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In advance of today's Winter Classic press conference at Heinz Field, Penguins forward Max Talbot went on morning talk radio in Pittsburgh to discuss the New Year's Day game against the hated Washington Capitals. The hosts didn't really have to egg him on too much in regards to his feelings for the Caps' best player.
Here's the audio of the interview. And yes, we typed it all out, too:
TALBOT: I'm kinda happy [Ovechkin's] not there. I really didn't wanna see him.
*annoying morning talk show host laughter*
HOSTS: There ya go Max. So much for political correctness.
*more annoying laughter*
TALBOT: I just hate the guy.
The rest of the transcript can be seen after the jump.
HOSTS: No that's fine by me. Please don't apologize. We agree completely. See, this is why I wanted to have you on instead of that Crosby guy anyway, Max, because I know I would've gotten the PC answer outta Sid. But you just put it out there. I want the truth, that's why you're on the show today.
TALBOT: Well I can't lie, even more so for a guy like Ovechkin. Seriously, okay.
HOSTS: At what point did you realize that the animosity you had towards Ovechkin .. was more of a lingering thing?
TALBOT: Um, the first time I met him actually.
*obnoxious laughter*
TALBOT: When I met him off the ice... you know, you hear a lot of stories about the guy, but sometimes they're not true. [...] The first time I met him, let's say he didn't give the best impression to me. So it's reason to hate him even more.
HOSTS: Now, what did you hear, Max, before you met him, and what sort of led, how do I phrase this, down to your level of expectation?
TALBOT: *chuckle* I was actually at the NHL awards. Last summer with Malkin. We brought the Stanley Cup over there after the season and everything. Malkin knew Ovechkin and introduced me to him. The first impression wasn't great. I'm not really gonna say what happened, but uh, it wasn't... I was like, "okay, this guy is a real douche."
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by FrankD on Jul 27, 2010 4:32 PM EDT reply actions
post carcillo’s beat down
by OrangeNblacK on Aug 2, 2010 2:22 PM EDT up reply actions
Pre-upsetting the Flyers
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by FrankD on Aug 10, 2010 11:25 PM EDT up reply actions
Who cares what Tampax Talbot thinks anyways? He’s a talentless one-hit-wonder who, if not for his two goals in Game 7 of the Stanley Cup 2 years ago, wouldn’t even be a recognizable name. Did he even play last year? No one knows. He sure didn’t show up anywhere it counted.
His only claim to fame is that he stood next to an infinitely more talented Sidney Crosby in a subterranean neighborhood laundry mat. Kudos to him for having such a strong opinion that he can’t even qualify as to what events led to said opinion. Someone wants attention.
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by Scoops on Jul 27, 2010 4:35 PM EDT reply actions
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by FrankD on Jul 27, 2010 4:44 PM EDT up reply actions
“Scream if you’re a douche bag!”
Talbot family: YEAAAAHAHHAHAHH!!
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by Scoops on Jul 27, 2010 4:48 PM EDT up reply actions
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by FrankD on Jul 28, 2010 12:00 AM EDT up reply actions
Remind everyone again how many goals Ovie has in Game 7 SCF? None? Oh that’s right. The man was obviously jealous when the Superstar and Malkin showed him the Cup at the NHL awards.
There are two theories on hitting a knuckleball - unfortunately, neither of them work.
by BobPurkey34 on Jul 27, 2010 4:48 PM EDT up reply actions
Max = One of my all-time favourite players
What would we have to do to get Crosby on the Leafs...?
Wishful thinking never ends in Leaf Nation. For now, Go Leafs! (and Pens!)
by Leafer87 on Jul 27, 2010 4:55 PM EDT up reply actions
Ha ha ha ha ha
Yeah, Ovechkin’s really jealous of Maxine’s 2 goals and 5 assists and -9 in 45 games played last season… real jealous. I’d be surprised if you even saw a response from Alex on this rubbish.
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by Scoops on Jul 27, 2010 5:25 PM EDT up reply actions
OH that’s right! The Caps play for the President’s Trophy, not the Stanley Cup, I almost forgot. Caps season ends in the middle of April, along with Ovechkin’s. No wonder why regular season accomplishments mean so much to him.
There are two theories on hitting a knuckleball - unfortunately, neither of them work.
by BobPurkey34 on Jul 27, 2010 5:52 PM EDT up reply actions
Which player has the Stanley Cup ring on his finger again?
by Mario's Mullet on Jul 27, 2010 6:40 PM EDT up reply actions
If Talbot were a douche then he’d have a tramp stamp like Ovie.
by Mario's Mullet on Jul 27, 2010 7:19 PM EDT up reply actions
You obviously do or you wouldn’t of commented here.
The Pens fans love him…he’s one of the most popular players on one of the most popular teams in the league.
Yes, but he had shoulder problems for most of the first half and never really got it going until the playoffs.
