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ut a prime example of a dirty euro is that slew foot that one Kostitsyn did to Schenn earlier in the season. Or the hit Malkin threw on that kid in LA. They play dirty, and he calls them out. Like they should be.
Oh come on, this is such a stupid stereotype, as is the "heartless rats who take cheapshots" stereotype. Yes, players like Saku Koivu, Mats Sundin, Nikolas Lidstrom, and hell, even Alexander Ovechkin (just to name a few most prominent players) clearly have no heart and don't care about their teams at all. I thought we'd all gotten past the stupid European stereotypes when Detroit won last year, but I guess not.
And yes, Cherry continually harping on those gosh darned Europeans and french Canadians is pretty racist, or at the least, xenophobic. And yes, he does attack other players, but in the main, he's willing to excuse non-Europeans and Francophones, which he never does the other way around. Key point: His defence of Jamie McLennan's slash on Franzen, which he tried to fully justify. There's just no reason to care what Cherry thinks- I like my sports commentators to be classy, articulate, passionate and intelligent. Cherry has the passion down, but without the other three, it's impossible to take him seriously.
I never said that I don't like all Europeans. Obvisouly not, the captian of my team for 13 seasons was a Swede, and he is one of my all time favourite players. I also said that I don't 100% agree with everything he says, but I still enjoy what he has to say. He has an opinion and he voices it, it's not always right but at least he has the balls to say what he wants. Yes he is getting older and senile and losing his way, but I still tune in every week to hear what he has to say. I'm not saying that everybody has to like him, but to hate him because he voices his opinion is stupid.
