above the team whose attitude basically made him uncoachable.

[@Swoop187OG187]

@@BunnEFartz I remember Schremp, he played with Kane in London, he was taken by the Oilers but never really panned out.. He was very gifted and I wondered why his career never went anywhere.. But Rob Brown was on a different level, lol.. Look at his stats, ridiculous.

[@Snipes-76]

Thanks for the insight. I always wondered why Robbie Brown never had a better career in the show.

[@big-E-Smallz]

ah the Golden Eye pause menu music

[@aidenm9205]

How bout Brandon Pirri?

[@benellison5668]

2 winners of the Calder in the 1980s who disappeared soon thereafter, Warren Young and Dahlen(sp?)

[@wess1285]

Biz has more minutes on TNT then he does playing 😂

[@edward9]

Lonny Bohonos is now my new fav player over Orr and Gretz 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@shanielcabral]

Lonny Bohonos what a name fr

[@potieee]

HC DAVOS LEGEND! All hail Lonny Bohonos! 💪🏼🤙🏼👍🏼

[@sgambpy1153]

Random fun fact but I know Lonny’s daughter & she was a pretty good hockey player

[@b33rleague5]

I thought the IHL was the AHL lol. Learn something new everyday.

[@jmstransit]

6:09 AYO?!

[@kobywilson5382]

do another video on young prodigy’s

[@RobTalksHockey]

In the works (;

[@mckessa17]

Some parents at the rink need to chill. There kid has a better chance of being abducted by aliens then being drafted into the NHL

[@thinkingjack]

Lonny was such a good player and benefitted from being on a line with Sundin. But not being given a shot the next year was bullshit

[@linuspatterson544]

Weird career: Alex Galchenyuk (Former 3rd Overall Pick ---> Terminated contract due to off-ice matters)

[@MikeHoncho610]

That’s what happens when you give a complete dip shit millions. Zero sympathy

[@ariccua6101]

Lonny "Mitch Marner" Bohonos (Just because of the jersey number.)

[@rivahkillah]

As a Leaf fan I'm okay with signing Reaves. The term and the salary are terrible though.

[@benguin_]

Are Nintendo aware you’re stealing the Goldenye theme song? 😂

[@RobTalksHockey]

Thankfully video game soundtracks fall into fair use. Or atleast, if they cared, it would destroy the entire gaming social media industry aha

[@benkilla]

@@RobTalksHockey the goldeneye music always gets me in the zone

[@kylehuckins213]

2021 was the pandemic season.

[@ItsSuperJan]

Biz is the fucking bombbb

[@armen5480]

bohonos is a stud

[@imulippo5245]

It is Seaman!

[@tombojones4656]

HERE WE GO SAINTS!

[@Kiwi-lz6yr]

6:08 he did not just do that

[@PDaddy44]

The title of your channel should be Rob mispronounces names.

[@RobTalksHockey]

Damnnn you got me haha

[@morganlambert3419]

Goddamn that Michel Therien pronunciation was absolutely horrid and biz-esque

[@xavi.gaming6485]

Biz could can out charm anyone

[@hawksnation1885]

Not biz 😂

[@jsm8505]

Who's Micheal Terin?

[@jonahs52803]

michael theeren

[@nickmercer5942]

Did you guys hear semen ? Or was it just me ?

[@bobweiser3134]

Reaves has never been anything more than a bottom six grinder.

[@kheldaur2107]

"Biz has the rizz". What does that mean?

[@RobTalksHockey]

Riz is short-form for charisma

[@kheldaur2107]

@@RobTalksHockey Aah, okay. Never heard that before

[@dennissmith-sv4go]

Jody Gage? Why didnt he get a shot.

[@toddlauretteHabsFan]

Reaves isn't laughing now is he? lol, riding the pine in TO. lol. I like Biz WAY more then Reaves, cant wait til Xhekaj beats his ass AGAIN.

[@netropolis]

WAIT? that podcaster yahoo ACTUALLY played hockey? ...The more you know....

[@user-rw8cv8yv8y]

666 fights in 2023 😈

[@HonkyTonkHellraiser]

Reeves is one of the most selfish players in the NHL

[@dennis_burgess]

666

[@Taalsman]

No matter how much i fucking hate the ****hawks a possible line of ? - Bedard - Nazar III is so fucking scary

[@DaddyLovesYou-ft6tl]

I unsubbed after “biz has the riz” was said

[@RobTalksHockey]

Awhhhhh mannnnn