Comments on: The Crosby Show, My Calder Picks, Sykora Trade, and More

By: jarcpitre

jarcpitre — Sat, 14 Jan 2006 17:06:26 +0000

I agree, Crosby has been pretty awesome, however Ovechkin has been awesome times two. He is the more complete player. When Crosby plays the powerplay he has talent around him, you can’t say the same for Ovechkin. If I were Toronto I would put Domi on waivers, I think Pittsburg would swoop up his overpaid salary. I like Domi and what he has done for the Leafs, but fighting is pretty much gone.

By: starsgirl25

starsgirl25 — Sat, 14 Jan 2006 11:33:23 +0000

same crap, different day. just stick with hockey please. and what about the irony of janne niinimaa accepting a trade to dallas?

By: mikster

mikster — Sat, 14 Jan 2006 02:27:04 +0000

I rather see that than a dive, and then a whine.

By: RaGsHoCkEy88

RaGsHoCkEy88 — Fri, 13 Jan 2006 01:50:35 +0000

id like to state my opinion here about sykora….its not rediculous that the rangers have the team they have with all the czechs, its smart because it makes the team closer together…that team is so tightly knit its great…..ive been following them and lemme tell u, whoever did this made the right moves (sather…i rather not say lol)

By: gemini_the_drunk

gemini_the_drunk — Thu, 12 Jan 2006 15:44:26 +0000

Don’t put those fans in Philly in the same pool as the rest of the US. Those fans will do anything to anybody if they know it will make you angry. That place should be called “The City of Brotherly Ignorance”.

By: PinkFloydFreak87

PinkFloydFreak87 — Thu, 12 Jan 2006 15:06:20 +0000

Crosby is very talented, which is obvious and i give him credit for that. But his actions have been very immature. Like others have said, talking to the media about the veterans was not the way to go about any problems he had with guys on the team.

I am a philly fan and I have seen every game where the penguins played philly and several other pittsburgh games that have been on oln this season, and I think it is blatantly obvious that Crosby whines to the referee's way too much. And lets not forget Crosby saying "***** you" to Peter Forsberg, one of the best hockey players in the world with stanley cups to back it up.

Crosby has so much talent but he just needs to keep his mouth shut and play. With the way that he has acted so far this season, and I know pittsburgh fans will get mad at me for saying this, but I think he needs to get the shit beat out of him by somebody and put in his place. I think he would quickly become a better more mature player because of it, and become and actual respectable young hockey icon instead of the pansy icon that he is viewed as by many hardcore and casual hockey fans.

By: canucksfansincebirth

canucksfansincebirth — Thu, 12 Jan 2006 15:03:54 +0000

I live in Vancouver, I have seen booing of anthems before but the world juniors was a little different. When the flag was being raised and the anthem was going the cameras show players on the screen, and unfortunately Jack Johnson was shown and people(almost whole stadium booed) there were cheers for Schneider(canucks draft pick) . Two teams were expected to be on Top so when Russia and U.S. played the under dog teams such as norway, swiss, finland(great goaltender) even Canada for that matter people wanted the little guys to have a fighting chance….

By: shotty71

shotty71 — Wed, 11 Jan 2006 19:17:43 +0000

Hey does anyone here actually watch Crosby play or do you just read the news articles and draw your own conclusions. I am from pittsburgh, and watch Sydney every week, yes he is young, yes he needs to mature but for a kid as young as himself, I think he handles himself pretty well. As for Kovalchuk, how can you call Crosby immature when kovalchuk skates around the ice pointing his finger and taunting, and celebrating an empty net goal like he just won a friggin stanley cup! And you call Crosby immature, OH PLEASE! And as far as the diving goes. isn’t that what happens when you hustle, and play hard people try and pull you down, and obstruct you, how come when, somebody like ed Belfour flops to the ice like he has been shot as a player skates by and grazes him is not diving, but nobody says anything about him. truth is a lot of players dive and thats what there taught, that if you feel someone on your ass and you don’t have a play then you go down if you have to to draw a penalty. DRAWING PENALTIES ARE PART OF HOCKEY! Furthermore, if you actually watch this team play you would see that there aren’t many players that play with the heart and enthusiasm that Sid and the other rookies show, so thats why its frustrating for him. So I’m glad he spoke out somebody needed to because when Edzo was coach, nobody said shit. Also he gets his ass nocked around every night, by the likes of players like Peca, and thats fine because thats hockey, but when nobody sticks up for the star player than that gets a little frustrating as well. If you don’t remember when Gretzky was a rookie, nobody was aloud to touch him, the oilers along with the NHL itself protected him, he played with guys like Kevin Lowe, Marty Mcsorley, players who would knock you on your ass if you went near him! And as far as rookie of the year, I think its still to early to tell, but if I had my pick i would probably go with the goalie for the rangers because he has been phenomenal so far. And as far as Crosby having better talent, you certainly wouldn’t think by there record, and like the other guy said, crosby is playing with friggin ouellet and some other rookie that they called up recently, so he doesn’t have better talent around him! I think they are both great now and will get even better, but its too early to judge one over the other with just a half of a year to measure. So sorry for rambling on i just couldn’t sit here and read this garbage without putting my 2 cents in!

By: Veggetto19

Veggetto19 — Wed, 11 Jan 2006 08:05:19 +0000

ok first off ive been a fan for like 12 years and second i live in pitt and ive had the chance to see both sid and A.O. and id take A.O over sid ne day of the week crosby shies away from hits and ovechkin deals and takes them crosby is a whiner and so what if A.o. cant speak english he hasnt been labeled a diver

By: Deke

Deke — Wed, 11 Jan 2006 04:23:24 +0000

Moral values ?? You deserve a BIG GIANT BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO from this Proud,Free,Happy,Safe,Medically Covered,Non-Bible Thumping,Pro-Choice,Pot-Smoking,Self-Employed Giant Hockey Fan.

Drop the political talk Mikster, you can't win this discussion...... I'd bury YOU with too many actual political facts (not opinions) that you'll wish you never brought it up.....PLEASE STICK TO HOCKEY, and leave politics to people that actually understand the seperation of church & state, the constitution, bill of rights and the people's right to privacy!!!! Moral Values ?????? Sickening :0