Last winter, The Hockey News polled the league’s players on a wide variety of subjects. When asked who the most hated player in the league is, 66 percent of respondents cursed the name of Sean Avery. A far distant second was Jordin Tootoo at six percent, followed by Darcy Tucker at four percent.

You have to be one hell of a guy to be hated over 16 times as much as Darcy Tucker. Avery went undrafted out of the Ontario Hockey League; after parts of seven seasons with three different teams, the bruising left-winger has 50 goals in 322 games with 913 penalty minutes.

But Avery’s mouth is his most dangerous weapon. He’s offended just about everyone in the NHL at some point, including his own coaches, league officials and commentators. And all the while, he’s been dating the likes of Elisha Cuthbert and, according to TMZ, Mary-Kate Olsen. No wonder everyone hates him.

I’ll leave you with a video of the now classic Avery vs. Tucker fight.