Avs winger blasts Corey Perry for actively trying to injure players in the postseason
Corey Perry has made a pretty good living playing on the edge. Unfortunately, when you play on the edge, you often stray across the line and that can tarnish your name, give you a bad reputation and at that point, you have lost the benefit of the doubt. For Perry, it's almost as if he's just steered into the skid and embraced being the villain.
One player who is definitely not a Corey Perry fan is Colorado Avalanche winger Valeri Nichushkin, who was recently asked during an interview in his native Russia about players who got under his skin in the Stanley Cup Finals.
"[Mikhail] Sergachev tried to poke me and knock me off balance, and I answered him. That's normal when the Cup was just around the corner. We clung to him, even if we are [both Russians]. I'll say more. In the NHL playoffs, there's a mental game with dirty elements. Everybody tries to get under each other's skin."
-Nichushkin on a player who got under his skin a bit during the postseason
-Nichushkin on a player who got under his skin a bit during the postseason
When asked what he thought about the aforementioned Perry, Nichushkin was far less dismissive of the agitation as being just a part of playoff hockey and far more critical of Perry's methods of causing chaos.
"No, I don't like his behavior. You can yell at each other, even punch each other in the face if you want to. But when a person purposely falls on people's feet, on their knees to injure and incapacitate them, it's not nice. What good can come from people trying to take away your health by acting out of line?"
This is very likely Nichushkin's commentary on Corey Perry intentionally leaning on Avs forward J.T. Compher's right knee and pushing himself up using Compher's knee and then kneeling down on Compher's right ankle back on June 18th. To be fair, Nichushkin wasn't the only one who disliked Perry's antics and apparent intent to injure.
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| He's a dirty player | 318 | 55.3 % |
| He's a warrior, wish he was a Leaf | 124 | 21.6 % |
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| I hope he loses in the SCF again next year | 69 | 12 % |
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