"Without asking for Sidney Crosby’s opinion, the NHLPA fired executive director Paul Kelly this...

"Without asking for Sidney Crosby’s opinion, the NHLPA fired executive director Paul Kelly this week. That was a mistake."

- The Sporting News

over 2 years ago J.P. 21 comments 0 recs |

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by J.P. on Sep 4, 2009 12:25 PM EDT reply actions

Sidney Crosby was not available for comment.

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by gotsparkly on Sep 4, 2009 12:35 PM EDT reply actions 2 recs

I know that’s old, but as a response to the comment, worth a rec.

by gfcaps fan on Sep 4, 2009 1:05 PM EDT up reply actions

It’s one of those horrible sights that you desperately want to put in front of each and every Cap … just as a reminder. Just to make them mad.

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by gotsparkly on Sep 4, 2009 2:34 PM EDT up reply actions

that’s a bad attempt at humor, I hope.

by RedBirdie on Sep 4, 2009 12:38 PM EDT reply actions

Did Darwin consult Sid before publishing his theory of evolution?
Did NASA consult Sid before landing on the moon?
Did English barons consult with Sid on the Magna Carta?
Did the Romans consult Sid before nailing Jesus to the cross?
Did Sarah Palin consult with Sid on her monitoring of Russia? (h/t DMG)

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by TylerG on Sep 4, 2009 12:51 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs

And by h/t I mean. ‘Stolen from.’

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by TylerG on Sep 4, 2009 12:51 PM EDT up reply actions

That was actually J.P., not me.

by David Getz on Sep 4, 2009 1:06 PM EDT up reply actions

Did you guys consult with Sid before having this secret meeting that led to Tyler’s list?

A man must have a code.

by Rob Parker on Sep 4, 2009 1:27 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs

Are you assuming it’s OK to say things that are funny if Sid hasn’t laughed at them first?

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by TylerG on Sep 4, 2009 1:28 PM EDT up reply actions

I actually have signed written consent from the commissioner of the NHL and the almighty Sidney Crosby to post that one.

A man must have a code.

by Rob Parker on Sep 4, 2009 1:39 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs

I have a signed note excusing me from stuff too. By the way, who’s Epstein’s mother?

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by Bald Pollack on Sep 4, 2009 1:45 PM EDT up reply actions

Did the Germans consult Sid before they bombed Pearl Harbor?

HELL NO!

Atta dinnin stick a who!

by Gould Old Days on Sep 4, 2009 11:24 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs

If you were wondering why the ground just shook, all Canadian media simultaneously formed a line again behind Crosby. In addition to the NHL marketing machine making Crosby the face of the NHL, the Players Association will also be asking him to fill the role of negotiator to replace Paul Kelly for the upcoming CBA contracts so that he can save all of hockey from another lockout.

Promote the game, it's the NHL, not SCHL

by kurlNdrag on Sep 4, 2009 1:10 PM EDT reply actions

I have two for this:

a) I thought this was a headline from The Onion (no, I’m not kidding)

That’s a huge lapse in judgment by the players on the executive board. It was a decision that happened in the middle of the night, so maybe they were sparing Crosby a 4:00 a.m. phone call.

Was the Executive Board doing work on the Hillary ‘08 campaign that we don’t know about?

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by Bald Pollack on Sep 4, 2009 1:14 PM EDT reply actions

I’m with you thinking it might have been The Onion.

I can’t honestly believe that a supposedly objective member of the press wrote that article. Oh, I guess I have misused the word “objective”.

by gfcaps fan on Sep 4, 2009 1:42 PM EDT up reply actions

I think the word you’re looking for is ‘objectionable’.

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by gotsparkly on Sep 4, 2009 2:35 PM EDT up reply actions

Thank you. I knew I had something wrong.

by gfcaps fan on Sep 4, 2009 11:50 PM EDT up reply actions

Always glad to help. :)

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by gotsparkly on Sep 5, 2009 8:32 AM EDT up reply actions

I don’t know, the article reads very matter-of-factly.

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by winterion on Sep 4, 2009 2:05 PM EDT reply actions

if its not satire, TSN has sunk to a new low.

by RedBirdie on Sep 4, 2009 2:16 PM EDT reply actions

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