Got abused like no other rookie superstar before and still put up 100+ points in his rookie season. People who call him a crybaby are metro division fans that have been absolutely tormented by Sid

@armandoortiz9114

10 ай бұрын

And those are the fans that never had a concussion. If they did that explains everything.

@loupgarou1317

10 ай бұрын

As a Caniac, All I will say is unless he plays the Canes, I want him to LIGHT EM UP , we have has similar with our rising stars as well, Aho, Svech, and others have had this happen....

@soccermtb13

10 ай бұрын

ignorant, most superstars were abused their whole career prior to sid joining the game. One can argue Gretzky wasn't abused very much, but just look at all the shit Lemieux played through 15 years prior.... Sid got the nickname crybaby crosby because he felt entitled to being treated differently from day 1 of his career. talented player sure, but stop looking at the refs and play smarter hockey and throw your body around if you get mad.

@AC_VC

10 ай бұрын

@@soccermtb13looks like he’s been taking ur advice for the past 16 years 😂

@HarrisonHollers

10 ай бұрын

I can call him a crybaby and one of the greatest of all time. Both of those are facts. Don Cherry called him a crybaby! That’s all that needs to be said

"Little cheap shots" my man lost 2 teeth on the play lol

@entheogenocide

Ай бұрын

Haha yea dude said Crosby milked it.. Dude's front teeth went thru his lip. Young Crosby just had an annoying face 😂. I love the kid though

@buggernut3643

26 күн бұрын

His "Welcome to the NHL" moment.

The fact that no one stood up for him on pittsburgh is patheitc

@TheMrCC21

10 ай бұрын

I guess you could say that, but then you have players who were or are over protected ala Wayne Gretzky, Connor McDavid, and Auston Matthews (the latter who I love). Although, Gretzky admitted he had to be skilled because he wasn't the biggest guy. Just because you're a generational talent doesn't mean you have to be 100 percent protected nor does that mean you have to be dirty or fight. Learning how to defend yourself at times is a good skill to have.

@HarrisonHollers

10 ай бұрын

See no one has as much hatred toward Gretz, McDavid, or Matthews. Sid was immature for all the spotlight placed on him and he did not handle it well.

@HarrisonHollers

10 ай бұрын

The fact that no one on Pittsburgh stood up for him probably says more about Sid as a teammate. His locker room didn’t respect him enough to have his back. And you wonder why he got abused early on?

@hockeypsychology

10 ай бұрын

That was always the argument in Pittsburgh for years

@neil9333

10 ай бұрын

@@HarrisonHollers Lol has anyone ever said anything about Crosby being bad as a teammate? Nothing close dude. What do you think his 3 cups say about how he can lead a team?

The more they booed him, the more he destroyed them. It was glorious.

@donjennings9034

3 ай бұрын

He's a punk and he plays on a punk team.

@TheSuperRetroBros

2 ай бұрын

Braindead take. Go back to sleep old man. ​@donjennings9034

@bigtearsandpistols

2 ай бұрын

@@donjennings9034cope harder. Music to my ears.

@Fornoe

Ай бұрын

@@donjennings9034least obvious flyers fan

@Matanumi

Ай бұрын

Yeah the flyers stink and there's no denying it

Crosby is a top 5 Nhl player of all time. 36 years old and still a point per game is insane. Brought a franchise from the ashes to one of the best in the league. Always stood up for himself. Never disappeared in the playoffs. Just an all time gamer. If he didnt have those concussions his numbers would be insane right now.

@nevenmacleod7210

5 ай бұрын

Top 5 all time is not even close. You want all time check all time list. He isn't top 20

@winkletown8828

5 ай бұрын

I've been a Pittsburgh Penguins fan since the first time I saw Mario on the ice. I knew there was something special happening, I have been a die hard Pens fan since. The highs and the lows, but there's something to be said about the Penguins...... Lemieux, Jagr, Crosby, come on, there's gotta be something in the water 👌 they just have a way of finding the generational talent.

@Ccastine9

5 ай бұрын

@@nevenmacleod7210 lol what? Stop smoking drugs

@shawnreems493

5 ай бұрын

@@winkletown8828 Finding? you guys literally got handed the 1st round picks. Everybody knew they were generational talents.

