lol, your much kinder then i was. please looka t my rant thread

That’s what my friend,my sister and I have been saying since the series got started—-that the Red Wings are just a bunch of drama queens. Some of our other friends—-a bunch of CRosby-haters—are making a big deal out of it too,posting stuff about it on Facebook. And I don’t know if anyone else noticed or not,but whenever one of the Wings went down with an inury,or an “injury”,they made it seem like they were dying,while the Penguins on the other hand,went down,and it nearly took a miracle to get a call made on it. And was it just me,or were the referees really quick with the whistle whenever any of the Pens barely touched any given member of Detroit,but took their sweet time when any given member of the Wings nearly took someone’s head off? I thought so…

Agreed, and it’s not like they were truly waiting for them. If they believe in the handshake as much as they say they do, they’d wait themselves. It’s absolutely childish that they found one thing to hold onto in defeat, and they’re whining about it.

That said, I’m sure they have to handle the media, who bring that question up, and they just didn’t like it. Draper is the guy I think is pathetic in this, because he hyped it up, and, frankly, has had a bigger impact on the Stanley Cup after it was over.

I’ll say it again, Wings, you know victory, you seemingly will always maintain a championship caliber team, but for goodness sake maintain your dignity in defeat.

PS. LeBron will always be the lowest of the low for explaining himself as, “I’m better than them. Why should I have to shake their hands?” The Wings aren’t there. Fair comparison, but these guys are more so just creating steam on a non-issue.

why should sid personally go out and find each and every wings player? they should have made themselves more available to him if it was that big of a freakin deal. and besides, its not like he didnt shake anyones hand. he in fact did make his way to the line, there is video proof of him shaking a lot of players hands. its probably all just because lindstrom was so embarrassed that he didnt put that last shot in, he couldnt and instead wanted to spare himself the pity.

even when we claim full bragging rights, theres still no way to celebrate it. sheesh.

Crosby should’ve shaken their hands…it’s tradition and the right thing to do. That said, there’s no reason to cry about. It’s not a “snub.” Crosby was late and headed to the line too late. He’s 21 and he just won the Cup: he probably forgot about the handshake until he realized all of his teammates were standing in line in the middle of the ice. Wrong, but not a big deal.

Well said. Thanks for hitting up this subject. Frankly I couldn’t bring myself to buy into the drama because of the sheer fact that it DOES take away from the Pens’ victory. As a blog dedicated to the Penguins I try to touch up on all things Pittsburgh be it good, bad, controversial or self-gratifying. But when it came to this ridiculous hype in the wake of the team’s championship (one we’ve all been waiting 17 years for) I couldn’t see the sense in it.

That’s not to say you didn’t do a great write up, it’s just that I felt the subject was one we could afford to avoid a day or two after the Cup win.

The handshake or no handshake wasn’t a big deal to me. I can’t believe people are STILL making a big deal out of it. I think it’s dead but the media keeps dredging it up since we’re now in the “slow time” of sports news, especially for hockey writers.

I just wonder if it’s symptomatic of anti-Crosby sentiment among players in the league rather than plain sour grapes at losing in the cup Finals. This isn’t the first time we’ve heard it come out that there are players that just don’t like Sidney Crosby.

You can include me in that group — Draper and Zett should get over it and move on.

As a Wings fan, who admittedly didn’t watch the first 3 rounds of the Eastern Conference Playoffs, I absolutely expected Malkin to win the Conn Smythe. I gained a lot of respect for Malkin in the Finals as he obviously put his heart, soul, and weight into the games. He threw the body around, and I think it was his fight against Zetterberg that really made me take notice. I suspect I wouldn’t see Crosby throwing punches like that.

In last year’s finals Malkin was obviously a shell of himself and the difference between last year and this year was night and day. So much so that based on my limited viewing I thought Malkin should wear the C instead of Crosby. You are welcome to tell me why I am wrong but that’s my perspective from the best playoff series I’ve watched in years.

I can’t believe this is still brought up. Z and Drapes, get over it. Sid got swarmed by his teammates, then got pulled away by the media. A 21-year old kid just realized a dream, give the kid a break! (I’m old, 21 is a kid to me now, no disrespect intended, btw). If this keeps up for a few more days, I’ll stop calling one of your players a crybaby and give that distinction to some of the Wings. This should be a non-issue, wish the media would treat it as such.

Thanks to Wings fans for offering the other side’s perspective.

Not at all surprised that Draper whined after the game. He’s been a whiny little bastard his entire career. I am surprised by Zetterberg though. I thought he had more class than that. It should be a non-issue. The fact that the RWs are whining about it is laughable. And hopefully it will come back to bite them in the arse someday.

its the loosing teams obligation to stick around long enough to congratulate the winners with a handshake for a game/series well played; not the other way around. its a good point that franzen shook sid’s hand and if i remember correctly he had to go to crosby (could be wrong about that but i thought i heard someone make that comment during that week).