Can't believe Rob Rossi is no longer on the Penguins' beat... ugh. I feel like you guys hated on him a lot, and I NEVER understood the hate. As a Flyers fan living in Pittsburgh, I thoroughly enjoyed his write-ups.
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Consummate professional. Just like our Sam Carchidi.
Does Steigerwald count for this thread? Last night he had a couple of doozies.
First was when he described the line of Kapanen, Sundqvist and Hornqvist as being "all Swedes".
Does Steigerwald count for this thread? Last night he had a couple of doozies.
First was when he described the line of Kapanen, Sundqvist and Hornqvist as being "all Swedes".
Second was when he talked about "Brian Suter".
Bonus points to Root sports for spelling Kapanen's name as "Kapenen" in a graphic.
Kunitz made a smart remark to them about having better things to do than talk to them.
And yes, he needs a reality check.
Yeah, I'm actually inclined to believe him on this. I've been worried about it since the Boston series, so there may be some confirmation bias there. On the other hand, it is obvious that some of the players weren't happy that they were losing their buddy.Listening to MM today. He was going off on some of the vets (without naming names). Said that there are guys on the team that are still moaning that their boy and babysitter Dan Bylsma got fired.
And that Kunitz was whining about having to stay after practice to talk to the media. MM: "You work 4 hours a day, and you are complaining that you don't see your family enough. You think you are the only one with a life outside of work. The problem with the Penguins is that they still have too many whiney, entitled *****es. (rhymes with witches). Too many that I don't see themselves digging themselves out of that mentality." If true, the Pen's still have a country club lockeroom culture on the team that was fostered by the previous regime. Hopefully the new FO and staff can eliminate it.
Yeah I was thinking the same thing about Malkin.
Also, can someone provide some evidence of Kunitz' supposed comments? Other than Madden whining because Kunitz wouldn't talk to him.
I'm not sure why people would rake Kunitz over the coals for apparently cutting question period short when we haven't heard boo from Malkin, our 9.5 mil per assistant captain who has a lot more time on his hands than Kunitz these days.
Not that I have a problem with either.
I'm assuming its guys like Scuds and Adams, not the actual good players who can earn their spots under a real coach. Has Kunitz ever given anyone any reason to question his character at all?
Also, Mark Madden is a blubbering buffoon and his comments should be taken with a massive pile of salt almost as big as he is. He knows hockey when he decides to act like a real human being, but his primary goal is to play a shock jock character to stir up controversy.
classic Pghkev
Yes, because answering questions from the media is such a long, arduous, torture filled, inhumane process. Those media types should be put in jail.
**** that. It's not the Captain's job to be the only guy that speaks for the team. It is especially not the Captain's job to be the only player available to the media when he's not even in the same country as them.
I can't stand Orpik, but at least he took his letter seriously. He may have said things I don't like, but I'd be lying if I said he shirked the duties that came with being an assistant captain.
If Kunitz isn't going to talk to the refs and doesn't want to talk to the media, give his A to Letang.
Couldn't agree more. Rather bizarre that common sense on such matters isn't something everyone can grasp.Exactly. When your captain is carrying you + Dupuis on his back every night that least you could do is lighten the load a little bit by taking on some of the media duties.
The whole time I thought this was the media thread.We've officially careened off the cliff here, guys. Let's keep the injury thread to injury updates please.
Many thanks.
The whole time I thought this was the media thread.