#crosby fight

[seedlessmuffins]

hello just wondering (as a fresh baby hockey fan) what ur thoughts are on crosby's little tussle at the last game .. saw a lot of comments about how the rest of the team shouldve stepped up and he shouldnt have Had to fight (the word c*wards was thrown around) but the way i saw it he was just in the right place at the right time ? so to speak ? but also idk anything so

hi anon!

here is the video of the fight if you need a refresher on what that looked like!

i think that it was mostly right place right time for crosby to swoop in, as he was the furthest back and everyone other then letang (who was the one who got hit initially) was in the offensive zone on the other side of the rink to follow the puck. crosby was on his way there, but he circled back into the defensive zone like a shark to lay his hits on the guy. i definitely think sid was the best person to do it, it was a good clean fight, and nobody got hurt just 2 minute minors on both sides!

here's where it gets complicated. the reason why people were calling the rest of the team cowards was because there are specific roles on a team, and sid's role isn't fighting. as the title of the video states, that was his first fight in four years because fighting is usually left up to either enforcers (which are players who usually play on the 4th line who are stronger and tougher) or defencemen (who are usually bigger and tougher then forwards are). the problem is, the first line was on the ice, and the first defensive pairing was as well, and there are no enforcers or classic "big strong defencemen" on the penguins first line who would traditionally fight. additionally, sid is getting up there in hockey age, he is 36 and a star player on his team, and some people think that means he shouldn't be expected to fight. he also has a history of jaw injuries and concussions (and extremely bad post concussion syndrome), so people worry about him fighting.

my opinion? nobody was a coward, everyone on the team is equally responsible for protecting their teammates, even if that means star players have to drop the gloves in preseason games. hockey culture around that is basically talk shit get hit, and that's exactly what happened. i don't see a problem with it, it was a good clean fight, they both got blows in, we got to watch a twink-off, end of story!

it's hockey season! ask me questions!

[badangle]

the smug grin when your hot feral work wife comes flying to your defence

[meyerlansky]

#hboww2rewatch timestamp roulette: MASTERS OF THE AIR, PART TWO ↳ rank has its privileges, boys.

[4axel4loop]

"the task of being alive is a sacred one" / Book of Ancestors, Margaret Atwood

[carnevol]

Egan wouldn't let us ship it to your folks. Kept saying "I expect him back."

[babe-heffron]

one fascinating thing i've noticed reading these memoirs is the tension between patriotic duty so to speak and recognising that war is really bad and no one should have to fight or die like that

[girlfriendline]

moments from the 22-23 season [4/?]

↳ that time sid had to avenge his other bitch wife - pens @ blue jackets || 13.04.23

[sportsthoughts]

sidstache nation how are we feeling? - 1/4/24

[icedbatik]

According to HockeyFights.com, Sid's been in nine fights in his career. But this list clearly doesn't include the May 2021 on-ice wrestling match between Sid and Travis Konecny. Travis would probably like to go on record as considering the oversight to be erasure of a truly spectacular tussle.

[wokegallagher]

anyway this is one of my favorite stories, i so wish they had fought

[all-action-all-picture]

Caverns of the Snow Witch by Ian Livingstone. Fighting Fantasy Gamebook No. 9 from 1984. Cover by Les Edwards, interior illustrations by Gary Ward and Edward Crosby.

[sunshine-gumdrop]

Lol! Sid needed that to cool down

[tylerpitlicktruther]

how do I feel about keeping mothers with their daughters???

uhh pretty fine actually it’s kinda what we’re supposed to do??

[martyrbat]

instead of dangerous new year resolutions that capitalize off my insecurities or dwelling on any of the shit that happened today, im learning how to knit :) im awful at it, probably always will be because FUCK my hands are so shaky—and im having a blast in making the soppiest stitches known to man and that motion alone

[ID: twenty stitches of light pink yarn on a single metal knitting needle. END ID]

(^ guy who will go through all these before getting one (1) knit stitch on)

[whatthepvck]

don't hit sibby croSBYYYYYY

[girlfriendline]

and just for me and @timbitshockey they continue to provide

sabres @ pens || 11.11.23