Comments on: This Crosby Is No Dynamic Duet Partner

By: Brentwood

Brentwood — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 17:45:40 +0000

Cathy W. at least you are honest. It’s cool, as a Penguin fan I hate the Flyers. I don’t hate the Caps, a team has to be a threat before you hate them. The Caps are becoming that. Until now the Caps have always been the team the Pens love to draw in the playoffs. It’s cool. I think the unwanted attention that Pens fans are talking about has nothing to do with the clothing line. A man would be a fool to turn down marketing money. The NHL foisted The Kid into the spotlight, THAT is not something Crosby requested. He turned 18, was put under a microscope and was told to represent the league. By the time he was 19 they began to market him as the best player in the league. Not his choice and never once in an interview has he ever referred to himself that way. Caps fans have been very defensive of Ovechkin since both were rookies because of the Pens history of beating the Caps. You folks didn’t want to finish second again to another young star, so from the time the first rookie of the month award was handed out to Crosby instead of Ovechkin the vitriol started. By attacking Crosby nonstop, don’t you see how you are in turn actually being defensive about Ovechkin?
And there are plenty of Caps fans on the Penguins blogs so don’t all of you act so holy HOCKEY PLAYER.

By: Cathy W

Cathy W — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 16:12:49 +0000

Since when do Pens fans read this blog? Oh right, you didn’t say that Crosby is the savior of the known universe. Since when is one prohibited from ever saying anything that is not 110% super positive about this guy? The Pens fans’ comments come across as being way too defensive. Crosby is a good player, but I am so sick of the league having focused only on him and not all on the deserving young players that I just don’t want to hear about him. At this point in time, I don’t buy that all of the attention is still just totally beyond his control, is still just all is being forced upon him, and that he is just a victim of unwanted attention. Oh yeah, he was made to do that clothing line. But, none of this really matters to me because he is a Penguin. As a Caps fan, I hate the Penguins.

By: Hockey Player

Hockey Player — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 20:30:57 +0000

Why does these kinds of mass vitriolic attacks happen with the Penguins? It seems everywhere the Penguins go, their fans attack anyone who has anything other than praise for the team. I don’t think these “fans” represent the majority of Penguin fans. However, their actions come to speak on behalf of all Penguin Nation. They aren’t doing their team any service. These actions are only causing people to further entrench in any negative feelings they have towards the Penguins, their fans, the city of Pittsburgh, and anything remotely related to Pittsburgh. To the Penguin fans who troll through here and feel a need to go on the offensive towards anyone who has anything less than praise for the Penguins: Your behavior is not going to cause people to rethink their opinions of the Penguins. Instead, it reinforces any negative feelings people have towards your team. But, most importantly, you are horrible ambassadors of the city of Pittsburgh. When you speak/write, you speak/write as a representative of the city of Pittsburgh. Rightly or wrongly, when people who have been on the receiving end of your comments/vitriole meet and/or see someone or something from Pittsburgh, they will think of you and your comments. Certainly, these thoughts will not be positive. Caps fans, when you respond, you speak on behalf of Mr. Leonsis, the Caps franchise, Caps fans everywhere, and the city of Washington. Please don’t engender towards DC and the Caps the same feelings the Penguin fans who troll through here seem to be engendering.

By: den

den — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 16:46:06 +0000

you’re clueless…the more people outside of the burgh who hate him just proves he is that good. it is called jealousy…
ps, look up!…wait, sorry, no cup banners up there are there!?!!? boo hoo

By: Birdie

Birdie — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 15:34:52 +0000

Hockey Player, thank you for that thoughtful, non-aggressive post. I figure you deserve a shout-out for that, considering all the crap you’re taking ffrom Pittsburgh fans who apparently have nothing to do all day except post insulting comments here. (I can barely find enough time to keep up with OFB and JP, let alone go around posting nastiness on another team’s blog. Do Pittsburgh fans not have to work or soemthing?)
Stay Classy, Pittsburgh fans!

By: Hackhamster

Hackhamster — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 12:58:29 +0000

Wow, still feelin the love from the Pens fans:
“Good luck in the playoffs”: Actually, the Caps have a pretty good record vs all divisions in the East:
vs East: 31-8-5
vs Atl: 12-2-3
vs NE: 11-3-2
vs SE: 8-3-0
So, I have a pretty good feeling about the Caps in the playoffs this year (well, as long as we don’t play the Flyers, they seem to have our number this year).
The Pens OTOH, not as good but at least over .500 (23-20-5), but only because they are 11-0-5 vs the SE minus the Caps, against whom they are 0-3-0.
Funny thing about these numbers, this means the Pens are 12-20-0 against the rest of the East. Go on and blame it on Gonchar not being around up til last week, but heck, the Caps played well over .500 for most of the first months of the season as the freakin Washington/Hershey Bears.
(mmmm, chocolate….)
“Crosby leaves Penguins practice with sore groin”:
Um, did Boris Valabik skip practice after getting five-holed by the Kid? Man-up Sid!

By: Brentwood

Brentwood — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 11:43:57 +0000

My bad and my apologies to SGTCARON, comment was intended for OrderedChaos instead.

By: Brentwood

Brentwood — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 11:28:51 +0000

SGT Caron, I’m a reasonable man, but not a whiner. The comment about the lottery ball bounce was not whining, it was an observation and it was factual. The Penguins had the worst record in the league that year, thanks in part to the dumping of Jagr’s salary and character on Leonsis. The odds favored the Penguins getting the first pick in the draft that year and by all accounts that pick would’ve been Ovi, which would’ve left the Caps with Malkin. If that had taken place, this blog would be populated by comments about how Malkin is a better all around player than Ovi, and how Ovi, while talented, is for some reason, devoting parts of his energies to head hunting. As for the Crosby lottery ball, there is not denying that was luck, but had that luck bounced Washington’s way then this blog would be devoted to defending the Kid and not ridiculing him. Why? Because if you watched the Kid play 82 times a year instead of 5-10, you would know how hard he plays every night, and the crap he puts up with. This blog is focusing on one game, on one day, which featured a team playing it’s third game in less than four days and a Kid playing on one leg and with the remnants of the flu still crusing through his system. Most of the bloggers here would call in sick for a couple days if they had the flu, not lace up skates and take on a Russian freight train skating at your head at 25 miles per hour. I love Ovi, he is great to watch, but that does not mean that other players of equal ability are dogging it.

By: SgtCaron

SgtCaron — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 11:03:15 +0000

ORDEREDCHAOS: Lets see now, you beat a 10th place team, but can’t beat a playoff team. Good luck in the playoffs.

By: Feltes

Feltes — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 02:46:04 +0000

I had a blast reading this flamboyantly articulate article. Yes… gayer than hell, but well written and funny.
Post-article comment browsing proved to be even more fun. I love to hate the Caps (not nearly as much as I love to hate the Flyers, but…). I love that you hate the Pens. I love that Crosby is a Penguin. I applaud his talent, work ethic, maturity, humility, and leadership.
I think AO is great… likely to go down as one of the greatest ever. With that said, anybody who thinks Crosby is not at least his equal is allowing emotion to supersede the fundamentals of rational argument. The facts have been stated throughout.
Where will they each be in 3 years (at the ages of what? 24, 25, 26?)? Who knows. I look forward to having the opportunity to watch it unfold.
Pittsburgh is dirty -
http://www.michaelmccumber.com/collections/pittsburgh_night/