Nikuk:
lol @ all the hate.
It was Crosby’s show, NHL fans should’ve been aware of that from the moment it was announced.
The idea is to sell / grow the league… and Sid the Kid is the poster boy. He is the face of the league. Accept it & learn to love it. He is that good, so its not as if it weren’t justified.
Overall the game shown well for alot of casual fans, or people that may have been flipping channels and found themselves watching guys playing hockey in the snow.
It would’ve been nice if there were more scoring - to differentiate the “new” NHL which is faster paced, from the old NHL where every game was low scoring and “slow”.
Still, the OT, big hitting, Crosby’s highlight reel, the inclement weather, the shootout… all great points for the talking heads to cover.
… When Crosby stepped on the ice for the shootout, I told the wife “he wins it, storybook.”If we had retained some big marquee names (Drury / Briere) then we would’ve had a little more sackriding, but thats about it.
He will never be a gretzky in my book. I would put him on part with maybe mogilny. The reason i say that is because all those marquis players from the past proke these records when you could have your jaw broken in front of the net trying to get in a good position to score and still put it in the net. Players are protected today and still can’t touch the great one’s numbers.