Someone who thinks I am ashamed of having been blacklisted by the Caps for calling out their Putin bitch captain for what he is.
There are many things I'm proud of in my journalistic career. I was the first reporter to break Evgeni Malkin's defection in 2006. I interviewed Carl Lewis, Michael Phelps and Chuck Norris. I spent two and a half hours talking to a Gordie Howe in his basement...
Viktor Tikhonov knew me by name before meeting me personally and made sure to let me know when we shook hands. I reported from the 2003 worlds with a second-degree concussion while my partner was in jail...
I've done stuff and experienced shit that's most hockey media can only dream about. But being blackballed by the Caps because I called their captain what he actually is (and because they felt they could do it to a foreign reporter without consequences) is right up there.
This is why I'm more than justified to call out hockey media for being cowards. And this is why the Caps will always remain losers, whatever irrelevant trinkets they have won by beating expansion teams.
