Wings Won't Back Down From Crosby

Monday night, Pittsburgh lost to the Detroit Red Wings in Hockeytown, but not without making some kind of a statement before leaving the building...

Sidney Crosby either enjoyed cross-checking Henrik Zetterberg as time expired, or really wanted to see if he would go...

Zetterberg, not wanting to get caught in The Kid's shenanigans, wouldn't bite...

Wings goalie Jimmy Howard took exception and joined Todd Bertuzzi in trying to explain how fruitless Crosby's idea was...

Here's a prime example as to why TBH likes Malkin and Ovechkin more than 87...
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Wings React To Crosby Snub

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Henrik Zetterberg says it was disrespectful for Penguins captain Sidney Crosby not to shake hands with all of Detroit's players after Pittsburgh won the Stanley Cup.

"I think that's one thing you should do," the Red Wings' Zetterberg said as the players cleaned out their lockers at Joe Louis Arena on Monday. "I don't know why he didn't do it, it's disrespectful."

The biggest snub after Friday night's game was to Detroit captain Nicklas Lidstrom ((pictured, thanks WJBK-TV)), who waited while Crosby celebrated winning the Cup with his teammates. But he finally left the ice with a few other Detroit players.

"Sidney was probably caught up in the emotions and everything," Lidstrom said, adding that Crosby would learn from the situation.

Here's the reaction from the now-cleaned-out locker of Nik Lidstrom, thanks to our friends at WJBK and MyFoxDetroit...