Ice Scoopz: A National Hockey Lea...Disgrace

A sad sad morning in the world of hockey with this mornings tragic events.

Gary Bettman and the NHL have reached an all time low this afternoon as well. While Russian emergency crews pull the charred bodies of their countrymen and National heroes to many, Sid "The Kid" and the Pittsburgh Penguins embarassed the National Hockey League with a 30 minute press conference. I'm pretty out raged by the fact the NHL still had the decency to go through with the conference after the horrific crash. Not only was it poorly timed it was 30 minutes of trash. Nothing the hockey world didn't already know ether or nothing that couldn't have been summed up in under 5 minutes. The NHL's latest attempt to market and exploit a star player by using his injury to get attention for the league. This isn't the first concussion that has happened. No-one held a live National televised conference for Marc Savard when he was recovering or even when now his playing future is in doubt. I've recently heard from a family member Savard struggles to even travel by any means because of his injuries. Does Mr. Bettman really care? No because he isn't marketable. Sidney Crosby should be embarassed by his actions today, and his rival Alexander Ovechkin who he is often compared to would have more decency and allow Nations to mourn instead of flooding the media and taking attention off a day many will remember for ever due to the pain, suffering and voids left on 43 families for the rest of their lives. Fatherless kids and a heartbroken Nation are not important as Sidneys poor head, and by the way according to his doctor he's at 80 to 90% and will play again. Ask the doctors if the players involved in the crash will ever play again, it's highly if the sole hockey survivor Alexander Galimov who suffered 3rd degree burns to 80% of his body will ever play again. Because of this senseless press conference many North Americans will be clueless to what happened in Russia and now will remember today as the day Sidney Crosby told the world he will play again and feels better not the day 43 members of Yaroslavl Automotiv died tragic deaths. Sidney Crosby should hang his head in shame after this embarassment to hockey. Mr. Crosby can now call up his NBA counterpart Lebron James and discuss the finer points of being puppeted by their leagues and to being embarassments to their sports with disgraceful press conferences. God have mercy on him if any money was involved in this conference. Oh and any Sports media or even worse regular media outlets covering the Sidney Crosby conference should also be a ashamed in their actions today by broadcasting it.

My deepest and most sencere condolences to all the friends and families effected by todays crash. My thoughts and prayers go out to all of you. For the rest of the day I will not report anything not Yaroslavl realated out of respect.

-Mike "Scoopz" Sharina