Sid's post-game comments

[pixburgher66]

Now...normally these comments coming from a pro-athlete are nothing out of the ordinary, but coming from Sid?? Interesting...he was a bit outspoken about Dubi's comments and the slew foot incident. Very un-Sid like...but I think most hockey fans would be happy to see him in a bit more candid light.

From Rangers Rants:

Penguins 3, Rangers 1: Dirty play by Crosby?

The Rangers certainly thought so, as both Ryan Callahan and Brandon Dubinsky said Sidney Crosby slew-footed Callahan as Callahan was called for interference at 15:00 of the first period. Crosby, responding to the accusations in the Penguins’ room, essentially said Dubinsky should know better. Dubinsky had called it a “dirty play” as he was interviewed during the first intermission on MSG.

“How many penalty minutes do I have this year, if I’m that dirty?,” said Crosby, who has 15 penalty minutes this season. “I mean, please. Show me all those dirty plays. It’s a battle and he falls. I think Dubi has done his fair share of things out there that are questionable. I guess he’s talking again. But I’m not surprised.

“It’s a battle (with Callahan),” Crosby added. “He’s holding me going up ice and I’m trying to push him off. Is it that calculated? I’m trying to get to the net. I’m not worried about that kind of thing. If I tripped him, I tripped him. Am I dirty hockey player? C’mon. I think Dubi is smarter than that.”

Callahan said, yes, it was a slew foot but, no he didn’t want to get into a he said-he said with Crosby.

“I thought he kicked my feet out from underneath me,” Callahan said. “The ref saw what he saw. I’m not going to get into a match of words with him in the paper. It’s part of the game. You move on and keep playing.”

Dubinsky agreed that it was part of the game and the Rangers would move on and not “dwell on it.”

“I don’t want to turn this into more than it is,” Dubinsky said. “I’m not going to sit here and talk about Sidney Crosby because I don’t really care what he’s doing and I don’t really care what he does on the ice.

“He did it two times,” Dubinsky added. “The second time he was called for tripping.”

Crosby was called for tripping at 12:03 of the third period.

 

[Caps Revenge]

I'm not suprised that Sid defended himself after someone makes an allegation like that. I also think we're going to see a side of Sid that may shock some people in the upcoming HBO series. I for one will not be suprised by it as I've heard the F-Bomb fly out of Sid's mouth numerous times!

 

[pixburgher66]

I'm not suprised that Sid defended himself after someone makes an allegation like that. I also think we're going to see a side of Sid that may shock some people in the upcoming HBO series. I for one will not be suprised by it as I've heard the F-Bomb fly out of Sid's mouth numerous times!

I'm sure the F-bomb will be dropped plenty of times...I've certainly seen it fly on ice a few times...here's a side of the Caps I hope to NEVER see on HBO:
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[pixburgher66]

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[pixburgher66]

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[SLY]

I am really looking forward to that series...

 

[Darkstone42]

Crosby should have said he did in on purpose and wanted to break Callahan's leg. That would have been interesting.

 

[SLY]

Crosby should have said he did in on purpose and wanted to break Callahan's leg. That would have been interesting.

Really Crosby needs to take the Ben Wa Balls out of his ass when he skates, maybe he won't accidentally trip people.

 

[filosofy29]

Really Crosby needs to take the Ben Wa Balls out of his ass when he skates, maybe he won't accidentally trip people.

Easy tiger, tranquillo perron . I think he was kidding. Also, in fairness, if he had said that, it WOULD have been interesting.

 

[SLY]

Lol... I'm just trying to get the Crosby-lovers riled up. This board has turned into a Crosby debate since last night.

 

[Caps Revenge]

Lol... I'm just trying to get the Crosby-lovers riled up. This board has turned into a Crosby debate since last night.

I can't wait for the reaction when OV does something questionable...


...on the ice.

 

[dash]

Crosby should have said he did in on purpose and wanted to break Callahan's leg. That would have been interesting.

Sweep the leg.
You have a problem with that, Mr. Crosby?

 

[Comeds]

Crosby should have said he did in on purpose and wanted to break Callahan's leg. That would have been interesting.

Or if he said in a Russian accent "he dies, he dies".

 

[pixburgher66]

Lol... I'm just trying to get the Crosby-lovers riled up. This board has turned into a Crosby debate since last night.

Hey now, us lovers didn't start anything! In all seriousness, I'm not sure why this is such a big deal...these happen quite often in hockey (often times without the camera being on that player) and after a few comments its done, but for some reason people like to beat the dead IPW over it. I just defend Pens players by nature!

 

[BostonAJ]

Hey now, us lovers didn't start anything! In all seriousness, I'm not sure why this is such a big deal...these happen quite often in hockey (often times without the camera being on that player) and after a few comments its done, but for some reason people like to beat the dead IPW over it. I just defend Pens players by nature!

I just don't like it when the superstars get special treatment from the refs. I didn't like it when Gretzky got it, I didn't like it when Michael Jordan got it, and I'm not going to like it if Sid gets it. I can't see how else the ref got that call so bass ackwards.

 

[TheRobotDevil]

Coming from someone who hates crosby and the rangers evenly I really didn't think it looked like it was done on purpose.I've seen much more blatant attempts to injure out of avery with very little debate out of the media.also thought crosby handled his comments a little more professionally than dubinsky.but I also can't say I don't enjoy watching the rags and pens fight

 

[SLY]

Rivalries need to be reborn... Its nice to see the Rangers and the Pens going at it. I wanna see blood boil tomorrow night between the Bruins and Flyers.

 

[flyersfan4706]

New signature was inspired by Sid's post game comments.

 

[flyersfan4706]

Rivalries need to be reborn... Its nice to see the Rangers and the Pens going at it. I wanna see blood boil tomorrow night between the Bruins and Flyers.

My most anticipated game of the season, along with the Flyers/Cocks

 

[Darkstone42]

I just don't like it when the superstars get special treatment from the refs. I didn't like it when Gretzky got it, I didn't like it when Michael Jordan got it, and I'm not going to like it if Sid gets it. I can't see how else the ref got that call so bass ackwards.

Crosby's penalties drawn have been going down over the years as opposed to up, and players get away with a lot of stuff on him. He skates hard and goes through people when he does. Naturally, he's going to draw penalties.

Now, I'm not going to say that Crosby doesn't get the benefit of the doubt, because he does, and that's a product of what he's done over the years as a player, but I wouldn't go so far as to call it special treatment.

Callahan did interfere with Crosby on the play. That was a correct call. They missed the slew foot, probably thinking that Crosby was just fighting off the hold. They got that part wrong. But later in the game, they got him back with a make-up call when Avery took a run at him. Pretty much the same situation as the deal with Callahan in which both players were guilty of penalties, but this time Crosby went to the box and not Avery.

In general, these things statistically even out over the course of a season. The digression to the mean will result in superstars like Crosby, Stamkos, Ovechkin, etc. getting the better of the bad calls and guys like Cooke, Avery, Ott, etc. getting the worse end of the bad calls. But like I said before, that's just a product of how they play.