The Petr Sykora interview that never happened
by FrankD on Jul 21, 2009 2:58 PM EDT
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PrintProps to Woodrow Wilson for getting on this one earlier today.
Remember that interview from that last week from a Czech newspaper that suggested Petr Sykora wasn't returning to Pittsburgh? Remember all those comments about Dan Bylsma that seemed out of place from a guy who just won the Cup? Turns out they were are made up. Yup. The interview never happened.
"Everybody regards 'Blesk' as a publication that makes up about 90 percent of its stories. Petr said he saw the story and laughed. He couldn't believe it was being talked about on all these Web sites back in the states."
Allan Walsh
(Sykora's Agent)
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Maybe not everybody in the States, but I know at least a few sites that will now. (Pens Blog hit this earlier too)
While it does remain true that Sykora will not remain a Penguin next season, Walsh claims money is the real issue there. It's not like Sykora is commanding a ridiculous offer either. It's just a salary cap issue, as you can imagine.
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I figured that was too much of an asinine remark for Petr-Gun to say. Never been one to really lash out, to my knowledge.
Wonder if those Czech papers come with a Romex upon subscription.
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This makes a lot more sense, I was a little taken aback by Sykie’s “comments.” I sure hoped they were taken out of context. Honestly I didn’t understand. Dan has been very straightffoward w/the media—to a point (not disclosing the injury saying bluntly, “he’s not injured”). Considering Sykie’s slump it was reasonable for him to be benched and Bylsma said "we still have confidence in him… to score that big goal" and then in game 6 when the pens were in need of that big goal—or a big block, DB was true to his word and put all his eggs in Sykie’s basket—not something you do if you’re out to get someone. Sykie never seemed to be a malcontent and everyone including DB was praising Sykie to the sky after game 6 for his valiant effort-not vengeful as Sykie portrays it. I’m glad it was hyped for the tabloid as ppl said. I don’t blame him for leaving, but just b/c of DB doesn’t make sense. We all saw what became of Orpiks dislike for Therrien. It would have been a shame for the legacy of Sykie to be tarnished in anyway after the 2 amazing seasons he had. And we’ll always remember that he finally got his hat trick with us!
it does make a lot more sense, i hate eating my words too… well its not suprising the “journelistic integrity” is lacking there
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by oldtimehockey09 on Jul 21, 2009 5:50 PM EDT reply actions
I feel bad for Sykora, he got lashed out here (and a lot of other places).
Kind of like when Mark Cuban gets accused of insider trading (or whatever it was) the charges were dismissed this week and no one makes half as big of a deal as when the initial allegations came out. Guess that’s the society we’re in.
I still hope he signs out west though, but I have a sneaking suspicion he’ll be staying in conference (if not in the division).
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Kind of like when Mark Cuban gets accused of insider trading (or whatever it was) the charges were dismissed this week and no one makes half as big of a deal as when the initial allegations came out. Guess that’s the society we’re in.
Well it’s only right to at least get the word out there that all of the reports were fake. It’s just like how the news reports a murder or hit and run accident as a top story the day it happens but months later only gives the actual ruling a minor footnote, if at all. Unless you’re a celebrity of course. In which case you can’t go anywhere and NOT here of it.
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Glad to see...
the interview was BS. I didn’t totally buy into him actually saying that, but good to get some confirmation. Good luck elsewhere P.S
my bad
While I thought the comments in the “interview” were hard to believe, and I hoped he was being taken out of context, I was critical of Syko based on what I’d read. Clearly I should have stayed skeptical; my bad.
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I didn’t think that Petr would say something like that, he’s not one of those players.
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by pens_fan_since_birth on Jul 22, 2009 10:57 PM EDT reply actions
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