pepty
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- Feb 22, 2005
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I never said Neil was as bad as Cooke or that they were equal in terms of dirty play. Try actually reading what I write instead of making inferences. I said IF Mario is a hypocrite, then so is Melnyk. That was my point and it is correct. Every owner is paying the salary of a goon (Cooke isn't really a goon. more of a agitator/cheapshot artist although again that is more in the past, bit I deigress) and for them to make public comments decrying one organization for employing them, while ignoring the fact that they do as well, is hypocritical.
I quoted where Melnyk said this is a league for elite players and that Cooke isn't one and therefore he shouldn't be in the league. He later went on to say "You will forget about guys like him (Cooke) in a year or two because they won't be playing in the league,". He is flat out wrong in that quote. Cooke is a good hockey player and will still be in this league in 3-4 years, assuming he is still healthy at his age. You may not like Cooke, you would be in a large majority of hockey fans, but the fact is that he is an NHL player and a good one at that. Your owner came off as unintelligent and irrational.
Anyway, we obviously won't agree on this issue and I am a visitor on your board so I don't want to push it anymore. So good day.
You said that Melnyk is a hypocrite because he employs Neil. Why would that make him a hypocrite? Neil is a valuable player and as has been mentioned, has a clean record. He is a hard hitting player but hardly a goon.
By the way it is not our owner who comes off as unintelligent or irrational as Mario did when he ripped the league after Crosby got a concussion ignoring the fact that he employed the worst of the offenders himself-or like the Pens fans who are rushing to defend the biggest cheap shot artist in the game, Matt Cooke, exactly the same way they did when he ended Savard's carer.
As you say, no need to come to our board to spout off your nonsense.