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Booing Brian Campbell Is Wrong
by Paul on 05/18/10 at 06:41 AM ET
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from Cam Cole of the Vancouver Sun,
Proof positive that no honest-to-goodness bad blood has developed yet between the San Jose Sharks and Chicago Blackhawks?
The fans here boo Brian Campbell every time he touches the puck.
Brian Campbell, for gosh sakes! The carrot-topped Chicago defenceman is a sweet skater and a nice puck-handler but he isn’t anybody’s idea of a villain. But evidently the good people of San Jose have memories like elephants, because two seasons ago — for all of two months — Campbell was a late-season rental who elected not to re-sign with the Sharks when free agency season opened.
The fans ought to throw him a parade. No knock on Campbell, who had cost the Sharks a first-rounder and winger Steve Bernier to acquire from Buffalo, but his decision to sign in Chicago that summer made San Jose GM Doug Wilson go beat the bushes for another offensive defenceman, and the result was Tampa’s Dan Boyle.
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More than anything, I think Sharks fans are pissed over how bad Campbell was in the playoffs two years ago after trading for him.
Posted by nosferatu from oh on 05/18/10 at 12:56 PM ET
this is my reason for the legitimate booing of campbell: tripping penalty at 8:15 in 4OT, Game winning power play goal at 9:03. game winning goal because of poor effort.
Posted by sinas8 on 05/18/10 at 02:18 PM ET
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Sharks fans are idiots. What do you expect?
Posted by scotts0 from New York on 05/18/10 at 09:26 AM ET