Watching the Sens-Pens game this afternoon, I've noticed something come to surface again: booing the visiting team's best player. In this case, it's whenever Sid Crosby touches the puck.

The NBC announcers said that the Ottawa crowd was booing "out of respect". Perhaps that's the case, but what about when people boo Bertuzzi? Or Chelios? What differentiates Bertuzzi booing from Crosby booing?

Am I a Crosby fanboy? No, though you wouldn't know it from all my RBK gear. I just hate it when people boo superstars from the visiting team. It happened all the time whenever Pronger touched the puck in last year's playoffs. It's happening now. It's not showing "respect"...it's just a cheap shot.

Will the booing ever stop? Probably not. I just think it's a childish thing to do. I'll save my booing for cheap hits and bad calls, thank you very much.