E: “Growing up I was a huge fan of Mario [Lemieux], as if you didn't see that coming, but I also liked [Martin] Straka and [Alexei] Kovalev during their days with the Pens. Larry Murphy, Joe Mullen, Kevin Stevens were also up there on my list.
As far as today, I am the only person I know who owns an Erik Christensen jersey, but since his departure at the deadline, I took a liking to Malkin. I'm a fan of Gonchar, Orpik, Talbot, Fleury, and of course Sid (when he's not talking to the officials).”
A: So you agree that Sid whines sometimes?
E: “Yeah I do. I am not going to act like it doesn’t happen just because I’m a Pens’ fan. I'm not sure if it's exactly whining, or just him constantly expressing that he disagrees with the calls. I think he showed some more maturity this past season as opposed to his first two, but he still has a ways to go.”
A: Do you play hockey?
E: “I played roller hockey for 7 years, and only played ice hockey my senior year of high school. My buddies and I usually try to get a pickup game together when everyone is in town, which seems like isn’t very often anymore.”
A: At the time, did you agree with the Hossa trade, and what about now?
E: “You know, at the time I was kind of against it. It seemed like the team was meshing pretty well, everyone was starting to get healthy. Then the news broke and I was a little shocked. I'll agree that the trade definitely benefited the Pens-- I look at it as they traded Colby, Christensen's potential, and an uncertain youngster for one of the best wingers in the game.
Now that the season's over, and Hossa has gone all Benedict Arnold on Pittsburgh, I actually feel that it will make the core of the team stronger. The young guys seem to really have good chemistry, and I think that seeing guys like Crosby, Malkin, Fleury, Orpik take discounts to stay in town will only make the team stronger, whereas seeing Hossa walk because ‘Detroit offers me a better chance to win it all’ will just motivate the Pens even more.”
A: What is something about yourself that many people would be shocked to know?
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