... And the Only Player Worse than Mike Comrie Is...

It's no secret that GetReal Hockey doesn't like Pittsburgh Penguins forward Mike Comrie. It would be a gross understatement to say that his career has regressed since he nearly single handedly drove himself out of Edmonton all those years ago. Nevertheless, despite his lacking skillset, despite the fact that the only way he can score these days is is if he's at home with his wife, despite his moonlighting as a Josh Duhamel lookalike, there is one player that grinds GetReal's gears more. That player: Montreal Canadiens forward Maxim Lapierre.

Say what you want about Comrie, but at least he stands up for fallen teammates (see above vid). Lapierre? All he does is push the envelope to see how much he can get away with. And it's not a huge leap at all to assume the only reason he decided to grant Comrie his wish to fight last Saturday is because he's about the size of a garden gnome. In that same game, he had the opportunity to go against the the one-inch-taller (and much tougher) Maxime Talbot, but instead of just saying "no" to peer pressure, like we're all taught in high school, he goes to drop his gloves, but leaves them on at the last second, goading Talbot into taking a penalty. And I thought yellow was part of the Penguins' colour scheme.



Yeah, Lapierre got the call he was looking for, but his reputation, which is already pretty bad, took another hit. I'm not saying that Lapierre is useless, as the below video argues. I am saying that there's no place in hockey for his buffoonery.



Lapierre can actually play hockey, which is why it's sad to see him have to resort to playing the game within the game just to make a name for himself. It's even sadder that by the end of his career he'll likely be wishing his was Mike Comrie.