@Lagonikakis

5 ай бұрын

@@nevenmacleod7210are you drunk or just dumb man? 🤣🤣🤣🤣

Opposing fans can boo him and ridicule him all they want, he's given us 3 cups, a generational run of playoff appearances and an insane career despite multiple severe concussions. Idk how I'll cope when he retires

@user-rl8mg2nw2s

10 ай бұрын

they ridicule the team for not standing up for him.

@Matfridt

10 ай бұрын

@@user-rl8mg2nw2s No they don't, they've been booing Sid specifically since he entered the league lmfao

@RAD6150

10 ай бұрын

NHL gave them the first one...

@Matfridt

10 ай бұрын

@@RAD6150 Sure they did lmfaooooo

@justinpederson2217

9 ай бұрын

@@RAD6150cope 😂

crazy that in hockey when after guy lost a few teeth that if he goes down for a few seconds its considered milking it.

@user-pg8lo5gx5y

6 ай бұрын

Exactly what I was thinking. As someone that has less than half their teeth left unfortunately I can assure you he was not milking it 😅

@wastedbread8036

4 ай бұрын

And he really was milking it lol

@steve8803

3 ай бұрын

@@wastedbread8036 Just like the milkman did with you mom.

@wastedbread8036

3 ай бұрын

@steve8803 that's funny cause your dad likes my milk ;)

@bigtearsandpistols

2 ай бұрын

Its not normally but for Crosby it is. Jealous haters coping.

he got popped in the mouth and lost a couple teeth and you say he “milked it” man i’d be on the ground for a bit lol.

@OgopogoDG

4 ай бұрын

Was thinking the same thing.

@liamwelsh4665

2 ай бұрын

Anything in the mouth or nose will put most people down for a second.

As someone who hated Crosby, gotta give it to him man. The kid ALWAYS showed up to play and he made DAMN sure to put some respect on his name. He is one of the greats and i gotta hand it to him.

@Pro-Formance

3 ай бұрын

Respect ✊🏼

@TroyTagz

Ай бұрын

respect

@imclueless9875

Ай бұрын

​@@Pro-Formance He is one of the GOATs , respect

@imclueless9875

Ай бұрын

@@TroyTagz He is one of the GOATs , respect

Crosby played a full season against Philadelphia and still put up 124 pts against them, that is so crazy

Crosby still the best after the Wayne and Mario days. He just gets it done and shows up in all the big games. Ovechkin is a goal scoring machine and such a physical package, McDavid is some kind of out of this world talent with the things he can do and how fast he does it but Crosby just finds a way to help his team win when it counts more so than any of them. OV came through with a Cup and McDavid is knocking on the door but to captain 3 Cups and 2 Olympic Golds with a target on his back and the spotlight on him every night, Man, what a player.

@CapnDiddles

10 ай бұрын

He’s #4

@orangesharpy

10 ай бұрын

@@CapnDiddles Among current players?

@CapnDiddles

10 ай бұрын

@@orangesharpy no but you didn’t say among current players you said after the Wayne and Mario days which in itself is vague lol but if we are talking current active players I’d agree with everything you said that Crosby is probably the best still active player overall

@orangesharpy

10 ай бұрын

@@CapnDiddles Take it easy. I was just trying to clarify.

@glovecompartment00

10 ай бұрын

honestly i think mcdavid is the goat, but this is a great take and i can't really disagree with you lmfao

bro really said he milked losing 2 teeth

I don’t think I’ve ever seen a rookie abused as much as Sid was. Look at how newer rookies are treated.

@FairyGodAunt

4 ай бұрын

treated like idols from the day they’re drafted

I still remember being a kid and watching Crosby drop the mits in his first season as captain. From then I’ve always seen Crosby as a player who’ll do what he’s gotta do for his team to get the win

@AH-xn9or

Ай бұрын

I love pointing out that he’s won almost every fight he’s ever been in. ‘Crybaby’ really doesn’t hit as an insult when he isn’t all bark no bite.

Clean hits are one thing but these dirty plays are a whole nother. That stuff doesn’t belong in hockey imo

@HarrisonHollers

10 ай бұрын

He took cheap shots and delivered just as many. Plus he got favorable calls as all stars do in sports. Other players resented that.

@rustysalmonella7681

10 ай бұрын

@@HarrisonHollershe didn’t say Crosby’s dirty plays are ok, he just said he doesn’t like dirty plays

@HarrisonHollers

10 ай бұрын

@@rustysalmonella7681 who said Crosby commits dirty plays and then said they are not oK either? My definition of dirty plays may be different from others: intent to injure (slew fit, knee on knee, severe slash), risk of brain injury by targeting opponent’s head or boarding).

