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Malkin No ‘Puck-Hog’
by Paul on 12/08/08 at 12:55 PM ET
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from Empty Netters,
We know complaining about Don Cherry being a bigoted rube is like complaining about water being wet. It’s just one of those things that’s never going to change. That’s why we don’t take Cherry seriously and you shouldn’t either.
We actually like Cherry. He’s an entertainer. He’s an act. A very good one at that. But nothing more. How can you take a guy who wears daisy-printed suits seriously?
But this jab against Malkin is pretty pathetic. Labeling him as a puck hog is clearly incorrect.
Update 5:00pm ET: More on Malkin from Darren Eliot at SI,
Malkin seems at ease wherever he plays, either at his natural center ice position, shifting to the wing, or manning the point as he has done this season with injuries to point men Ryan Whitney and, particularly, Sergei Gonchar. Malkin is growing as the powerplay quarterback in Gonchar’s absence. It is yet another sign of his development that was accelerated last year when Crosby went out of the lineup with an ankle injury.
When I asked Crosby if he was surprised by Malkin’s calm demeanor while handling the puck at the blueline, he chuckled, noting that, “Gino is calm in everything he does. There could be ten guys out there and he wouldn’t rush.”
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well cherry generalized from the one play he saw and disagreed with. malkin had a wide open sykora to pass to but decided to shoot instead to get the hat trick, so in that case he could be looked at as a puck hog bc he should of gotten his teammate a point. but anyone who watches malkin knows he’s not a labeled puck hog, so just like you ignore every other generalization he makes just ignore this one too.
Posted by just ignore on 12/08/08 at 05:02 PM ET
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Way to go, Empty Netters, on responding to this blowhard, and taking his moronic rambling seriously, thereby looking like retards themselves.
I wonder if they get in arguments with the barefoot homeless guy yelling gibberish at the bus station too…
Posted by Garth on 12/08/08 at 02:25 PM ET