Why is Chris Chelios of the Detroit Red Wings hockey team always booed?
340635
I understand why Cheli is booed in Chicago, but I couldn't figure that out the other night watching the Wings in Edmonton.  He has no real history that Edmonton fans should be very concerned with... it can't possibly be going back to his Canadien days (we're talking early 80s...).\n\nIt's probably due to his style of play - he's certainly aggresive and does like to hit...opposing fans usually don't like players with an M.O. like that.  Hell, Wings fans booed him and now he's a fan favorite...\n\nIt's just one of those things.  Fortunately for 29 cities, they won't have to endure his play for TOO many more years, as he turned 44 during the season.  Fortunately for the Wings, though, he has already opened negotiations to re-sign with the club for at least another year.  He may be the oldest player in the league, but he hasn't become a defensive liability for his club and is still capable of contributing (just not in the shootouts......)
417651
Because the Leafs suck.  GO SENS GO!!!!!!!!!
753003
He's really fat and will sink the team whenever he walks onto the ice.  Bluejackets suck anyway whoever would cheer for them must be an idiot.  Columbus shouldn't have an NHL team.
1121346
Yep.  All NY sports fans are cocky.  And all NY teams suck (except the stoopid Yankees).\n\nGo Devils!
311803
Finally!  Someone agrees with me.  Since I first heard who Miro Satan was, I thought it would be the sweetest thing for him to play with the Devils.  I mean come on, would that not be the biggest selling NHL jersey in history?  And just from the irony alone, they should make him captain!\n\nThe Devs are my fave team.  I've considered buying a customized Devils jersey with SATAN 81 before even tho he's not actually on the team . . . yet!
202939
This is absolutely right.  They've been consistent winners with a solid core of future Hall of Famers.  Over the last 10 years they've featured players like Yzerman, Shanahan, Hull, Fedorov, Lang, Lidstrom, Chelios, Robitaille, Hasek, Zetterberg and Datsyuk.  It seems that whoever comes to play for Detroit just automatically gets better, and who wouldn't with the kind of veteran leadership that this team has had?  The new rules and the salary cap were supposed to kill Detroit, but as of today, they are in the lead for the President's Cup.  Great team with a great tradition.
424944
The Red Wings have a really good team but the only way they are going to make it is if they have a sweep in the first round. Chelios and the older players are the achilles heel of the team. Not because of their skill but because of their age and the time that it takes for them to recover. I think that the Oilers will beat them and because they are a young team, they should be able to recover quicker and be able to go a long way. I think that the Oilers have a really good shot at going all the way.
606571
I haven't figured it out either. He's a jackass. He's overrated and his fans suck. His fans are the worst part of it, that and the extreme media bias.
457079
Well, everybody knows they're Detroit Red Wing history now.  I'd also like to add that during the playoffs, Detroit suspends a huge octopus from the rafters named "AL the Octopus".  Although, all the posts on here about it starting back in 1952 are 100% correct.  but nowadays many people convert the resemblence of the eight tentacles to represent the eight teams from each conference to make the playoffs, which is false.  Also, I know for a fact, in Detroit, I've never seen a penalty assesed for the throwing of octopus or hats for that matter.  although when it is thrown, it's usually during a stopage of play.  But we all love to see it.  It pumps us up.  Go Wings
512566
First of all (and the asker is not one of these people) I'm sick and tired of all these squirrels whining about how the Oilers wiped out the Wings... get over it.  The Oilers are better than the credit everyone gives them.  The Wings lost, life sucks, get over it.\n\nNow with that out of the way, SJ will slaughter EDM.  Roli, along with most other netminders, can't hold off Thorton and Cheechoo.  I'm a Wild fan and loved Roli when he was here.  He's (and Pronger) are the reason they made it to the playoffs.
564353
--> Leafs fan in Toronto.\nBut I'd agree with anyone who Say's they stink. Simply, because they do.\nI no longer attend games because I believe management doesn't really care if they win or lose. The Leafs make $$$ anyway.\nEvery friggin game is sold out, win or lose.
585398
YES... same with Leaf fans but Oiler fans sure take home the fruit cup award. I was watching the news after they beat Detroit and this one guy was clapping and skipping like a fairy.
215690
Lidstrom is the best, but Chris Chelios is in the same class with him.  The Red Wings are fortunate to have two great defensemen like those two.  Both are locks for the Hall of Fame when they finally hang 'em up.\n\nBobby Orr was a great player on a great Bruins team, but he was an offensive defenseman.  I was a hockey fan (Red Wings of course) in the years when Orr was the leader of that Boston team along with Phil Esposito, Gerry Cheevers, John McKenzie, Derek Sanderson, Johnny Bucyk and others.  Orr was an original, a defenseman who was offense-minded.  He strayed from the blue line more than any d-man had up to that time.  He scored a lot of goals, but was often up ice so much that it put a lot of pressure on the other defenseman.  Great player, but for pure defense, I'd take Lidstrom or Chelios any day.
131478
(His name is spelt DuNois)\n\nHow can you people be so absentminded?  Notice how the question doesn't say "current hockey player"?  How can you not think of Gretzky, Howe, Lemieux, Phil and Tony Esposito, Bobby and Brett Hull?  This is just a small fraction of the greatest players in the world.
1129792
Not just in the playoffs; fans do that at all levels of hockey all season long.  As others have said, fans do it to question the eyesight of the on-ice officials, implying that poor eyesight is why they make bad calls.
922561
It's the fans who are voting. He's a low key guy and not a charismatic one. He just lets his saves do the talking. I'd rather have the GMs or player vote.
602938
"ef" the Wings.  They do the same thing every year: cruise through the regular season (mostly due to a division) and then choke in round one or two.  I'm glad they're out just so I don't have to see Shanahan or Chelios break a hip.\n\nI'm from Minnesota so I still have some attachment to the Stars.  I thought Turco would have done better.  I like Modano, and I wanted to see him lift Lord Stanley's Cup up one more time.  But he might break a hip too pretty soon.