@rustysalmonella7681

10 ай бұрын

@@HarrisonHollers so the statement you’re trying to make is that Crosby committed cheap shots too, just they weren’t dirty?

@HarrisonHollers

10 ай бұрын

@@rustysalmonella7681 not at all. Crosby committed cheap, dirty shots on opponents and also received them if not more. I have not liked nor respected him because of his behavior on the ice. I do recognize his game as one of the best ever though. He and Malkin (much more than Sid nowadays) have been involved with too much of the BS of the game and have not been likable. Whereas a guys like Ovi, Bergeron, Kane/Toews all handle themselves with respect for the game as faces of the league.

As a Wings fan i must say Sidney really did come out strong and prove all the haters wrong. What a great time for hockey watching the Penguins Red Wings play in the Stanley Cup finals two years in a row.

@charleshanna5725

Ай бұрын

My feelings exactly! I'll never forget those days

Not even a Penguins fan, just a Crosby fan. He's actually a fantastic person off the ice and is unbelievably NUTS on the ice. Man will go out of his way to sign jerseys for charity, pick up restaurant bills of random strangers after getting a picture with one of them, and then put on his skates and perform the smoothest puck surgery mankind has ever seen to slide it into the net. Love that man. That being said, Go Leafs baby

Thanks for this. And who stood up for him has always been my question. Please address that. Why did his line not swarm Hatcher? Someone on the next line crosscheck Hatcher in the face? Why? Please do a piece on the years he was left unprotected by his team mates.

@ryanmenozzi3338

10 ай бұрын

It's Derian Hatcher. He was a mean MFer. And not many could really step to him even when he was old. When he fought he looked like he was literally trying to kill you.

@lethargy764

10 ай бұрын

Honestly it’s probably because they asked him if he wanted protection at the start of his career and he said no, only possibility really.

@thejfk_experience490

10 ай бұрын

​@@lethargy764what do you mean only possibility? It's very well possible that his teammates just weren't tough or they just weren't protective teammates. Soft teams exist

@lethargy764

10 ай бұрын

@@thejfk_experience490 Who always had tough guys on his teams they just never stood up for him as much as you’d expect

@hockeypsychology

10 ай бұрын

Will likely do a video on this in the future

Hey man, from pittsburgh surrounded by hockey my entire life, never liked sports actually hated them but as I’ve grown up into my 20s I have for some weird reason grown insanely obsessed with hockey in a short period of time. I kid you not I have been scowering the internet for the past week(years in my book) for a KZreadr that covers hockey content on par with your format. Just kinda blabbering but I am so genuinely happy right now I found your account. Have a great day man.

@bulletprooftiger1879

6 ай бұрын

nice

Games Played against Flyers 83 Goals 53 Assists 71 124Points Shot % 183.3

I think the 3 Cups and other accolades too numerous to mention were a suitable middle finger to anyone who tried to push him around. Number 5 player all time after Gretzky, Orr, Howe and Lemieux.

@thegoughandbordenfamily8234

Ай бұрын

And all the guys you're too young to remember like Jagr.

@paullucci

27 күн бұрын

@@thegoughandbordenfamily8234everyone remembers Jagr, dude. And Jagr is great. He was never as complete as Sidney Crosby.

I'm a Flyer-fan but damn he didnt have anyone standing up for him against a beast like Hatcher that were knew for things like this. But yeah it wasnt just Hatcher bullying him, i think Kovalchuk made it better then Hatcher by scoring a goal also, i believe this was during his rookie-season kzread.info/dash/bejne/dWaJtZaikbPQkco.html - For the Kovalchuk - Crosby clip.. But yeah i'm a Flyer-fan but Crosby is an absolute legend, i dont hate on him he's been an amazing player since he was drafted.

“Loses 2 teeth” “Milks it a bit” My brother in Christ I don’t think losing 2 teeth feels good.

I'm not against superstars taking the matters into their own hands when they get intimidated once in a while. It shows character. What I absolutely dispise is a player provoking chaos on the ice, then skating away from the action while his teammates have to cover for him. (Yes, I'm talking about Auston Matthews.)

