Ovechkin vs. Crosby – A debate in discourse

Alexander Ovechkin versus Sidney Crosby. Sidney Crosby versus Alexander Ovechkin.  The debate itself and the polarization created by both players is a rivalry that any sport would kill for.  They are the marketing world’s perfect storm as far as the NHL is concerned.  As any hockey fan knows, there is a strong dividing line between…

Manny Malhotra and the Politics of Injury

In March of this year, Vancouver Canuck’s forward Manny Malhotra had a puck deflect into his eye, which led to a number of career threatening surgeries.  The prediction was that Malhotra’s 2010-2011 season was finished and he would be lucky to ever regain normal vision.  Fast-forward to the 2011 Stanley Cup Finals and Malhotra made…