Evileye said:I just replied to someone else who said this and I'll say it again...
Ovechkin brought that on himself.
If he showed class he would have been shown class.
Russian Fan said:OUTWIITED, OUTPLAYED, OUTLASTED !!!
As simple as that.
Congrats TEAM CANADA, this was by far the BEST CANADIAN WJC TEAM EVER.
It could now be put along the best Russian teams ever ............................. Just kidding.
CELEBRATE AS YOU SHOULD ALL !
David said:You are talking about Class?...and on behalf of Ovechkin? Boy, that's a good one!
True champions play with broken arm like Kevin Lowe, with broken ribs like Saku Koivu, with broken leg like Davy Ellot.
They do not show boat and rub salt into the wounds of their opponents then two days later make a public display of a sore shoulder to make sure that the whole world sees his excuse for quitting and then walks out on his team. What a SHAMEFUL DISPLAY for himself, for his teammates and for his country.
This OVECHKIN is nothing more than a CLASSIC CASE OF A PRIMADONNA QUITTER!!!
This is the guy who wants to be like Owen Nolan??!!?? Gimme a break! He was a whining little brat of a boy back when he was flopping around on the ice when he was 16 and he has not grown up one little bit!! The best thing for him at this time is a big slice of humble pie and he just got a little taste of it. He's gonna have to do a lot of growing up if he wants to be a man.
THIS is why I would take Malkin over this quitter any time!
Indeed.....INSTEAD kick a whole TEAM while they're down like Alexander and Malkin did Monday night......right?FINNtastic said:NOT to kick a man when he's already down. That just isn't right. I have never witnessed anything like that before.
What goes around comes around!! Ovechkin took too much upon himself...Tume said:Wow, some Canadian fans are quite sore winners... you should be happy about your victory rather than mock Russia/Ovechkin/whatever...
19bruins19 said:First team all stars:
G: Marek Schwarz
D: Dion Phaneuf, Ryan Suter
F: Patrice Bergeron, Alexander Ovechkin, Jeff Carter.
Russian Fan said:OUTWIITED, OUTPLAYED, OUTLASTED !!!
As simple as that.
Congrats TEAM CANADA, this was by far the BEST CANADIAN WJC TEAM EVER.
It could now be put along the best Russian teams ever ............................. Just kidding.
CELEBRATE AS YOU SHOULD ALL !
Epsilon said:See, this is what I find hilarious. He gets insulted because a few years ago he got cross-checked in the back but immediately came back on for the powerplay, and then gets insulted now because he went to the dressing room for an injury in a blowout game.
Astute observation if true. If the Russians split the two stars if tells the tale. That didn't seem to work in any other game they tried it.EroCaps said:for the record, wasn't on the ice for any of Canada's goals. Malkin was -3.
Epsilon said:See, this is what I find hilarious. He gets insulted because a few years ago he got cross-checked in the back but immediately came back on for the powerplay, and then gets insulted now because he went to the dressing room for an injury in a blowout game.
EroCaps said:Ovechkin voted best forward, and for the record, wasn't on the ice for any of Canada's goals.
EroCaps said:Bergeron MVP
Ovechkin voted best forward, and for the record, wasn't on the ice for any of Canada's goals. Malkin was -3.
Full Congrats to Team Canada!
TJF said:Well when you only play for a period your plus minus shouldn't be effected that badly.
Tume said:Wow, some Canadian fans are quite sore winners... you should be happy about your victory rather than mock Russia/Ovechkin/whatever...
Boucicaut said:Well, you wouldn't believe the 'compliments' that got thrown at me after the World Cup of Hockey final here in Toronto. To honour Team Finland's great run, I decided to walk through downtown Toronto and the celebrating crowd to my flat, wearing Team Finland jersey and with a big flag. It took 45 mins. and I have never been insulted so many times in my life before. Great fans, ganging up on a lone fan of the other team. I was a bit surprised, because Team Canada had won after all.
However, I still wouldn't say that Canadian hockey fans are the scum of the earth or anything like that, because there are lots of classy, intelligent and polite people as well. Some of them here on the boards.