I already said it. I can't help it if others cannot read correctly, or refuse to. showing emotion at winning and losing is human. Attacking other players after you lose is not what a professional sports player does.
I'm sorry things don't make sense to you - that's not my fault - I can't help you there. Bobby Clarke and Reggie Leach had good stats, too, but were know more for their fighting ways. Now don't jump to conclusions like some on this board will - I'm not comparing Malkin to Leach and Clarke, just saying "great" stats doesn't mean you have the maturity to play without getting into fights with other players after the game is over and your team lost, or even if your team won! Few penalty minutes shows that the Pens won more games than they lost, so Malkin had nothing to get upset about. Great stats doesn't prove a player has the maturity to play in the top league.
Of course, what I say can be silly to you, just as what you say is silly and irrelevant to me - that's our prerogatives.
Here’s what you said in the post I replied to: Obviously you can excuse the petulant behavior shown by Malkin throughout the playoffs, acting, or at least looking like, a 10 year old kid playing pond rink hockey - grinning like a kid on Christmas when his teams wins, and ready to throw a temper tantrum because he didn’t get a puppy for Christmas when his team loses.
You’ve got nothing in there about attacking other players. And then when I asked what was wrong with showing emotion you said nothing. So indeed it IS your fault that what you’re saying doesn’t make sense, because what you’re saying doesn’t make sense.
Actually what shows that he indeed has the maturity to play without getting into fights with other players after the game is that he’s missed a total of 4 games in 3 seasons. Those kind of fights result in suspensions, which he hasn’t had.
I’m a Flames fan not a Guins fan. What you’re saying is silly because... well you’re saying silly things. You’re saying a guy with this awards list:
* NHL Rookie of the Month - October 2006, November 2006
* Calder Memorial Trophy (NHL Rookie of the Year) - 2007
* Michel Brière Rookie of the Year Award (Pittsburgh Penguins’ Rookie of the Year) - 2007 (shared with Jordan Staal)
* World Championships All-Star Team - 2007
* NHL All-Star Game - 2008, 2009 (starter)
* NHL First Star of the Month - February 2008
* NHL First All-Star Team - 2008
* Hart Memorial Trophy nomination - 2008, 2009
* Pittsburgh Penguins’ Most Valuable Player - 2008, 2009
* Art Ross Trophy - 2008–09 NHL season
* 2009 Stanley Cup Champion
* Conn Smythe Trophy - 2009 Stanley Cup Playoffs
doesn’t belong in the league. And backing it up with NOTHING except some vague and statistically unsubstantiated claim of him attacking other players when he loses. That’s just plain silly.