@brendanmontgomery87

7 ай бұрын

You saw that Bunting got tired of that real quick - and left Toronto.

that's an anomaly with Berdard comparing him to Crosby shouldn't be in the same paragraph 😂😂😂😂Sydney Crosby 2023 and 2024 is ah Dynamic Superstar

I think it's crazy to bully new people into the game. I get that hockey is brutal, but i still cannot understand it. So happy he got revenge

@randyoney8793

8 ай бұрын

It's nature you always stick like a fly on shit and try to shut these guys down. If I played syd he would get much worse bank on it

@cannedpineapple2702

6 ай бұрын

Some people are just needlessly cruel. Many of them play hockey.

I always wanted Marner or Matthews to slash someone if they weren’t going to do anything. Nice to see Matthews hitting these days.

@OwenRona

10 ай бұрын

I hope that they never do such thing. I’m pretty sure that’s exactly what Kadri and Bunting did and they were both labelled as idiotic hotheads by their own fanbase, media, and the NHL refs. I find it very interesting that Leaf fans want that kind of passion from their players but when the players do it, they demand that they get traded. Besides, Leafs just signed Reeves, Domi, and Bertuzzi. I highly doubt that the new Leafs are going to be soft.

@Seraph89_

10 ай бұрын

@@OwenRona umm, I also loved it when Kadri did it. It’s too bad the culture was non existent in those early days. It’s just too bad he went too far. It wasn’t just a simple slash for Kadri.

@rustysalmonella7681

10 ай бұрын

Hitting yes, slashing is weak and gutless

@buggernut3643

26 күн бұрын

@@rustysalmonella7681 I'd agree if not for the fact that if that's how the game is played, that's how the game is played.

This is where this quote fits best. "Dont get mad. Get even.

Feel like his career has flown by, hard to believe he has over 1500 points, 3 cups, 2 goal medals and a World Cup. Excited to see how he caps it off and proves us wrong again.

Crosby went through hell on the verge of being forced to retire all to come back and put up a career that puts him in the top 10 players of all time

@randyoney8793

8 ай бұрын

Number 2 b4 it's over its inevitable barring a freak injury syd will persist until at least 2029

Love these vids. Could make a “new to hockey vid” for new hockey fans going into the next season?

Yea I gotta be honest, as a die hard, Red Wings fan who grew up just old enough to watch and appreciate the 90s run and the 02/08 cup wins (one of those being against Crosby) we called him Crybaby Crosby as well. But he earned my respect pretty fast. To be honest, after they beat us in 09 when we were trying to do another back to back, that’s when he earned my respect. He was hated by a lot of old school players who ended up having to respect him as well. And you know you’re good if you can pull that off. I don’t want them to creep up on us for that wild card spot but I also would instantly start watching the Penguins over every other team if they made it to the playoffs. Syd getting one more Cup off a bad start to a season and a wild card playoff start would be incredible. I wanna see him and Malkin hold that Cup up. But I still want to see my wings finally get back into April-June Hockey!

Crosby is one hell of a hockey player! Always gonna root for him

Sweet Doc Emrick flashback

@PageMarker1

10 ай бұрын

Even when he was calling the Cup Playoffs & Finals, he was fairly balanced between the Hawks & their opponent.

@hockeypsychology

10 ай бұрын

The goat

I love the crosby and ovi era. I love crosbys awareness and skills with or wothout the puck. But god damn i wish he had the toughness of ovi. Which is where i love ovi, hes a hell of a player, and hes not going to let anyone push him around physically.

Same thing happened to Mario Lemieux sadly it' shortened his career but not Crosby's! Three Stanley Cups later and I think we in Pittsburgh have had the last laugh❤

@MACK0142

9 ай бұрын

I mean technically it did shorten Crosby's career. Not as significantly as Mario's, but he basically missed a season and a half of games right in the prime of his career. Plus we were all robbed of what may have been one of the most impressive single-season performances when Crosby first went down. He was only halfway through the season and had already put up like 66 points including 30+ goals....he easily could've ended that season with close to 140 points and over 60 goals AND this was during an era in the NHL when scoring was nowhere near as easy as it is now. It wasn't quite a dead puck era, but for a single player to achieve a point/game avg back then was huge. Nowadays it's common for every team to have at least one player who can do this.

@buggernut3643

26 күн бұрын

Mario's a big boy. He could crush his opponents.

