[Por_sha911]

Crosby has a reputation of whining to the refs and diving. It has gotten better in the last year or two but here's an example of favoritism IMO: 2012 playoff with the Flyers. Game 3: Crosby's cheap shots started three different sets of fights. Pittsburgh's Craig Adams and James Neal both got 1 game suspensions and Arron Asham got 4games. Crosby was allowed to skate away without even a verbal warning.

I admit that when I pine for the "good old days" of hockey I am not the one that has to go out there and take the beating. I respect the league wanting to make the game safer but I hope it doesn't wussify it for the sake of protecting those big salary players to the detriment of the game.

BTW, Claude has called out Marchand in press conferences for stupid penalties. Should Crosby attack a team mate in the press? No but why the sudden interest in making the game safer only after he gets hurt? Maybe if he had a better reputation with the players and the fans it wouldn't be so obvious.

Great player? Heck yes. Good reputation? No. (but then again, I've heard that about Marchand so maybe we are all a little prejudiced).