Wednesday, December 24, 2008

Sidney Crosby: Little Bitch

So, Four Habs Fans had this treasure on their site, and I just had to share.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cAle37zwhyA&eurl=http://www.fourhabsfans.blogspot.com/&feature=player_embedded

So. Little Sidney is back to his bitchy little tricks. Just when I started coming around on this kid, I see this crap. My first question is, how is this brat the captain of an NHL team? It's been long enough; we've waited patiently for this golden boy to grow up and start playing a man's game, and it still hasn't happened. Sidney Crosby has made himself, and his team, into a joke. Instead of these antics, perhaps he ought to take a look at the antics of another player. Maybe then he'll understand how the game is meant to be played.

Sidney Crosby has wasted his talent. He has chosen to concentrate his energies on complaining to referees, and now has moved on to taking the same cheap shots he once whined about.
My conclusion is that Sidney Crosby has now joined the unfortunate ranks of the NHL's most coddled and wasted talents alongside Vincent Lecavalier and Rick DiPietro.

There is a difference between building a team around a player, and making that player the identity of a franchise to the exclusion of all others. Like Lecavalier, Crosby has passed the point of no return. He has become used to being the golden child, and having everything his way. Players may come and go, but the team will always suffer from his whims.

While it's been interesting waiting to see Crosby grow into a mature player, it is now safe to say that it will never happen. At least now we can move on and finally declare Alexander Ovechkin the best player in the NHL. Still, I am a little sad, having witnessed a truly remarkable talent needlessly squandered.

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