Crosby unapologetic for slashes
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Crosby unapologetic for slashes
For a little more than a month, Penguins captain Sidney Crosby - like most locked-out NHL players not already overseas - has been twirling around the rinks of suburban Pittsburgh waiting for a labor resolution.
With that surplus of energy comes a little boredom - and perhaps bravado.
Crosby, in a wide-ranging interview with the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, addressed Claude Giroux’s claim that he broke both of Giroux’s wrists during the Flyers’ epic first round series against the Penguins.
“I don’t try to go after his wrists, but if I caught it, I’m not sorry for it,” Crosby said. “I really like to win the face-off. I think it’s hilarious that I hear that stuff from Philly. It’s comedy to me, to be honest with you. They’re probably involved in that stuff more than any team in the league and they’re the ones always talking about it.
“I guess I’m not apologetic. I was trying to win a face-off and if I caught his wrist, then I caught his wrist. He seemed to play okay so I couldn’t have hurt him that bad.”
Giroux told the Timmins (Ontario) Press this summer that Crosby would “hack me across the wrists instead of going for the puck when it was dropped.”
Giroux had offseason surgery on both wrists. After netting 6 goals and 8 assists in the 6-game series against Pittsburgh, Giroux was limited to 2 goals and 1 assist in 4 games in the following series against New Jersey. Giroux was suspended for the Flyers’ season-eliminating game against the Devils.
He has since recovered and has been tearing up the DEL (German Elite League) for Eisbaren Berlin with teammate Danny Briere.
With at least some semblance of progress having been made in the NHL labor negotiations in the last 48 hours, this banter should whet your appetite for hockey. Remember how great that series was?
For now, back to your regularly scheduled programming.
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Hit the ahole in the stands wearing the #87 jersey.— glove69- Wait- which one of these guys has an Olympic gold medal, a Stanley Cup, an Art Ross Trophy and a Hart Trophy??— Brody033
- It would be amusing to see Cissy's jaw wired shut for 8 weeks or more...— haydtman
- Poor Claudia! I think she ruptured her uterus that night, as well. Limp wristed Sally! Filthadelphia sucks! Go Pens!— Tripper
- Flyers and Pens shake hands after Philly eliminates the Las Vegas Stanley Cup favorite in the first round:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5OM8jyj4ii8
P.S. Look closely and you can see several Pittsburgh players crying. - Of course they were. They were embarrassed, as they should have been, to lose to the Flyers. It's always humiliating to lose to a lesser team. — Tripper
- The Pens lost to a superior team. The Flyers have totally dominated Pittsburgh, both in regular season and playoff competition. Philly has won the season series against the Pens for years, even embarrassing them at the Consul Energy Center with a 5-1 regular season record and a 2-1 mark in playoff competition. The Flyers have repeatedly beaten the Pens when they were playing their best hockey, breaking Pittsburgh's 11 game win streak last year and a 12 game Pittsburgh winning streak the previous season. In last year's playoff win Philly set team scoring records with 30 goals and 12 power play scores.
- But did Philly win the cup?? So who cares about the first round. Lets point out that in the next round the Flyers were dominated by the lower seeded Devils and dispensed in 5 games. I don't understand why the flyers fan base calls Crosby a sissy and a whiner- yet they adored and defended the biggest sissy/whiner superstar in the history of the NHL-- Eric Limpwrist... Err lindros — Brody033
- Apparently Mario cared about the first round, publicly stating that he was embarrassed by the Pens' performance:
http://www.torontosun.com/2012/04/17/penguins-embarrass-lemieux
The Flyers' fans aren't the only ones calling Crosby a sissy and a whiner. Crosby was voted the NHL's biggest crybaby by other players: http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/news/story?page=0809playersurvey - Can't wait for the season to start and going head to head with the Pens again.— flyerdommo
- Giroux's a little girl with a perm. Talk about a whiner...complaining about how someone hit his wrists while taking a face-off. Grow some balls you ginger. Giroux couldn't carry Crosby's jock strap.— Philthadelphia
- Claude is such a whiner.— Sidney Crosby
- How nice it would be to see Giroux pound the tar out of Cindy in the first game between them. We all know he deserves it. For the record I don't ever want to see Cindy in Flyers orange.— racsokitty
- I can't wait until they get back to playing. I Love watching Pen/Flyers games. This is what a true rivalry is all about.— Mr Bullard
- If Syd is a sissy and he beat up Giroux, what does that make Giroux? Just saying.— Stating the Obvious
