Quote Originally Posted by 771subliminal View Post
the diff with the hockey greats that had rough starts and syd are they had to earn the right to be a household name they werent shoved down our necks when they had done nothing but whine.
Gretzky was hyped and promoted as the next great thing before he even made it to the NHL. There is no difference. I blame the league more for not showing off their other great players rather than Crosby himself. He's just a dumb kid at this point.



Quote Originally Posted by Colin Vestrand View Post
i agree 100%... especially when you consider that guys like zetterberg entered the league as a nobody, yet they are clearly better than crosby at every facet of the game... better offense, better defense, better leadership... i mean, what kind of captain slashes the guy who's matched up against him out of frustration??

in the end, those outside pittsburgh, and the crosby and/or bettman fan clubs, know that cindy is not the real deal... at least, not yet.


as far as malkin goes... yet again, datsyuk is the better player. more skilled offensively, perfect on defense, just as physical, and more disciplined overall.
Zetterberg was taken 210th in the 99 draft which was one of the worst drafts ever. There was an article about it recently in the Hockey News. Alot of scouts and GM's lost their jobs for overlooking that guy. As for the slashing, every team goes after their opponents injuries. My favorite part was watching Detroit put up 3 PP goals in the second period instead of retaliating. That was good stuff.