Why is Winnipeg hectoring Kovalchuk?

by ThisPuckingGuy on Jan 14, 2012 3:36 PM EST

It doesn't make much sense, does it?

There is a pretty high chance that without Kovy coming to Jersey, this team would still be in Atlanta. Not to say they weren't already nosediving towards oblivion, but that trade was the nail in the coffin.

It seems like they are doing it solely out of tradition, to keep the same attitude that the team in Atlanta had, but it seems pretty silly considering.

Thoughts?

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Because he’s on the other team and fans usually do that to opposing players like in every other sport.

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by John Fischer on Jan 14, 2012 3:49 PM EST reply actions

It makes sense to boo an opposing team, or maybe even a player when he is having a bad night (like any time he lets up a bad goal the opposing fans chant “Marty”). But to boo a player every time he touches the puck, even if only for a split second, says something else entirely. It’s not like Devils boo Kane whenever the puck touches his stick, but we would do that to Avery, Lunqvist, or Gomez simply because we have bad blood with those players.

So again, what’s their hostility with Kovalchuk?

by ThisPuckingGuy on Jan 14, 2012 4:18 PM EST up reply actions

Its Dumb

There dumb, their team chokes a lead, we win. They go home.

by SantonioBurress on Jan 14, 2012 6:16 PM EST up reply actions

You should directly ask them at Arctic Ice Hockey. Personally I don’t care about them, they suck plain and simple.

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by Elektrostal_Kid on Jan 14, 2012 6:19 PM EST up reply actions

they’re the rational ones though. I doubt Desjardins and co. are as hostile as the general consensus of Jets fans and boo kovy at every possible chance.

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by Kevin Sellathamby on Jan 14, 2012 6:59 PM EST up reply actions

You are right

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by Elektrostal_Kid on Jan 14, 2012 7:10 PM EST up reply actions

They did the same thing to Heatley

Apparently, any superstar that didn’t stick around with the sinking ship that was Atlanta is a traitor. Makes little sense with Kovalchuk since the Thrashers wanted to deal him to rebuild. I guess he should have requested to stay along with Heatley in anticipation that the franchise would move to Winnipeg years later.

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by JDesthubert on Jan 14, 2012 7:13 PM EST up reply actions

Thrashers didn’t want to trade Kovalchuk. They tried hard to re-sign him in 09/10.

by nickG on Jan 15, 2012 1:42 PM EST up reply actions

Way to be a wise *. OBviously hes asking why Kovalchuk just because he played for Atlanta, it’s not random booing at him.

And Kovalchuk speeds away, great moves, busting through, DID YOU SEE THAT?

by KovyisLove on Jan 15, 2012 11:22 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs

Woa Kovyislove, are you saying that john provided a sarcastic comment? This is revolutionary and unheard of here….

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by Tim G on Jan 15, 2012 9:55 PM EST up reply actions

DING DING DING ! WE HAVE A WINNER !

Because he’s on the other team and fans usually do that to opposing players like in every other sport.

Exactly right John Fischer

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by FLYERROB on Jan 20, 2012 8:42 PM EST up reply actions

Haters going to hate

well take the 2 points thank you very much

by SantonioBurress on Jan 14, 2012 7:01 PM EST reply actions

by JTdevs on Jan 14, 2012 7:40 PM EST up reply actions

They’re just mad because they live in Winnipeg. I hear the parks are no good there.

Status quo.

by nyynygnjd on Jan 14, 2012 7:41 PM EST reply actions

Why do they heff to be mad? It’s only game.

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by Kevin Sellathamby on Jan 15, 2012 9:28 AM EST up reply actions

Bryz

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by andy6637 on Jan 15, 2012 10:25 AM EST up reply actions

"Its the letter D"

by Rory B. Bellows on Jan 14, 2012 7:42 PM EST reply actions 3 recs

wtf is “hectoring?”

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by Murdoc on Jan 17, 2012 6:56 AM EST reply actions

by elesias on Jan 17, 2012 7:43 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs

that’s a win.

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by Murdoc on Jan 17, 2012 8:12 AM EST up reply actions

I can help with this.

Status quo.

by nyynygnjd on Jan 17, 2012 1:34 PM EST up reply actions

So it’s one of them there fancy words the readers are usin’ these days, eh? Idda used Hecklin’ myself, everyone knows it and the definition fits far better than Hectorin’, but thankee fer the heads up.

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by Murdoc on Jan 17, 2012 2:18 PM EST up reply actions