Quoting: TM11
Jack Hughes gets so much hate for "being a bust" or by all the teenage boys who are mad girls like him, and most fanbases hate Crosby who are in the eastern conferece "cry baby crosby", alot of people hate Price too with his contract and being oerratted at times, but Honeslty I should have put Binnington
I think Hughes is still too young, and hasn’t won enough to be hated. Crosby has won everything, but I think even rivals respect him as he is of high character. Price, I get. But it’s unwarranted.
I think you could simplify into four buckets:
1. Dirty players: Tom Wilson, Brad Marchand, Nazem Kadri, Ryan Kessler are in their own category (dirty players). Corey Perry and Lucia probably fit here too.
2. Off-the-ice-problems: Then there is the off-the-ice category with Tony DeAngelo, Evander Kane, some others not listed.
3. Envy: Crosby, Ovechkin, and to lesser extent guys like Marner, Hall make up the envy group.
4. Personality: Lastly are those disliked for their personalities, like Subban, Hamilton, Kessel, and others.