analysts can be critical and they should be. But Milbury has hate and range when he talks about Ovie, same with guys like Cherry. I don't know why, I don't know if the Russian Redwings days is still salty to Canadian boys or what, but they don't like Ovie. I honestly think they would hate on Malkin too if he wasn't crosbys sidekick.
I also think there is a level of pandering to the larger fan bases. Its why teams like phili/nyr/detriot/Chicago get treaded differently. Teams that carry the ratings are going to get smashed like we do because more TVs will get turned off if Milbury was crushing Lundquist or Toews.