Comments on: Bad night for Sidney Crosby; Point streak stopped at 25, lose to Isles in shootout 2-1

By: abrienza428

abrienza428 — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 13:24:20 +0000

It only started getting coverage when it was approaching 20 games and it was set to be the longest since the lockout.
Plus he’s in the Winter Classic. If Ovechkin had the streak, I guarantee the coverage would’ve been the same. It was an interesting subplot heading into the Classic.

Besides that, there hasn’t been a streak like this in a long time, with a player averaging 2 or more points per game for that long of a stretch. That just doesn’t happen in hockey anymore….it was unique to the current era of the NHL.

By: stakex

stakex — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 05:16:32 +0000

Couldn’t agree more.

besides, I fail to see the big deal with this streak. Crosby wasn’t even half way to the best point streak ever (Gretzky obviously, with a 51 game 61 goal and 92 assist streak). Crosby didn’t even come remotely close to making a run at it…. so really, why is this all we have heard about for a couple weeks now? I really fail to get it.

Rest assured that if it was Stamkos or Ovechkin with such a streak, we wouldn’t have seen nearly asm uch fan fair about it.

By: polegojim

polegojim — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 03:57:28 +0000

Not a shot on Joe’s good reporting…. but…

Paul Stastny had a 20 point streak as a rookie. Shouldn’t the NHL favorite phenom be more than just slightly better than a rookie? Ok, I admitedly prejudiced… and sick of the Crosby phenom.

I’m glad it’s over so the hockey world will remember that others are actually playing the game well.