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Can't wait. In-laws got us tickets to the game on Sunday.

Philly seems to have a special hate for the Pens. and most especially that little crybaby Crosby.

Should be a fun one!

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I don't understand the Crosby-hate. I mean, I'm not a fan, but he seems like a hard-working, gritty, no-nonsense, genuine all-star-calibre player. I think he's probably the most complete player in the game today. I just don't see the "Whining" people accuse him of.

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I have seen him take too many dives and embellish to draw penalties.

He knows he is protected because of his "superstar" status and he takes full advantage of it.

No doubt he is a good player, but understand the Philly mentality, though. He's good and regularly a Flyer killer, so we have to hate him.

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Heh, replace "Sidney Crosby" with "Mike Richards", and you can make the same sort of argument. I'll be booing the Flyers, 'cause, well, I like the Penguins.

Congrats on the tickets, though. That's usually a good rivalry, and a rough game.

Crosby may do a bit of diving and whining, but he certainly gets run at a lot.

Should be a good game on Sunday too!

Yeah. For the first couple years he played, he used to retaliate and beat the living **** out of the people running at him, but that caused him to take penalties. Due to Crosby's skill, this was always a net gain for the unsportsmanlike assholes running at him, and understandably got him in his coach's doghouse. So he had it impressed upon him that he was not to retaliate. This left only one option - make sure the refs are aware of whats happening...because while the league has prevented teams from protecting their stars, they haven't ensured that the referees step up and pick up the slack, and it's ruining hockey.

It used to be that if someone ran at your star player, they paid for it, and likely never did it again. If some ******* ran at Gretzky, Dave Semenko would pulverize their face, the faces of their linemates, mothers, etc. People learned not to run at Gretzky. The teams policed themselves. Now with instigator rules and game misconducts and suspensions, teams cannot protect their own, and have to rely on the referees to notice. This gives unsportsmanlike jerks free reign to run at star players. That's not how hockey was meant to be played, the Broadstreet Bullies of the 70's notwithstanding. Hitting and fighting are part of hockey, but it was clean, it was sportsmanlike, there was an honor code. That's disappearing, and instead teams just get goons to try to equalize the playing field. If you take enough cheap shots, you can bring the stars down to your level. I hate it. If they're not going to let teams police it themselves, the refs need to start calling it everytime someone breathes in the direction of marquee players, until the goons cut out the bullshit.

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Well Ali Baba had them forty thieves, Scheherezade had a thousand tales
But master you in luck 'cause up your sleeves you got a brand of magic never fails...
...Mister Aladdin, sir, What will your pleasure be?
Let me take your order, Jot it down -You ain't never had a friend like me
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Similar to the newer rules over the past few years in football that are aimed to protect the quarterbacks.

By the way, it's been awesome here in Chicago these days on the hockey front. The Blackhawks are finally true cup contenders. Their only real weakness though that might keep them from a cup is their goaltending. Huet just doesn't cut it.

Their powerplay is pretty scary. I'm wondering if they'll make a move for a top tier goalie by the trade deadline to really cement their shot at a cup. But you never know, getting deep in the play offs can really motivate a goalie to step it up a notch and play for their lives. (eg. Roloson or Ward)