Does it really make a difference?
Its like if someone asked me my favorite player growing up and I said Koivu instead of Lemieux and Lemieux scored a few goals.
Does it change who my favorite player growing up was? Its not even an insult lol
Demidov: "I Love Malkin Much Better Than Ovie"
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Its like if someone asked me my favorite player growing up and I said Koivu instead of Lemieux and Lemieux scored a few goals.
Does it change who my favorite player growing up was? Its not even an insult lol
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Big fning deal. Talk about making something out of nothing. Geez.
I can see the headline tomorrow:
Young Russian hockey player likes HHOF Russian player A over HHOF Russian player B. Russian player B, who has scored the most goals in the history of the NHL proceeds to...score more goals in protest.
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Better be careful. Ovechkin likes to knock out young russians
I agree with this. People are allowed to be individuals and honestly, if anyone ever paid attention to the way Malkin plays/played when healthy, they wouldn't be trying to shame the kid for this opinion. I'm obviously on the Ovi 'wagon, but Malkin plays/played a beautiful brand of hockey.
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Were those things goals? Because he showed him 2 goals.
Just kinda a funny answer, and one that absolutely fills the stereotype of Russians saying whatever they want. “Yes, I know I should say he inspired me and blah blah- I liked Malkin more. Why do you care?”.
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It’s disrespectful to have a favorite player that’s not Ovechkin.
He was just saying he prefers Malkin's style in his second language. People like to make stories out of anything. Pathetic
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Media op: Demidov | Montréal Canadiens
Ivan Demidov addresses the media following Saturday's practice at the CN Sports Complex in Brossard
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he has crazy eyebrows
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Peak Malkin might have been better than both Crosby and Ovechkin.
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I'm going to guess that Ovechkin doesn't care about this unlike people on here attacking a kid with broken English that didn't even say insulting about Ovechkin.
BenningHurtsMySoul
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2009 Malkin destroys any season from Ovechkin. Dude was on another planet.
Ovechkin was so mad about this. You could see it. He even referenced it in his between period interview if you read between the lines.
He was all, “Strome give me a good pass, I just try to make something happen.”
And then he said, “Yeah we’re all trying to be physical and just set the tone.”
It was on his mind all night.
He was all, “Strome give me a good pass, I just try to make something happen.”
And then he said, “Yeah we’re all trying to be physical and just set the tone.”
It was on his mind all night.
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Round 2 of Ovechkin and Caps versus Pens was next level, in my opinion. Dueling hat tricks, etc. Malkin was truly awesome against Carolina in that playoffs, though. For that playoffs, I'd say 1) Ovechkin 2) Malkin 3) Crosby.
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Without context, Demidov's quote could also read like "Ovechkin loves Malkin, yet I love Malkin in ways so intimate Ovechkin cannot understand."
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That's fine, but could the Habs play Demidov at center then?
The kid idolizes malkin more who cares lmao. Some people like Kobe over LeBron or MJ, so what 
. Malkin is also one of the greatest players I’ve ever seen in his prime.
. Malkin is also one of the greatest players I’ve ever seen in his prime.
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I'm glad he replied this way. I hate leading questions like that. They should have asked something like, "who was your biggest idol growing up?"CBC aired part of this interview during the first intermission of Game One of the MTL/WSH series...
Saturday, two days before making his Stanley Cup Playoffs debut against the Washington Capitals, Demidov was asked by reporters if Alex Ovechkin, the NHL’s new goals king, was one of his idols growing up.
“Uhhhh,” Demidov responded as he thought through his response. “I love Malkin much better than Ovi.”
Ivan Demidov on if Alex Ovechkin was his idol growing up: ‘I love Malkin much better than Ovi’
The Montreal Canadiens got a major boost at the end of the season when they signed rookie sensation Ivan Demidov to a…russianmachineneverbreaks.com
I'm surprised he was that blunt in saying that publicly before the series. You kind of expect a young player to pander more to an icon of the sport, even if he prefers another player or isn't a big fan.
See, if he had, to that question, answered that he liked Malkin, then you would have absolutely no issues with that. It would be a completely normal, no-news answer. But due to the leading question, now you think that his answer's strange.
It pretty much was framed in a way that only has one right answer: "Yes I looked up to Ovechkin, he's always been an inspiration," or whatever. It's effectively psychological manipulation, and I'm glad he overcame it and actually said what he really thinks, even if you don't like it.
Peak Malkin was the closest thing stylistically to Mario that I’ve seen in this generation of hockey.
Why are people surprised that a Russian who literally just came to the NA gave a blunt quote? Dude is in a completely new environment and English is obviously not his first language.
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So Malkin was a more influential or more favourite player. Big deal.
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