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Originally Posted by 1990C4S
Fifth fastest to 1,000 points. He is an all-time great player. Look at the four players he is close to, and consider the era he plays in versus the average goals per game when they played.
Greatest player in the game right now.
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Originally Posted by billybek
Yep, amazing player.
Not many of that quality.
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True dat men
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Originally Posted by Por_sha911
OK I concede that prima donna was inappropriate. He's just a very talented whiny ass and for years, every time he coughed there were 3 reporters wanting to talk to him about it. He didn't get the nickname of "Cindy" in the beginning of his career on for no reason.
His team mate Matt Cooke began the end Marc Savard's career in 2010 with a hit so vicious that caused a severe concussion. That hit along with Marc trying to continue to play cause Post Concussion Syndrome that he has never recovered from. Although technically not illegal at the time, the players have a code and they all knew it was dirty. The league created the blindside hit rule 48 because of it. Not a peep from Cindy.
When Cindy gets hit and has a concussion the following January, he becomes a champion for a kinder gentler NHL. Suddenly the league officials are crawling over the top of one another to enact a much stricter rule 48 that no longer requires the hit to be blindside or lateral and penalties become much harsher. Everyone applauds.
I feel that the league has done anything it can to tilt the ice in the favor of their golden boy. When Cindy talks Bettman listens. Not even the Great One got this much sway (which is why he had to have Marty McSorley to keep him safe.
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Joe you really don't expect a teammate to dis a teammate?, (I totally agree Cooke was dirty but he did clean up once going to Minnesota). Do the Brunes talk about Marchand's dirty play? Of course not. Again we'll go to the NFL, QBs were beat to a pulp until their golden boy TB busted up a knee. A new rule was drawn up. Blame Brady as you do Sid for a kinder/gentler league. It is money driven period. You take out a golden boy and rules are written. It's not Sid's or TB problem owners are greedy. And if you care, share a few facts on your comments that the NHL 'listens to' Crosby. Even if it is a a kinder/gentler league and saves players futures I say good for the league!!!! If it takes a 'golden boy', (in both leagues), to save players from them selves then that is a good thing. Even you can agree to that, no?