Today's obligatory Crosby-Ovechkin comparison - 11

Tuesday, 30 November 2010 09:53

Written by Seth Rorabaugh

Before we get into this too deeply, let's make one thing clear regarding the alleged slew foot by Sidney Crosby on Rangers forward Ryan Callahan last night.

If it's Chris Conner or Max Talbot delivering this hit, it's not big news. But it's Sidney Crosby. When he sneezes, NHL.com writes a story about how it's the best sneeze since Jaromir Jagr had one in 1997-98. Anything Crosby does is amplified.

And the same applies to Alex Ovechkin.

Ovechkin was given a minor penalty for that hit on Thrashers Rich Peverly last season and was assessed a fine. If Brooks Laich delivers that hit, no one cares.

Are the hits similar? A little. We would argue that Ovechkin's was less subtle. But if you follow the NHL with any regularity, you should know better than to expect NHL discipline czar Colin Campbell to hand down justice with any sense of consistency. For all we know, those two hits could be as drastically different as an a horse and airplane in Campbell's eyes.

The bottom line is stars get more attention for anything do. Even it it's something fairly insignificant like this.

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written by eman41, November 30, 2010 - 12:27 PM

Hard to be fined for a slew foot when you don't actually slew foot the guy...and the victim was the one who initiated the contact.

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written by dusty72, November 30, 2010 - 12:51 PM

TSN made a huge deal about the Ovechkin slew foot and Darren Dreger immediately reported that it was being reviewed by the NHL. I take that to mean he used his contacts to make them aware of it. I think both plays are a trip and all trips can be very dangerous so not sure why a slew foot gets any more attention than a trip with the stick.

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written by bastage42, November 30, 2010 - 01:20 PM

I dunno, I think it was a slew foot, albeit subtle as Seth points out. And it was definitely interference on Callahan's part. But Crosby knows where his feet, elbows and arms are. If he redirects a puck into the net by accidentally sneezing in the direction of the puck, we marvel at his physical abilities.

I'm all for battles, but it's still a dangerous play. I wouldn't quite put it in the intent to injure category, but I hate seeing those types of things.

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written by canadian_bacon, November 30, 2010 - 01:39 PM

*t was a slew foot, though subtle and Callahan did initiate the contact with interference.
To compare, OV's was more blatant and I'd say more dangerous doing it so close to the boards. Peverly went in feet first.

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written by eurydice_krg, November 30, 2010 - 11:06 PM

Adding my voice to the chorus...

NOT A SLEW FOOT.

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written by djbst75, December 01, 2010 - 12:01 AM

well with idiot bloggers like Wysh taking their personal bias to the world wide net it is hard to avoid these overblown stories. Puck Daddy is a fool and I find him and his cronies to be absolutely wretched. smilies/cry.gif

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