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Originally Posted by LeslieAGD

Not only do I dislike Sidney Crosby because the media has built him up and shoved him down our throats, but he just seems to have this smug attitude that I can't stand. One of the things that I like about hockey is that most players are not as full of themselves as in other sports like football and basketball, where the players are always saying how great they are and how much the other team/players suck.

I don't feel like searching for video clips, but here's a recent example...After the Wings won Game 4, all the announcers were talking about how Zetterberg saved the game by tying up Crosby and his stick at the side of the net during the 5-on-3. Zetterberg and Lidstrom were at the media desk taking questions and they both kept talking about the overall team effort and not congratulating themselves. They both talked about how the Pens are a strong team and played a good game, too. Later, they showed Crosby at the media desk taking questions and all the reporters wanted him to talk about the 5-on-3 and Zetterberg's play. Crosby repeatedly said that he didn't think Zetterberg did anything special, that the play was ordinary, and that anyone could have done it. Sorry, but that's the talk of a crybaby teenager who can't give anyone else credit, not the way a captain should be representing himself. If he couldn't suck it up and say something appropriate like, "I guess it was a good play," then he should have just said, "I'll have to watch the footage later," and moved on. Jerk.

Pssshhhhht. And that is one of the reasons I am not a fan of Crosby. Why not just admit he was beaten by Zetterberg. It was a smart play by him to go and tie up Crosby's stick, otherwise that would have been a guarenteed goal.

I agree that the octopi tradition is gross. I can only imagine what octopus guts do to the ice when it is swung around like that.