Crosby's agent: Melnyk should be fined for 'negative comment'

Sidney Crosby's agent, Pat Brisson, didn't take kindly to comments made by Ottawa Senators owner Eugene Melnyk regarding Crosby's slash on Marc Methot.

Melnyk called Crosby a "whiner beyond belief," insisting he should be suspended the rest of the season for his slash during Thursday night's game that left Mehot with a shattered finger.

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In response, Brisson suggested Melnyk and any other team owner should be fined for speaking ill of an opposing team's players.

"In my opinion, a team owner who makes a negative comment about a player outside of his organization should be fined for such action," Brisson said, according to TSN's Darren Dreger. "It's worse than tampering and against the culture of our game."

Following Thursday's game, Crosby insisted he was trying to slash Methot's stick on the play, and NHL deputy commissioner told ESPN's Pierre LeBrun that he wouldn't be suspended.