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Panthers Talk Crosby
by Paul on 01/03/09 at 04:49 PM ET
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from George Richards of On Frozen Pond,
Here’s what happened: Moments after Campbell and Maxime Talbot fought a good fight, Crosby and McLean lined up in the faceoff circle. The puck was dropped,
Crosby grabbed McLean and took him down, shaking and pulling him around the ice – without throwing a punch.
McLean cut the bridge of his nose when he hit the ice, and Crosby was sent away with four penalties – including instigating and unsportsmanlike conduct. Crosby’s fighting style has been criticized lately, especially after he repeatedly took below-the-belt shots at Atlanta’s Boris Valabik last month.
After the game, coach Pete DeBoer and McLean didn’t have much to say on the subject, but Nick Tarnasky and Nick Boynton sure did. Tarnasky’s comments to me should be construed as off the record since we were just chatting during the second break, but Boynton went off as he finished getting dressed.
We’re you hoping he’d get back on the ice? ‘‘Oh yeah,’’ Boynton said.
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I have no doubts Crosby asked him to fight, I’d be that MacLean’s answer sounded more like “Yeah right.”
Posted by HockeyJoe from Upstate New York on 01/03/09 at 06:05 PM ET
I love McLean’s expression after he wipes his face.
Posted by Ryan from Toronto on 01/03/09 at 07:29 PM ET
LOL..now that was funny…RBK 87 just doesn’t know how to fight all that well. Probably didn’t do much fighting in jrs. I’m sure that if any Florida player has a problem with what RBK 87 did, they will take it up with him the next time they meet.47
Posted by UMFan from Colorado on 01/03/09 at 09:28 PM ET
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As McLean admitted, Crosby did say something to him at the faceoff circle. After the game, Crosby said he asked him to fight, and he said that McLean said yes. Now McLean said he didn’t hear what Crosby said, yadda, yadda, yadda….
It doesn’t really matter, the game was pretty much out of hand anyway, and Crosby will be screwed if he does and screwed if he doesn’t….
Posted by Tony F from Virginia Beach, VA on 01/03/09 at 05:02 PM ET