Trade Sidney Crosby - for a conditional pick?!

by FrankD on Jan 5, 2009 11:41 AM EST in News Comment 14 comments

I've seen weirder questions asked in my day, but so far in 2009 this one takes the cake.

Here's a small excerpt from Dave Molinari's recent Q&A at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Apparently they feel he's a superior voice on the situation who can give his educated input into such riveting user-involved questions.

Q: Should the Penguins trade Sidney Crosby while they can still get top value for him? It is obvious that his skills are diminishing and his turnovers have cost us many games. This team needs a leader with some grit!

Donny Roy, McKeesport

MOLINARI: Absolutely. Even though Crosby has been pretty ordinary for most of the first half -- no doubt leading teams to conclude that, at age 21, his best years are far, far behind him -- you have to believe Ray Shero still might be able to steal a late-round draft choice for him from some club. Well, a conditional one, anyway. If he acts quickly, that is.

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Wow, so the guy goes through a little slump (whereby he's still ranked third in the league in scoring) and suddenly he's trade bait? I'd hate to see what your reaction is when your significant other says, "Sorry, I have a headache."

And for a late-round draft choice no less? Come on. This is just ridiculous.

I read this and prayed it was sarcasm. Both the question and the response.

Please...please...tell me you're kidding and I'll put this ALL behind me.

If not, here's my suggestion: Marc-Andre Fleury has given up a ton of goals lately, Sidney Crosby is playing like crap and Petr Sykora is just 'meh.' I say we trade all three of them heads up for a box of band-aids (for the rash of injuries), a drum of ice for injuries (afterwards can be melted down for water - double value!) and a dozen game-used sticks (they're more 'broken in').

I don't even know what else to say...

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So Stupid...

In somewhat related news the LA Lakers and Boston Celtics are trying to pull off a Kobe Bryant for Big Baby Davis trade before the deadline…

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by Jon Woods on Jan 5, 2009 11:44 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

With any luck both of these blockbusters will hit within the week.

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by FrankD on Jan 5, 2009 11:53 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Honestly I can’t even tell if he’s being 100% sarcastic or not (there’s a 99% chance in my opinion) but his general approach to the entire Q&A session just irks me.

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by FrankD on Jan 5, 2009 11:55 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

It’s obviously sarcasm because you can tell he’s hamming it up with lines like “Crosby has been pretty ordinary for most of the first half” when he’s on pace for over 100 points; “no doubt leading teams to conclude that, at age 21, his best years are far, far behind him”, obviously a ridiculous statement; and the whole “if they act now maybe that can salvage something” bit.

That said, it is a ridiculous question but you always get those from fans who have no idea what they’re talking about. I remeber last year there were Capitals fans who wanted to send Olaf Kolzig to the AHL “to make a statement”.

by David M. Getz on Jan 5, 2009 2:18 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

They just picked up Huet instead – that showed HIM! hmph

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by FrankD on Jan 5, 2009 4:04 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

I read it and

the first thought I had was.. he can’t possibly be serious… so I assume he’s being sarcastic and laugh it off..

Crosby hasn’t been very productive lately… and he’s still in 3rd in points, only 3 behind Ovechkin.

by Stros Bro on Jan 6, 2009 12:33 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

My mouth dropped on that one. Those of us with knowledge of sarcastic style know that it’s quite easy to lose the tone in writing and come off as, frankly, an idiot.

Or sometimes, like I’ve experienced, it comes off exactly how you meant it to and you’re told to go f*** yourself in a playoff game thread. Ah, memories.

Let's go Pens!

by JDunman on Jan 5, 2009 12:00 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Yeah, on second look, that definitely looks like sarcasm to me.

Let's go Pens!

by JDunman on Jan 5, 2009 12:01 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Yeah it was a bit cryptic but you’re right on – sometimes it’s easy to lose the tone. I wasn’t so much ready to blow it out of proportion as i was prepare to present it to the masses, but I still feel he’s an idiot regardless. As Sean from GoingFiveHole messaged me before, “I can’t imagine the other ridiculous emails Molinari gets on a regular basis.” With that in mind, it’d probably cut to the heart of me after a while as well.

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by FrankD on Jan 5, 2009 12:08 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Molinari’s response was obviously sarcasm, and that’s coming from somebody who’s never read any of his stuff before….the question itself, who knows? Some guy having a bit of (in his own mind) fun, or being serious, it’s a silly question, and Molinari handled it with all the gravity such a question deserves…in other words, none….

by ahtrap on Jan 5, 2009 12:30 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Right on. There are dumb, dumb people out there who have questions to match.

Let's go Pens!

by JDunman on Jan 5, 2009 1:00 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

I wasn’t so much questioning Molinari’s response as much as I was the actual question. I figured the “we need a leader with some grit” comment to be sarcastic, but these may also be the same people who suggested the Pens trade and/or bench Fleury last season when he was off to a slow start. Either way it makes for good entertainment.

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by FrankD on Jan 5, 2009 2:08 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs