We all had to learn someway and from someone.
So You both went to a game, your first hockey game and immediatley knew what offsides/icing and the ref/linemen were for.

to quote Jules Winnfield

Check out the big brain on Brett.

And I have seen a few Pens fans who didn’t know the difference between the linesmen and the referee. I find this “our fans have more hockey knowledge than your fans” argument to be quite amusing.

Must go now…time to get my Sidney Crosby’s School of Diving T-shirt. ;0)

Now, you take that general feeling about Crosby, and then you add it the Caps’ rivalry hatred for all things Pens, and you wind up with fans showing up with signs and proctology outfits. Pretty simple really.

I really respect and like Malkin, despite of the uniform he wears. With Crosby, I only respect his ability.

Plus, the Caps have been on the bad end of the stick for so long with the Pens, so I’m not surprised that Pens fans haven’t gotten to the same level of taunting with Ovechkin or other players yet, leaving most of their creativity to blogs and photoshop. Within the Caps fanbase, there’s a seething hatred for the black and gold that goes back to the 1990s. Once (if, for those non-homer fans) the Capitals get the upper hand in this rivalry, to the point of the Capitals become responsible for killing the Penguins’ Cup hopes, then I wouldn’t be surprised to see Pens fans start showing up to home games with unibrows and caveman outfits.

And that’s good, ’cause it’s supposed to be fun.

We still get comments in Pittsburgh about Ovechkin “stealing” Crosby’s rookie of the year. And that is from commentators, I think I’ve heard a national broadcast say it even.

Also Crosby whined his rookie year while Ovie put his head down and played great hockey.

Crosby still talks, he always will, and he’s a dirty player at times. He plays hard and with emotion, and he’s dang good. Sid talks smack, Ovie taunts; Sid throws some cheap shots, Ovie takes some runs at people. They are similar in their passion and intensity, they just let it out different ways.

I like Ovie and I understand the celebration, but then I’m a soccer fan. I also love that the people who cheer his stunts in the all-star weekend go crazy when he does anything like in the regular season. Especially with all the “we need to see more passion an creativity like this in the league” comments.

Their current cast of characters (Crosby, Malkin, et. all) remind me of my younger daughter’s middle school rivals, complete with all the smack talking and gossip.

And we used wooden sticks that rarely broke when you looked at them funny, let alone try and make a shot. Global warming wasn’t a consideration, so ice conditions were better than perfect. Don Cherry was still trying to find coaching jobs. The Miracle on Ice was Paul Henderson’s goal in the ‘72 Canada Russia Series.

So take that you young whippersnappers!

but what pisses me off the most about him is his constant stick work. the kid just does not stop hacking, wacking, and slashing guys all the time. he does it when he doesn’t like a clean hit, he does it when he is frustrated, i have even seen him do it after he lost a faceoff. quit hiding behind the stick.