Comments on: Braden Holtby Slashes Evgeny Kuznetsov at Development Camp

By: One-On-One Interview with Evgeny Kuznetsov

One-On-One Interview with Evgeny Kuznetsov — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 12:33:32 +0000

[...] it must be Evgeny Kuznetsov. The first-round draft pick scored a flurry of goals in scrimmages; invoked the ire of that other RMNB crush object, Braden Holtby; met with some Russian-language students from UMD, [...]

By: Gracie

Gracie — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 07:48:39 +0000

I love Holtz, but suck it up, bro. There will be clowns in the NHL that will do worse to you than taunt you. You just gotta let it go.

By: breaklance

breaklance — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 14:49:57 +0000

While it did look provoked Hotlby’s action was rather dangerous for possibility of injury even if it was a love tap.

I don’t mind Kuznetsov’s jawing. Round nhl all you get are bruisers and idiots who talk, would be interesting for a skill player to do it. But its also a dev camp and while it is certainly competetive to show off, most are technically on the same team.

By: Day 4 of Caps Development Camp

Day 4 of Caps Development Camp — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 08:32:20 +0000

[...] As Peter mentioned in his earlier post, during today’s scrimmage there was an incident featuring Braden Holtby and Evgeny Kuznetsov. As Kuznetsov aggressively forechecked into the offensive zone, he came into contact with Holtby, knocking Holtby out of the play and allowing Jake Hauswirth to score an easy goal. After Kuznetsov gave Holtby an earful, Holtby responded after the play by taking his stick and whacking Kuznetsov across the back of the legs. This was not the only incident of the day involving Kuznetsov. A short while after the Holtby incident, Kuznetsov held and hooked Marcus Johansson at center ice. Even after being called for a penalty, Kuznetsov continued to jaw at Mackan in broken English, leading to a dirty look from the Swede. Related posts:Braden Holtby Slashes Evgeny Kuznetsov at Development Camp [...]

By: Eric

Eric — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 23:25:19 +0000

Wow. A goalie getting upset after letting one in on an unclean, not necessarily dirty, play? Never seen that before.

By: Tim

Tim — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 21:34:26 +0000

Holtby comes way out his net to play the puck, when there’s heavy pressure from a kid who can really fly – what exactly does he think the result is going to be, is he surprised? I wouldn’t be surprised if Kuznetzov said something, I would have as well if I’d hit the boards like that – but I highly doubt it deserved that slash to the back of the legs.

By: Russian Machine Never Breaks

Russian Machine Never Breaks — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 20:58:15 +0000

Holtby can definitely be fiery sometimes.

Such as this classic “Braden Holtby hit of the game”: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0nUu1OzXgc

and “Braden Holtby diving poke check”: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p84lL_pu80Y

By: FedFed

FedFed — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 20:33:07 +0000

Didn’t see the vid (writing from mobile) but i think there’s no prob. I don’t see anything wrong to make fun in the dev camp, esp. for drafted players. And especially when it doesn’t come to the game moments.
Kuz plays great, Holtby is nervous of his play in this camp, but… If you don’t happy it doesn’t give you a right to spoil other people’s happiness.
So I’m all for Kuz. What’s better: make fun and play good or don’t make fun and play bad?
And do we want ‘closed Russian’ like Malkin or partially Varlamov?

By: Mark

Mark — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 19:59:33 +0000

I think Holtby was just channeling his inner Dallas Braden.

By: Taylor

Taylor — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 19:59:02 +0000

Holtby is a firecracker isn’t he? Sure he’s angry, but he just needs to relax. No big deal, its camp.