There are different journalists. My opinion of Ottawa journalists is that they don't watch hockey...

There are different journalists. My opinion of Ottawa journalists is that they don't watch hockey at all. When they fly with the team and go through the [metal detector] at an airport, their bags are filled with beer. You realize right away what these people do when they write about the NHL.

Alex Kovalev talks about Ottawa journalists like Peter Raaymakers. He also had some choice words about Cory Clouston. (translated by Puck Daddy)

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I know for a fact that Peter does not watch hockey at all

So I think I have to agree with Kovalev here. Anyone who’s read a Raaycap should as well.

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by Mark Parisi on Aug 8, 2011 12:58 PM EDT reply actions

Amazing

I can’t believe how much this guy hates me.

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by Peter Raaymakers on Aug 8, 2011 12:58 PM EDT reply actions

Stop drinking and start watching Alex Kovalev play hockey, I guess

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by Mark Parisi on Aug 8, 2011 1:02 PM EDT up reply actions

Wasn't his play the cause of most Senators fans drinking?

by Alexander Calloway on Aug 8, 2011 1:08 PM EDT up reply actions 4 recs

BURN

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by Peter Raaymakers on Aug 8, 2011 1:09 PM EDT up reply actions

zing!

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by Kevin Sellathamby on Aug 8, 2011 1:13 PM EDT up reply actions

OH SNAP

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by Mark Parisi on Aug 8, 2011 1:28 PM EDT up reply actions

Luve it!

Garrioch and Brennan have to be the worst duo in hockey journalism. I can only imagine that chubby “Malkin to the Kings” giggling like a maniac when going through the metal detector.

If Charlie Sheen played for the Leafs, the Leafs would be #winning. If LeBron James played for the Cavs, oh wait, he already did that.

by Donny1619 on Aug 8, 2011 1:02 PM EDT reply actions

But nothing will happen

Hockey writers in Ottawa have it so easy. People will read anything.

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by Peter Raaymakers on Aug 8, 2011 1:10 PM EDT up reply actions

Yay to mediocrity!

And yay to the day both of them are given a flying donut and told to f off.

Wouldn’t it be awesome if someone within the Sens, be it Bryan Murray or Tim Murray or Eugene Melnyk, to call out them and a guy like Don Cherry one day. I’d love a letter like Dan Gilbert’s.

If Charlie Sheen played for the Leafs, the Leafs would be #winning. If LeBron James played for the Cavs, oh wait, he already did that.

by Donny1619 on Aug 8, 2011 1:14 PM EDT up reply actions

I wonder what the retaliation will be like in the Sun about these comments

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by DarrenM on Aug 8, 2011 1:30 PM EDT reply actions

You are brilliant

This never even occurred to me, but you know it’s coming. Too bad Garrioch already used up the “It’s not my fault” nickname.

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by Mark Parisi on Aug 8, 2011 2:03 PM EDT up reply actions

And he tries to make up nicknames for others.

Like Bad Bounces for Elliott. I’d like to see Bruce strap up the pads for $750,000 and see how he does in net.

If Charlie Sheen played for the Leafs, the Leafs would be #winning. If LeBron James played for the Cavs, oh wait, he already did that.

by Donny1619 on Aug 8, 2011 2:23 PM EDT up reply actions

I feel like whatever they do...

…is just going to come off lame compared to this.

by dzuunmod on Aug 8, 2011 4:11 PM EDT up reply actions

Kovalev’s play was mediocre during his time in Ottawa, but some of his quotes were golden. This is a terrific parting shot at the SUN’s fine staple of “writers”. The Citizen produces some inane stuff at times, especially Adami, but they don’t tend to wallow as deep into the mud.

by DW19 on Aug 8, 2011 1:47 PM EDT reply actions

Haha

A great quote.

From what I read of the excerpt on Puck Daddy, Kovalev doesn’t really seem to show (at least in the interview) much insight as to why he himself has been criticised, but his comment about Ottawa sportswriters is golden, and what he says about Clouston corroborates other criticisms of him, so it probably has some basis in fact.

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by JonathanA on Aug 8, 2011 1:52 PM EDT reply actions