Capitals’ Semin:  “What’s so special about Crosby ??”
Kuklas Korner — ... .  Greg posted a very interesting article concerning an interview with the Capitals’ Alexander Semin. ...

Semin: What's So Special About Crosby?
FanHouse — ... , where he's conducted a wide-ranging interview with the NHL's next superstar, Alex Ovechkin's teammate, Alexander Semin. Like most Russian hockey writers, Chesnokov seems to have the ability to connect with Russian players in a way that few North American hockey writers seem to be able to connect with their North American counterparts. ...

Afternoon Delight: Interview overload
IllegalCurve.com — ... Greg Wyshnyski posts a great interview with Alexander Semin.  He’s been arguably the best forward in the NHL this season. ...

October's Most Popular Posts
Japers' Rink — ... One-Timers "You have got to have character in the playoffs.... Every game is not just a game, but a real battle. You don't come out to play, you come out to fight." - Alexander Semin , 10/28/08 ...

What Was He Thinking?
Faceoff Factor — ... In an interview with Greg Wyshynski of Yahoo! Sports today, Washington Capitals winger Alexander Semin had some harsh words for Sidney Crosby. When asked about how he felt he stood in comparison to Crosby, Evgeni Malkin, and teammate Alex Ovechkin, or if there was a rivalry between the youngsters, Semin let Crosby have it.“What’s so special about [Crosby]? I don’t see anything special there. Yes, he does skate well, has a good head, good pass. But there’s nothing else,” Semin told Wyshynski. Then, Semin implied that Crosby is “dead wood,” and questioned why the NHL has ...

Caps at Sabres Tonight
WNYMedia.net » BfloBlog — ... with his ailing Grandfather and will miss tonight’s game. Frankly, that sucks as a fan because I have really come to appreciate Ovechkin, and was looking forward to watching him. Still, it’s not like the Caps are without weapons, what with Alexander Semin doing OK this year. I advise you to go read the whole thing. ...

What's so special about [Crosby]? I don't see anything special there. Yes, he does skate well, has...
PensBurgh — ... Washington Capitals' Alexander Semin

Semin Unloads On Sidney Crosby In Interview
SPORTSbyBROOKS — The Capitals’ Alexander Semin , despite having a funny name, has a wicked slapshot. He’s tied for the league lead in points, but that’s not why we’re featuring him. We’re featuring him because he’s got some choice words for the NHL’s Golden Boy. (And also because it gives us a chance to post some of the best Sidney Crosby photoshops floating around out there. Sidney Crosby Semin chatted with Greg Wyshynski of YAHOO! , and naturally the subject of Crosby, the Great North American Hope, was raised. Let’s just say the term “dead wood” was used. Many ...

Washington Capitals Semin disses Crosby
postgameheroes.com — ... In an interview with Greg Wyshynski of Yahoo! Sports today, Washington Capitals winger Alexander Semin had some harsh words for Sidney Crosby. When asked about how he felt he stood in comparison to Crosby, Evgeni Malkin, and teammate Alex Ovechkin, or if there was a rivalry between the youngsters, Semin let Crosby have it. “What’s so special about [Crosby]? I don’t see anything special there. Yes, he does skate well, has a good head, good pass. But there’s nothing else,” Semin told Wyshynski. Then, Semin implied that Crosby is “dead wood,” and questioned why the NHL has ...

On Semin on Crosby
From The Rink — ... It was nice to hear Don Cherry offer a defence of Sidney Crosby tonight on Hockey Night in Canada after the nonsense that the Capitals' Alexander Semin spouted a few days ago. ...

Semin Takes Advantage of the Limelight While Ovechkin is Away
The Steel City Sports Fan (Penguins Edition) — ... But how does he use the opportunity? Not so wisely since he takes shots at Sidney Crosby and makes himself look like a complete ass in the process. YAHOO!'s Puck Daddy recently interviewed Semin and here's what he had to say about Crosby which has everyone talking: ...

NHL News From Around The League - Nov. 4th, 2008
Movable Type System Activity — ... for the month of October. Semin had 16 points in nine games in October. He also isn't a fan of Sidney Crosby. Hendrick Lundqvist of the New York Rangers and Shea Weber of the Nashville Predators were the second and third stars. Pittsburgh's Evgeni Malkin, who tied Semin in scoring in October, did not make the list. ...

Alexander Semin Calls out Vanek?
Die By The Blade — ... Last week it became really big news when Alexander Semin called out Sidney Crosby as just another player.  It became big news on the web as well as on TV.  What didn't become big news was the comment that may have been directed at Thomas Vanek.  Semin did an interview with Puck Daddy where he talked about many different issues, some hockey related and some non-hockey related. ...

Sidney Crosby responds to Alexander Semin's comments...sorta
PensBurgh — ... Washington Capitals' Alexander Semin Well Sid fired back with a response of his own that wouldn't necessarily herald  as much attention, but at least puts the situation to rest.  Maybe... ...

