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.
Because I made it clear in my previous posts, which you obviously failed to read - or understand, one of the two. I dislike having to repeat myself, especially to people who fail to or do not wish to comprehend what others say instead of reading what they want read of what others post.
All the statistics are meaningless when you're not talking about a player's ability . . .
WHICH I'M NOT! ! ! ! !
I'm only referring to his maturity level. Can we agree to disagree on that? I'm not saying Malkin is not a good player, but I still disagree on attacking an opposing player after the game is clearly over.
Being happy when your team wins and sad when they lose has nothing to do with ability. It even has nothing to do with maturity. We all cheer when we win and are sad when we lose.
Next year Malkin will be older (albeit, one year, but hey) and I'll probably change my mind about him then.
So stop throwing his statistic about his ability at me when I'm not talking about his ABILITY!