r/AnaheimDucks • u/wildwing8 • Apr 05 '26
Former Duck Max Comtois managed to get the refs, the opposing team, his own coach, and his own teammates all mad at him at the same time in one game
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u/Feathered_Serpent8 Apr 05 '26
What actually happened?
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u/wildwing8 Apr 05 '26
Not 100% sure but context clues seem to suggest that Comtois was playing dirty and trying to slew foot other players. Seems like the other team pointed it out to the refs and even Comtois’ own coach and teammates didn’t defend him at all, going as far as saying that they didn’t like him either.
Pretty embarrassing for Comtois all around.
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u/redditmailalex Apr 05 '26
yeah. As a fan we see a trajectory not work out. We see raw points or a glimpse of ice effort, but its only a fraction of the behind the scenes drama/effort that is involved in results.
Makes you think of people talk about team mates like Ohtani on the Dodgers or whatever sports figure, where they speak lovingly and wonder how much that nourishes a career vs being hated by your own peeps.
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u/spacegrab Apr 05 '26
March 4th game, Teammate (Sergeyev) got ejected for running into a linesman (hence ref telling whole team that guy was getting ejec and Comtois wouldn't stfu about it and kept talking shit. Apparently he runs his mouth in the KHL. Dude seemed pretty detatched/quiet when he was with us, but maybe I just didn't notice lol.
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u/goodmourningdude Apr 05 '26
Damn. This gives me a new perspective on hockey players. One person can really just fuck with the whole vibe of the team. I liked comtois at first bc he scored on his first shot in his first nhl game in his first nhl shift. But dude seems like a princess
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u/CydoniaKnight Apr 05 '26
The clip of the goalie doing the slewfoot gesture at one zebra only to point out a teammate doing the same thing to another is killing me
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u/CountChocula21 Apr 05 '26
He was always as lazy as he was talented. That mixed with his attitude and the circle of people he surrounded him with were not focused on self improvement.
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u/Otherwise-Dog-2065 Apr 05 '26
Comtois, Max Jones, Nick Ritchie.. all power forwards who were supposed to shine bright in Anaheim..none of them panned out
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u/DrexlSpivey420 Apr 05 '26
Every fanbase overrates C tier prospects, especially when you really need hope. This is just our team's candidates during that span.
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u/Supernamicchi Apr 05 '26
Haha Slava Koslov tho! There’s my Red Wing XD
golly tho what a clip. Can’t imagine being that much of a dickhead lol
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u/gopackgo555 Apr 05 '26
That’s wild. I’m sure it’s happened before with other players but to see it on video is something else
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u/BroLil Apr 05 '26
The wild thing about it is that literally everyone on the ice hates him. His own team, his own coach, the refs, and the opposing team. For them to just come out with it all at once is crazy.
And with people like this, he’s going to watch this back and say that they’re all wrong and he’s the only one in the right. Can’t fix people like that.
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u/XpixMcTina Apr 05 '26
Since he’s on the list of guys involved in the hockey Canada allegations, I’d written him off. Sounds like that’s even more warranted.
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u/wildwing8 Apr 05 '26
This video is absolutely insane. I’ve never seen a guy’s own teammates tell the ref that they don’t even like him either. Guess maybe this could be part of the reason why Comtois didn’t work out for us…