Could not possibly agree more. I'd have rather seen him lick every player on the ice and go through the handshake line as a winner than what we saw instead.
And you're 100% right. This is the player, like it or not. If Montreal fans can support divers and whiners, Canuck fans biters, Rangers fans Steve Avery, Leafs fans Kadri, Flyers fans head-hunters like Richards, Pens fans whiners, etc. etc., we can support a top 10 NHL player with his own crap. I'm not looking to root for a nice, also-ran. I want a winner, and if that winner has some character flaws, I certainly don't care. They're not raising my kids.