Four years later, after Crosby's hit, Niskanen teases a fan who got a disgusting tattoo of him
Remember this:
Matt Niskanen said:
«I regret that it happened but I am adamant that I'm not sure, at that game speed, what I could have done different.
» Niskanen said after the game of striking his former captain. «Obviously in super-slow-mo and in hindsight, I wish I had one hand on my stick and my hands were way down but the collision happened fast.»
However, many Penguins players and fans did not believe Niskanen's explanation. Ian Cole, then-Penguin, expressed a desire for vengeance and said he wanted a "pound of flesh" from Niskanen.
Fans of the Penguins expressed their disdain in a variety of ways.
Reddit user CoyoteBlack666, a Penguins supporter, went to extraordinary lengths to express his rage, getting the term F*ck Matt Niskanen tattooed on his calf.
«It takes me pretty much zero time to make most decisions, it's worked out so far,» CoyoteBlack666 wrote on twitter.
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His tattoo went VIRAL on Reddit and Niskanen never replied.
It was only in August 2021, that he got his answer.
«I got this in the mail today.»
It was a signed photo of Niskanen, wearing his Capitals' Stanley Cup ring, giving CoyoteBlack666 the finger. Niskanen, of course, is smirking, and, for some reason, shirtless.
I guess retired players have a lot of time on their hands.
Credit: RMNB
