Former NHL forward Jeremy Roenick was never one to shy away from saying what was on his mind.
Roenick, who is now an analyst for Versus turned his attention to Patrick Marleau of the San Jose Sharks calling his performance after San Jose’s Game 5 loss to the Detroit Red Wings gutless.
“All in all 19 players of San Jose Sharks came and grinded it out and played very good game,” Roenick added.
Roenick then took to his Twitter account to defend his criticisms of Marleau.
“Everyone can be mad at me for my comments. That’s fine!!” Roenick wrote. “My opinions are mine and I’ve always voiced them! Classless? I’ve had worse said of me!!
“Marleau has his fans and that’s great! I am not one of them and won’t pretend to be! I love the Sharks with a passion and think the fans deserve a better effort than Marleau has given in this series!!!”
Marleau, who is having a dreadful series against the Wings despite being up 3-2 is seen as one of the more classy players in the league. Sharks broadcaster Randy Hahn was also quick to come to Marleau’s defense.
“Jeremy Roenick only cares about furthering his broadcasting career,” Sharks’ broadcaster Randy Hahn said on Twitter . “His Marleau take was WAY over the line. Many bridges were burned.”
This isn’t the first time that Roenick has made negative comments towards Marleau. Roenick’s ribbing of Marleau was very prevalent in last year’s playoffs as well.
“When is Patrick Marleau gonna come out and hit somebody in a playoff game?” Roenick said on Canadian radio as the Sharks took on the Red Wings, also in the second round.
Source: CBS Sports, Twitter
