Should Alzner be condemned for his words?

[Alex K]

After signing with Habs he said:

“I want to win... it was frustrating to keep getting stumped in the second round.”

and

"This is a pretty good window that we had here, and unfortunately it's not there anymore"

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[McJazz]

If he wants to win, why the hell did he sign with Montreal?

 

[acor]

He looks like an idiot now ith those quotes... And this is enough of a punnishment...

 

[tacogeoff]

People say dumb things when they are frustrated.

 

[CanadienShark]

He had the right to say it, but should have known full well his words might come back to bite him in the ass.

 

[maxbme]

Send him to the Hague!

 

[Deficient Mode]

He left for more money, not to win. Criticize him for that part. The rest makes sense.

 

[Jee]

I mean... He was right at the time, nothing surprising.

 

[David Suzuki]

Why syhould he be condemned? Even if you disagreed there's nothing really harmful in what he said. Also, it's not his fault Bergevin didn't sign Markov or Radulov.

 

[AlexBrovechkin8]

Alzner was a warrior in DC but his body is just broken and he's only going to get worse. He was absolutely awful his last year in Washington and was a big reason they couldn't get past Pittsburgh that season. I loved Crazy Karl but was happy to see him go and knew that whoever signed him to that deal would instantly regret it.

That said, I thought of him the night the Caps won the Cup. I thought of him, and Brooks Laich, and Mike Green, and Marcus Johansson, and all of the other tenured guys from the Young Guns era who kept coming up short. I imagine they're feeling a bunch of mixed emotions.

 

[CantLoseWithMatthews]

I mean... He was right at the time, nothing surprising.

He was pretty wrong about thinking the habs might be good. they're terrible

 

[Vipers31]

Not the greatest options. Yes, he had a right to say it, but also yes, it was still a dumb thing to say.

Does he required being "condemned"? Certainly not. No single person on the planet is going to feel worse about those quotes than Karl Alzner, in one way or another.

 

[StatisticsAddict99]

Can we blame him?After the Caps won the Cup Orpik even said that regardless of how dominant where in the regular season the whole team just didn’t care to win as much come playoff time. I can’t blame him, he thought it was gonna be the same story again(good regular season team bad playoff team)..

 

[belair]

That quote was awful, but he still won. Nobody else was giving him that ludicrous contract.

 

[AfroThunder396]

STOP EDITORIALIZING POLL OPTIONS. Yes or no. Don't add extraneous comments at the end.

 

[tucker3434]

I’d say not winning the cup this year was punishment enough.

 

[Klaus3154]

Players often try to sound confident in their signing choice. They always make it sound like they went to the better team. He was too brazen with his remarks though and it just so happen to blow up in his face big time. His stupidity is enough punishment

 

[Cor]

"Should we bash this NHL Player who said this thing th"t the majority of the hockey world thought?'

 

[PuckSeparator]

LOLzner said what he said to say to satisfy his new sugar daddy Papa Bargainbin and to try to sell the idea to the fans that A) He was in a way, shape or form a useful d-man that could help the Habs win and B) That the Habs were/are not a tire-fire of a team. His nickname LOLzner is well deserved in this case, both on and off the ice, and I think his performance combined with the reemergence of this comment is punishment enough for the poor (rich) sap.

 

[Scott Malkinson]

He took the money.

He sold his soul for a few extra bucks. His grandchildren will thank him.

 

[Ceremony]

I'd suggest his contracted tenure in Montreal already qualifies as a condemnation

 

[Ryan Michaels]

STOP EDITORIALIZING POLL OPTIONS. Yes or no. Don't add extraneous comments at the end.

I agree with the sentiment here but this would have been better served elsewhere, these poll options hardly qualify.

 

[PuckSeparator]

I'd suggest his contracted tenure in Montreal already qualifies as a condemnation

4.625 mill for Pylon duties? I know Montreal has a lot of potholes, but geez... it's not quite that bad.

 

[Ryan Michaels]

Can we blame him?After the Caps won the Cup Orpik even said that regardless of how dominant where in the regular season the whole team just didn’t care to win as much come playoff time. I can’t blame him, he thought it was gonna be the same story again(good regular season team bad playoff team)..

I don't think that was what Orpik was saying, I'm pretty sure it was that winning didn't bring them any joy anymore on its own having not won it all. I could be wrong tho.

 

[Machinehead]

At the time, who thought the Caps would get it done?