Claude Lemieux, F, Montreal Canadiens-New Jersey Devils-Colorado Avalanche-Phoenix Coyotes-Dallas Stars-San Jose Sharks
No surprises here, Claude “The Turtle” Lemieux is your most hated player in NHL history.
He has done so many despicable things in his career and made so many poor choices that it is a wonder why he was allowed in the NHL for as long as he was.
Lemieux is hated by me personally for two main reasons: the Kris Draper incident and the Howard Stern-Stanley Cup incident.
The video shows what happened in the Draper incident, and I don’t hate Lemieux for the hit. He should’ve been penalized, but Draper turns and it looks like Lemieux didn’t mean to shove him face-first. Draper suffered a concussion, broken jaw, broken nose and a broken cheekbone.
What angers me is the way he acted after and how he acted against the Red Wings from then on.
He helped create on of the fiercest rivalries in the NHL in recent memory between Colorado and Detroit.
As a fan of Howard Stern, I was worried when Claude was going to bring the Cup to the show. My fears were realized when a cast member supposedly defecated in the Cup. I was so mad that he desecrated the Stanley Cup that I stopped listening to Stern.
I don’t blame Howard; I blame Claude.
Glorious DP to the face
Now this is how a DP lays the smack down