Sidney Crosby addresses Alexander Semin's Comments
Movable Type System Activity — ... where Crosby responds to Semin's comments from last week. “It’s not like I need a reason to be motivated,” Crosby said. “I feel like I’m a pretty motivated person anyways. I don’t feel like that kind of stuff changes the way I play. I’ve been criticized before. It’s one of those things I have to deal with. I don’t read into it a whole lot.”Last week Alexander Semin had a few things to say about Sidney Crosby when he spoke to Puck ...

The Morning Skate: Khabibulin to Jersey? Seems Unlikely
Slap Shot — ... (and Shelly incorrectly listed the source of the interview as Dmitry Chesnokov of Sovetsky Sport with the transcript being translated into English. In fact, it was done by Chesnokov but for Yahoo’s Puck Daddy blog not Sovietsky Sport.) So they asked him. Sid responded, “I’d be better off keeping my opinion to myself, I think. He can say what he wants, but I’ll keep mine to myself about him.” Crosby called Semin “a good player” with “great hands.” He added that individual rivalries are “healthy for hockey,” agreeing they help promote the sport in the United States. “I don’t ...

Is there ANYTHING cool about the Florida Panthers? ... The news cycle!
Cycle like the Sedins — ... " to Alex Semin's interview where the forest fire-hot forward asked what was so special about Crosby and expressed his preference for Patrick Kane's game (as well as Pavel Datsyuk's stickhandling abilities). Crosby must love dealing with these "he said she said" comments all the time, although that's the price you pay for big Reebok contracts and media adoration. My guess is that Semin - known for being quiet though that might be a language barrier issue more than anything else - simply let his guard down in the company of a fellow ...

On Star Power, "Dead Wood", and The Game
The Goose's Roost — ... Last week the big news in the NHL was Alexander Ovechkin back in Russia spending time with his grandfather. While he was out, another Alexander made some noise with some news of his own, which I'm sure you've heard by now. ...

More Morning Look: Fedorov Has a Fan
D.C. Sports Bog — ... that night. Maybe next time roses would be better. I'm told that Fedorov was very appreciative of the gesture, if a bit taken aback. And since it's hard for one man to handle 475 flowers at once, he gave many of them to the team's office staff. So everybody wins. Except the Hurricanes. (It's been a pretty juicy time for Caps blogs, as you might have noticed , but just in case you're a Redskins fan marooned in these parts on a relatively slow week, read especially about Semin and Ovechkin having ...

Top Shelf: Semin, Satan, Clowe: Stooges or Scorers?
The Big Lead — ... Capitals 3, Hurricanes 2: Sidney Crosby’s new best friend Alexander Semin scored two goals in the final three minutes. There was an Alex Ovechkin sighting! He set up all three Caps goals. ...

Semin Speaks Up
On Frozen Blog — ... Last week OFB joined Greg Wyshynski of Yahoo Puck Daddy fame in posing questions to the then NHL scoring leader, Alexander Semin on an off night for the young Russian who's enjoying a remarkable breakout season. ...

Lost in Transition: Old Media Remains Three Strides Behind Dmitry Chesnokov
On Frozen Blog — Once again we are indebted to Dmitry Chesnokov for bringing us news the mainstream media couldn't. You may have heard: our Alexander Semin recently shared a few reflections on the Obama of our sport with Chesnokov, which appeared in the Russian newspaper SovetskySport. Now that the uproar has settled (a bit) over Semin's truth-telling, it's appropriate and instructive to reflect on where we are in our 3.0 world of hockey coverage. ...

I Freakin' Love Max Talbot
Pittsburgh Sports and Mini Ponies - Pittsburgh Sports Videos, Humor and Crack Analysis. And Ridiculously Small Horses — ... : On a rough opening month to the season - "Before the last game of our journey, against the Blues in St. Louis Michel Therrien made us understand that it was time to turn the page in our head at the same time as the calendar page. The month of October was over and even though our results were not disastrous, we could be lucky to have a winning card and it was time to start from new, find our positivism." On Alexander Semin's now-famous diss of Crosby - "According to [Semin], Crosby is a good player among many others and [receives] more attention than most stars of the ...

Olie Kolzig Chimes In On Semin/Crosby
Japers' Rink — ... On a lighthearted afternoon in Anaheim not long ago, the Alexes and Green huddled in the visitors' dressing room, speaking the common language of young, wealthy hockey players: bling. Semin showed off a gold necklace with a blocky number 28 dangling. As weighty as Semin's tricked-out jewelry may be, something heavier has hung around him since late October. Chatting with a D.C.-based correspondent for Sovetsky Sport in a question-and-answer session that would run on yahoosports.com, Semin revealed that Miracle on Ice was the last hockey movie he'd watched and that Washingtonians ...

Evgeni Malkin Speaks on Crosby, Detroit and Marriage
Movable Type System Activity — Yahoo's Puck Daddy has posted another translated Russian interview, this time with Evgeni Malkin. While not as explosive as the interview with Alexander Semin, there's still some interesting stuff here. The line that everyone is paying attention to is: Sidney Crosby is following right behind you. Why is this player hated by a lot of fans? "Maybe because of his behavior? But I think that Crosby is the best player. And those who are in the spotlight are always not liked." ...

