Yeah there's nothing wrong with it at all, he definitely spent a lot of time elsewhere and these are pros, a lot of them are mercenaries... just tells you whether or not he's a diehard flame at heart. I'd guess that guys like Tim Hunter, Loob, Fleury and co aren't cheering for the Oilers under any circumstances. I don't know about overreacting, I think in most other sports one of your best ever players saying they want their biggest rival to win a cup would be torches and pitchfork territory. I do understand why he wouldn't care that much but I also ####ing hate fairweather people and value loyalty immensely.
I doubt Theo Fleury gives a crap about the Calgary Flames. Loob does, and maybe Tim Hunter(and Peplinksi). But Newy spent more time on other teams, won more cups on other teams (and swept Edmonton on the way to Dallas’ win). He hasn’t been a Flame for 30 years and I suspect he’s far more a Dallas Star than a Calgary Flames in his own mind, given he was the GM.
I doubt Theo Fleury gives a crap about the Calgary Flames. Loob does, and maybe Tim Hunter(and Peplinksi). But Newy spent more time on other teams, won more cups on other teams (and swept Edmonton on the way to Dallas’ win). He hasn’t been a Flame for 30 years and I suspect he’s far more a Dallas Star than a Calgary Flames in his own mind, given he was the GM.
Well, Dallas should hate the Oilers too.
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If the Flames drafted McDavid, would half the country and every one at SN turn into Flames fans?
It's hard to imagine.
At least the Flames arent dripping with a pompous, entitled attitude from top to bottom. The grossest thing all these casual bandwagon jumpers have done is reward a scummy team that did nothing to earn the talent that has dragged it to relevance outside of being inept for years. Rewarding that with attention seems wrong on many levels.
They should've downplayed everything McDavid until he left. Instead they made them even more entitled.
The only really viable criticism of McDavid himself, leaving aside annoyances with the way other people talk about him or how he's covered, etc, and just focusing on his own characteristics, is that he is sometimes over the top in his attempt to get the refs to make calls that benefit him and his team.
As far as criticisms of hockey players go for things they do while playing hockey, that particular complaint is basically the least objectionable thing you can object to. Lots of top tier players have had the same allegation made against them, not without cause. It's not like he plays dangerously or takes cheap shots or anything of that sort.
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The only really viable criticism of McDavid himself, leaving aside annoyances with the way other people talk about him or how he's covered, etc, and just focusing on his own characteristics, is that he is sometimes over the top in his attempt to get the refs to make calls that benefit him and his team.
As far as criticisms of hockey players go for things they do while playing hockey, that particular complaint is basically the least objectionable thing you can object to. Lots of top tier players have had the same allegation made against them, not without cause. It's not like he plays dangerously or takes cheap shots or anything of that sort.
The only really viable criticism of McDavid himself, leaving aside annoyances with the way other people talk about him or how he's covered, etc, and just focusing on his own characteristics, is that he is sometimes over the top in his attempt to get the refs to make calls that benefit him and his team.
As far as criticisms of hockey players go for things they do while playing hockey, that particular complaint is basically the least objectionable thing you can object to. Lots of top tier players have had the same allegation made against them, not without cause. It's not like he plays dangerously or takes cheap shots or anything of that sort.
