Brad Marchand has been considered by many to be among to most hated players in the NHL for many years now. Time and time again, he proved that he's a fierce competitor who never shies away from a challenge and speaking his mind. Combining all these traits, we can understand why he wasn't appreciated by his opponents. However, a recent poll made by <i>The Athletic</i> revealed that Marchand isn't the most hated player in the NHL anymore. <h2>Other NHL Player Beat Marchand as Most Hated Player</h2> <div align='center' style='padding-top:20px;padding-bottom:20px;'><img src='https://i.marqueur.com/habsetlnh/i/photo/372794.webp' width='100%' border='0' alt='image' loading='lazy' defer /></div> NHLers were asked to fill out a survey to determine what's the general opinion of the players accross the league. For the category Who's the player in the league whose face you most want to punch?, Marchand didn't win. Indeed, he had only 14.7% of the votes, being dethroned by a surprising player. With a whopping 28.57%, NHLers voted on Florida Panthers' Nick Cousins as the players they most want to punch in the league. Considering Cousins was involved in many dirty plays in his career and always gets away with it, it's completely understandable to see such hatred towards him. Even NHL analyst Kevin Biaska had enough a while ago and completely blasted Cousins and the Department of Player Safety. <div align='center'><blockquote class='twitter-tweet' data-lang='en'><a href='https://twitter.com/MissinCurfew/status/1743804935983243589'> </a></blockquote></div> Completing the top five of the most hated players are Matthew Tkachuk, Michael Bunting and Conor Garland. Are you surprised that Marchand isn't the most hated player in the NHL anymore? <div align='center'><blockquote class='twitter-tweet' data-lang='en'><a href='https://twitter.com/TheAthleticNHL/status/1752694615143309595'> </a></blockquote></div> As seen on Hockey Feed - <a href='https://www.hockeyfeed.com/nhl-news/brad-marchand-dethroned-as-the-nhl-s-most-hated-player?fbclid=IwAR1wLVMdrHBu6saDapnQOSwD04uu_0NrirXkdjwJth6w3RecXFxxpFG6ImI' class='lien_marqueur' target='_blank' rel='noopener'>Marchand dethroned as the NHL's most hated player.</a>