A lot of peoplek now that Tampax Talbot, in fact, played a game last season.
You just contradicted yourself. You just said he scored 2 goals in game 7 of the SCFs. That’s when it counted. And guess what? He showed up big time.
If you’re talking about the 2010 playoffs, then, yes he also showed up for that as well.
That’s just one of the commercials he’s done, and the hyperbole about Crosby’s basement is a little over the top. His real claim to fame is his playoff performance in 2009 and that picture above your comment. Look, his stats don’t blow up at you, but the dude is a fabulous locker room guy and a great penalty killer.
It’s a well known fact that Max loves attention. That’s why everyone calls him “Superstar.” You’re only giving him more attention by commenting about this.
Look, I’m not qualifying what Tampax (lmao) said, but your making a bigger deal about this than it is. If you listen to the interview, Max (err, Tampax) probably wasn’t even being serious.
So when's October you ask? Well, here's your answer.
by PensFan8725 on Jul 27, 2010 5:45 PM EDT up reply actions
That’s two goals more than Ovechkin has in any Stanley — oh wait. Ovechkin’s never made it to the Cup. HA! Do a detect a note of sour grapes?
by Kat Sutter on Jul 27, 2010 10:53 PM EDT up reply actions
Corey Masisak....Clearly another front runner fan
PensFan8725 responded to every asinine point perfectly, so there’s no need to repeat. I would only like to add that if your going to rebuttal someone’s personal opinion of another player, then you should do just that. Why are there no rebuttals as to why ovie shouldn’t draw negative responses from his peers? Obviously rhetorical, anyone that’s seen a game knows, and there’s little things called suspensions that back it up. Its common sense players have opinions of one another, so to try and make some point that max shouldn’t have an opinion because he’s not a top six forward is a waste of an argument. If being a star winger was the only necessary piece to the game of hockey the caps would obviously have a cup by now and Russia would have a medal. And if you have a valid excuse for your ignorance, then any pens fan would be happy to inform you the grit and lock room presence that max brings, and if ovie wants to make use of that C, Im sure max would be happy to let him know about clutch performance.
by carmen mandato on Jul 29, 2010 4:30 AM EDT up reply actions
Tell em how it is, Mad Max
This just confirms what everyone already knew.
There are two theories on hitting a knuckleball - unfortunately, neither of them work.
by BobPurkey34 on Jul 27, 2010 4:46 PM EDT reply actions
Exactly. Everyone already knows Ovechkin is a douche.
by Mario's Mullet on Jul 27, 2010 6:40 PM EDT up reply actions
His goals were all a player has to remember in a lifetime
Scoring two goals in a Stanley cup final is all I would ever dream of doing in a lifetime of being a fan. It’s all he had to do to immortalize himself to Pittsburgh fans forever and to give himself and his family and his kids the stories we all dream of as kids. Ovechkin has lowered himself in the eyes of a lot of players with his dirty hits and that incredibly stupid hockey stick worship stunt that all of his teammates refused to participate in. I watched every game he played this year in the playoffs and he was not all that great
by Hockey Playoff Run SensFan on Jul 27, 2010 7:20 PM EDT reply actions
Corey Masisak....Clearly another front runner fan
PensFan8725 responded to every asinine point perfectly, so there’s no need to repeat. I would only like to add that if your going to rebuttal someone’s personal opinion of another player, then you should do just that. Why are there no rebuttals as to why ovie shouldn’t draw negative responses from his peers? Obviously rhetorical, anyone that’s seen a game knows, and there’s little things called suspensions that back it up. Its common sense players have opinions of one another, so to try and make some point that max shouldn’t have an opinion because he’s not a top six forward is a waste of an argument. If being a star winger was the only necessary piece to the game of hockey the caps would obviously have a cup by now and Russia would have a medal. And if you have a valid excuse for your ignorance, then any pens fan would be happy to inform you the grit and lock room presence that max brings, and if ovie wants to make use of that C, Im sure max would be happy to let him know about clutch performance.,
by carmen mandato on Jul 29, 2010 4:31 AM EDT reply actions
Yeah all Max Talbot is known for is standing next to Sid in a commercial and not scoring two goals including the game winner in game 7 of the Stanley Cup finals. What I understand from his comments is that he has heard things about Ovechkin from people around the league. Then he met Ovechkin and formed his own opinion which he hasa right to do. Talbot is a good and nice guy so for him to say this surprised me even considering who he said it about. He wouldn’t have called Ovechkin that if he didn’t believe it was true.
by kirblu22 on Jul 29, 2010 12:54 PM EDT reply actions
But the thing is that that’s not exactly a thing to say about another active hockey player.
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by red army line on Aug 1, 2010 10:57 PM EDT up reply actions
You shouldn’t take cheapshots on players either but that never stopped Ocho.
Put on your dancin' shoes.
by PensFan024 on Aug 2, 2010 2:55 PM EDT up reply actions
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