I don't have a problem with Ovechkin. You're right, I actually dislike Crosby much more. I just think it's funny that all that hard work in the regular season and having the best record in the NHL gets you eliminated in the first round. I think you see that more in hockey than in any other sport. All it takes is a hot goalie to steal a series and Halak was amazing from what I saw of the Caps/Canadiens series. The Caps couldn't even decide who their starting goalie should be. That's usually a recipe for disaster in the playoffs. Also, Semin and Green were nowhere to be found for the Caps. They were much more to blame than Ovechkin for the first round exit.
Then here's my question....why not create a topic that gives some credit to Montreal instead of creating on that rubs it right in the face of DC fans that have had to deal with all this shit for going on 35 years now....yes, we know we've had a bad rep of going down in the playoffs, you don't need to act like a freaking elitist about it, cause there are plenty other teams that have either never won it, or haven't won it in the longer than 35 years that the Capitals existed.
Now as for YOU Cy/MiG...allow me to dissect your obvious Crosby slurping bit by bit.
Cy/MiG said:
Because he's flashy creep who gives out cheap-shots, gets suspended and has become one of the faces of the NHL without having never won a meaningful playoff series much less a Stanley Cup.
Flashy....so a player that has scored 269 goals in the 5 seasons that he's been in the NHL, and hasn't shown the slightest sign of a swollen head is beloved in his home city is a flashy player? As far as I can tell, he's a hell of a lot less flashy than a guy like JAGR ever was.
Cheap-shots...didn't know you were averse to contact in hockey, maybe I could direct you to a less physical activity, like CHESS
Suspended...okay...he's been suspended like 2 or 3 times in his career, twice this season. Show me a player that hasn't...if I was you I would be more concerned of the folks that WEREN'T suspended, Matt Cooke, Evan Downie and Marion Hossa especially.
Face of the league without winning a meaningful series....hard to argue...but at least its not like a guy like Tracy McGrady who NEVER got out of the first round. Not only that, the guy can play like no one else...look at the goal he scored in his rookie season against Phoenix or last year's goal against Montreal or Buffalo...the man CAN FLAT OUT PLAY!!!
Cy/MiG said:
Plus he's Russian. Bad blood between the US and Russia.
Wow....and I thought FOX was bad at generalizing things....so you wanna tell me you had a problem with the Red Wings of the 90s...cause they were LOADED with Russian born players. All I can say is, I always thought that sports was an equalizer and that it didn't matter about race or nationality, because its a TEAM sport...nationality shouldn't be at all an issue.
Cy/MiG said:
He's a great player for sure, but the hate is more what I would call doubt. Because so far and much like Dan Marino or Peyton Manning was for years, Ovechkin is nothing more than a paper champion.
Now this is probably the best point you make in that entire post, and I can't argue this point at all. I'm sure there is a little doubt in the mind of a lot of people...however, Marino got there once very early in his career before he had reached his prime, Ovechkin still has a long career ahead of him, and the management of the Capitals I'm sure are going to do whatever it takes to get him whatever he needs to get that Cup....and everyone in DC will be cheering loudly when that cup is finally raised.
