Sergei Kostitsyn Bolts Team And Earns Second Suspension
by Robert L on Oct 21, 2009 5:39 PM EDT
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Confirmed by just about every source imaginable except the Canadiens so far, Sergei Kostitsyn has apparently left the team and has been suspended a second time.
Should more news come down, I'll do my best to post it here.
If so, he has essentially hung out his NHL career to dry.
There will be much ensuing talk about how GM Gainey has managed this case, and undoubtably many will say that Sergei should have been a part of the Canadiens lineup from Day 1.
True, that!
Of course, personal issues and conversations remain unknown. Still, was there a better potential top 6 forward to fit alongside brother Andrei and Tomas Plekanec?
Until it is proven otherwise, the answer to that would be, "No, there is not."
Bottom line for now, is this a real noggin scratcher. Couldn't the communication lines have been a whole lot clearer.
Emelin, Perezhogin, Valentenko and now Sergei.....
A shameful waste, this all is.
UPDATE 5:45
Apparently, this is now an all blown saga, as CJAD is reporting that Sergei is expected to be on the flight to Texas for the Bulldogs game tomorrow night.
The latest scoop....
CJAD SPORTS HAS LEARNED SERGEI KOSTITSYN HAS HAD ANOTHER CHANGE OF HEART
AND AFTER GOING AWOL AGAIN, SUSPENDED AGAIN BY THE HABS,
WILL TRAVEL WITH BULLDOGS TO TEXAS THURSDAY MORNING
AGENT IS UNAVAILABLE FOR COMMENT
SERGEI REFUSED HIS ORIGINAL DEMOTION TO HAMILTON AT THE CLOSE OF TRAINING CAMP, AND MAY HAVE HAD A DEADLINE IN HIS HEAD FOR RETURNING TO THE NHL. HE'D ASKED FOR A TRADE, BUT GM BOB GAINEY IS NOT GOING TO BE ACCOMODATING.
NOW SOURCES CLOSE TO THE TEAM SUGGEST SERGEI HAS ENDED HIS 'WILDCAT STRIKE' AND WILL BE ON THE BULLDOGS' FLIGHT TOMORROW MORNING TO FACE THEIR AHL RIVALS IN SAN ANTONIO.
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It is unimportant whether he is talented enough for the NHL
Plenty of better players than him have been sent down to the AHL without quitting twice.
He is part of a generation that has been raised with a sense of entitlement, same as Valentenko, Perezhogin etc. I can understand why they leave for the KHL, NHL glory
doesn’t necessarily represent the same to them as it does to us.
There is no excuse for is behaviour and there is no blame on the Canadiens for their management of him. This is the culture that cultivated the roster blow up, if he wants no part of it and refuses to grow up, go to the KHL. If Gainey allows him to force his hand, the precedent is set.
ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. You do not let your children run your household. THis is ONE INDIVIDUALS fault, and unless somebody else is privy to the conversations the Habs have had with him, anything else is speculation.
Act like a man Sergei!
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by Wamsley on Oct 21, 2009 6:59 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Totally
I completely agree with you man, they should just cut him if he’s going to be such a drama queen. He’s gone up and down between here & Hamilton before in the same season, no reason to believe he wouldn’t again. wow, just wow, sergei.
Los Rangers se dejen de cojudeces o mañana desayuno en el jardin.
by Creme Drops on Oct 21, 2009 7:47 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I agree with your post..however, nobody will act like we want them too.
I’m not to sure how the coaches go about treating and treating with their players on the bulldogs. I remember growing up and playing a B league and acting like a fool till, a coach saw my skills brought me up to AA, mentored me and i completely changed my ways..
I believe the brothers need a father figure around there, AK seems to be adapting easier but SK needs some attention one way or another. I say bring him up, get him a good entourage and we wouldn’t have to worry about him anymore .
by jon paine on Oct 22, 2009 5:50 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Really a shame.
The second line? Why not try Lapierre there (LW)? Metro is back and the way he played in the first two games he´s good enough to center the third line (with Latendresse and Pacioretty). Lapierre is fast, physical and he scored 15 goals last year playing on the third and fourth line. So why not try it?
by Torres on Oct 21, 2009 7:09 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Perhaps the lines of communication are not as good as they should be but perhaps we have just been drafting a bunch of prima-donna bitches.
SK is not good enough to put up with this bullshit. Send him home and he can take his brother with him too, so we can make room for a “lesser talented” North American player who will at least show up.
Why do I somehow think SK would be a natural fit as a Leaf?
by nyhabsfan on Oct 21, 2009 10:55 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Sergei: you’ve got 4 points in 4 games in the AHL. Keep that shit up and you’ll get back to the NHL… maybe even as a Hab. Don’t jeopardize your own career! Your brother went through WAY more time in Hamilton than you did.
Hockey blogging can't get any flatter.
by saskhab on Oct 22, 2009 6:09 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
He’d be back by Monday had he refrained from throwing that last tantrum. But then, he would’nt be the Siahrei we know and love, no?
Now, we’ll have to wait for two weeks before we actually have a number #2 line. Unless Lapierre is that secret ingredient?
sigh
by Olivier on Oct 22, 2009 9:41 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
SK74
Sergei got dinged in the head in the first period last night in the Bulldogs game and did not return. He was diving, stick first to try to poke the puck away from a Rampage player and get it over the blueline when his head collided with the player. It took him a moment to get up and skate to the bench, but he did not return. I hope he is not out long as I have always liked him.
by David K in SA on Oct 24, 2009 2:53 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
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