Why did Malkin say yes to his country and why didn't Crosby?

[leafsfan2point0]

I see what you are saying but i woke up and went out the day after Canada was eliminated at this thing and you know what? Not a soul mentioned a thing about the loss, nobody!!

And I hardly heard a thing after we won games either.

Now the olympics,well, that was a whole different matter. Each game was a endless daily rant on the streets with the people.

What I am getting at here is that you say Canada was humiliated but the vast majority of Canadians did not even know it was going on.

Trust me, fans in Canada watched and were on edge every day as they waltzed to Gold in sochi.They feel anything but humiliated these days.

The word humiliated does not even come into play by losing in a tournament most don't even know is going on.

Agree 100%

 

[Canuckistani]

Probably, it is Russia after all.

I can see them saying "we've had our revenge" to make themselves feel better about the Sochi debacle, but do they actually believe it?

If Canada had lost in the QF in Vancouver there's no way I'd celebrate if we then won the WHC against some of the worst rosters in recent tournament history.

 

[YWGinYYZ]

Because Canadians don't care about the WC and there is no pressure on Crosby. If Crosby never played in another WC, no one would lose a moments sleep in Canada.

No one? I enjoy the WC's, and as far as I know, I'm Canadian.

Regarding Crosby: we have no idea what sort of physical shape he was in after the PO's. Having already played in the Olympics, it's quite possible he simply wanted down time.

I would rather put it as: good on Malkin for going to both the Olympics and the WC's.

 

[Canuckistani]

Not saying that there were no Canadians upset by our loss to Sweden, but most Canadians were unaware that this tournament was even going on, a fraction of them followed the tournament, and an even smaller fraction of those were upset by our loss.

You're obviously one of the more indifferent Canadians when it comes to the WHC

Canada lost to Finland, not Sweden.

 

[Anderson9]

Canada is better at hockey than Russia. That is a fact. Get over it.

Try and prove it then. At any level. You Canadians showed good results in '03, 04. and 07. What the hell happened since then?

 

[The Bad Guy*]

Try and prove it then. At any level. You Canadians showed good results in '03, 04. and 07. What the hell happened since then?

It is very easy to prove.

Are being serious here?

 

[tony d]

Who cares? Crosby's the best player in the league. He has every right to do whatever he wants.

 

[Mehar]

Because Crosby doesn't care about b-class tournament called skoda cup? Nothing disgraceful in that.

Btw, isn't it disgraceful for Russia that their best players are playing in NHL, for american and canadian cities? In KHL atleast local russian fans would see their stars playing for their cities and teams.

I noticed the Finns call this tournament the Skoda Cup. Why is that?

 

[Systemfel]

No surprise, but this isn't going anywhere. Unless someone here calls Crosby and gets an answer, this thread is closed.