My 10 Favorite Storylines of 2008 (Part I)
On Frozen Blog — ... going to say it anyway. To be sure such lists are seasonal sausage, and Greg was among the first to suggest that the distinction is as much entertainment as high honor, but consider that puck daddy debuted just this past spring, and by mid-summer Greg's work at Yahoo was the talk of the digital hockey kingdom. His site is a compendium of hard hockey news and uproarious, occasionally crude, and consistently, delightfully irreverent commentary. Hardly a surprise that the biggest, most talked about hockey story of the season to date had its genesis at puck daddy. ...

Top 11 D.C. Sports Moments of 2008
D.C. Sports Bog — ... votes: Monk and Green enter the Hall (while I'm in China)....The Nats open a new stadium in storybook fashion ....Georgetown establishes utter local hoops dominance ....Maryland sees two visiting players in two sports vomit on the field of play....Kornheiser takes the buyout ....goodbye to Gunston ....Dmitri Young's would like an extra large please....Jim Fassel is stiffed again ....Alexander Semin is quotable ....so is Craig Sager ....and so are golf fans in the year of No ...

CK's Guide to Hatin' the Pens
Capitals Kremlin — ... It is only natural that you should boo Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin. While many think the rivalry is between Crosby and Ovechkin, it is actually Ovechkin vs. Malkin. A new battle has emerged in Semin vs. Crosby after Alex Semin's interview with Puck Daddy. ...

The Peerless Prognosticator is ON THE AIR!!! -- Caps vs. Penguins, January 14th
The Peerless Prognosticator — ... eight minutes in penalties this year, leads the team in blocked shots, and is second among defensemen in takeaways (although that is not a statistic this defense can call a hallmark), all in 20 solid minutes of work a night. He is just a solid, dependable, consistent player. You know you’re going to get the same level of performance most every night. He could draw the top-line defensive responsibilities tonight. Washington: Alexander Semin You know why. Well, here we are…after the big December, and it’s like the credit card ...

SportsCenter and Colbert Feature Yahoo! Sports’ Puck Daddy and Big League Stew
Mr. Irrelevant — ... First, SportsCenter anchor Steve Levy mentioned and quoted Puck Daddy’s landmark interview with Alexander Semin as a lead-in to the Caps-Penguins highlights, referring to Puck Daddy as “Yahoo.com”: ...

Another Russian Fueling the Fire
Bangin Panger — ... S - It is probably Crosby, just like everyone says, just like Semin said recently. It is true that [he gets] a lot of attention. If you ask me, I think Semin and Ovechkin play much better than Crosby. ...

Critiquing the Critics: Well...Kinda...Not Really.
Bangin Panger — ... Major props to the Rooshians havin' a little fun. No props to Crosby for takin' the high road. Let him have it, he's just Semin, for God's sakes just look at his name. If anything, these hilarious via media exchanges make for good clean goonery when they meet up next. ...

Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Washington Capitals [Preview/Open Thread]
PensBurgh — ... Alex Semin caused controversy by saying (or being misinterpreted into saying) that he didn't see what was so special about Sidney Crosby, and that he preferred Patrick Kane as a more skilled player.  Semin must be a hard man to impress, after all he's had a front row seat into seeing Crosby's phenomenal numbers against Washington; Sid has 23 points [7 goals, 16 assists] in 13 career games.  Semin's petulance just adds to the little brother factor, even if he did privately call Crosby and clear the air with him about the ...

Crosby and the media spotlight
From The Rink — ... , but I can see why Alex Semin made the comparison earlier this year. There aren't many 21-year-old athletes with anything compelling to say, especially when faced with the same silly questions everyday, but I think Crosby's beginning to catch on and offering a little more than some of his peers. ...

The Red Sea Parts. PENS ADVANCE
The Pensblog - A Pittsburgh Penguins Blog From Behind The Veil Of Cryptic Online Identities — ... Remember how Semin jobbed him in back in October? [ PUCK DADDY ] What was going through Semin's mind when he saw Crosby on that breakaway from his own blue line in Game 7? ...

The 2008-2009 season, by the "tens" -- Wingers: Alexander Semin
The Peerless Prognosticator — ... And we haven’t even mentioned the whole “what’s so special about Crosby?” matter. Or Semin treating the Verizon Center crowd to his bongo stylings against the Rangers on January 3rd… ...

2008-09 Rink Wrap: Alexander Semin
Japers' Rink — ... therein lies the dilemma with a still young and developing Sasha Semin.  With the ice as his canvas, he's a master artist.  He possesses breathtaking natural talent for executing a myriad of critical elements of the game of hockey.  To watch his artistry, which has only been further refined and enhanced during his young career, is to be reminded of why the game is so captivating.  And for all of his supreme skills, Sasha is well within his right to, rhetorically, ask "What's so special about [Sidney Crosby]?" and declare that "[Patrick Kane] is a much more ...

Top Ten Capital Moments Off The Ice - Part I
Capitals Kremlin — ... #7. Alexander Semin Actually Says Something - He's quiet, shy, and somewhat reserved, or so we thought. What happens when you combine Alexander Semin, a Russian journalist and Puck Daddy? A great quote that fans rallied behind but ultimately turned into a foot-in-mouth moment. ...