There are two types of players in the NHL. Those that can defend themselves, and those that bring enough to the team that they don’t need to be as gritty to get the job done. Crosby was the latter, and it is so disgusting that nobody on Pittsburgh thought to avenge their star teammate. I wish he wasn’t as good (go caps) but if he was on another team he would have had plenty of guys protecting him.

I’m from Detroit, so I’ve never been a huge Crosby fan. But I’ll even say that doesn’t really count as milking it if a Neanderthal just knocked two of your teeth out with an elbow. He might have whined a bit afterwards, but he took getting teeth knocked out pretty well as an 18 year old kid.

As a Flyers fan, I think they were rough on him a little. He’s over +40 for his career against the Flyers. You can’t deny his talent at all. It’s too obvious. He’s a great hockey player.

@bradenwright2586

5 ай бұрын

It was only smart to rough him up bc the pens didn’t protect him with enforcers and the refs shallowed their whistle

All decisions Flyers franchise makes need to be routed through Crosby, him being the owner and all

hmmm....no one seems to pick on OV the Great 8.....helps being 6 ft 3 " and 240 lbs AND....attitude! Respect!

the best way to respond imo is to give it back, while trying to stay inside the line, and staying focus on your game. let the emotions apart. must show your opponent they won't be able to intimidate you physically nor mentally

@randyoney8793

8 ай бұрын

I feel as though syd wrote this himself well put

Getting crazy to think in the next 2-3 years, that entire era will be done. Ovie will be an all time goal scorer, Crosby Letang and Malkin retired with their rings, and possibly the greatest 20 years in hockey history in the books. Damn…

@mkailov13

9 ай бұрын

The Post Lockout Era (2005-2025) What a fun time for hockey.

the quote on quote high stick LMAO there was 0 contact to his face

can you imagine a world where the pittsburgh penguins arent in the NHL

@lilwoodiewood3457

10 ай бұрын

Yea not that hard for the majority of people it wouldn't have any effect or matter

im gonna miss this man when he's gone. soaking up every game i can until then.

Great videos recently! 🎉 keep it up

Philly Fans are the toughest crowd in th NHL. and I'll just leave it at that.

This is why sid is one of the three muskateers that made hockey great

Lmfao. The penguins were never actually going to relocate. With or without Crosby, the threats were used as leverage against the city and the state.

If i was Sid after that OT goal i'd be skating round the rink waving goodbye to all the fans and the philly bench.

I'm totally enjoying these great hockey videos, which are like a piece of real hockey. Your videos are awesome. Thank you. They teach a lot about a game called hockey which I love very much and I don't even know the reason why. Greetings from Finland, the Greatest hockey country in the world (hah hah), no Canada is, or not. Okay, I think we both know which one it is :) And Sindney Crosby are the all time best hockey player, after Teemu Selänne of course :D

@TheMiksuMan

5 ай бұрын

Or Sidney Crosby is, I don't know 8)

Sidney Crosby is the goat in the modern era in my opinion true captain makes everyone better around him and I guarantee look in the dictionary his picture is in it !

Came Back from how many concussions. has every award that can be won in hockey, gold medals. the guys done it all also he does have some fights in his career like. crybaby or not he's a generational talent. Let's Go Pens

I love your vids but I wish they were longer

#87 & #66 evolved the game to skills. Kudos for that. It will be one of the best things for hockey

The best play for the superstar would just be to run away and let the league do their job. Unfortunately, they are terrible at it.

He loses two teeth and says he was milking it 😂

As a Pens fan, I love to see an angry Sid. When he gets that look, you know he’s about to stick lift the shit out of someone and roof a backhand haha.

He's my forever favorite

Guy Lafleur displayed ultimate self-control about not griping to refs or letting on that cheap shots would distract him from doing what he was best at: winning! Another respected great player was Frank Mahovlich. Opponents learned that it was better to not 'wake him up' because when riled he would likely score a couple of goals.

Imagine being a Flyers fan...😂

The shirt at 0:08 I bought back in like 2009. Literally had the exact same shirt

@3:34 "This was the look of a man who was going to spend the next 18 years of his career tormenting a franchise."

I love Crosby he was my favorite player when I were young

i like all your videos dude, but i like the analytical ones a bit more. the ones about mcdavids processing speed and conor bedards shooting motion and how it opens up his dekes got me hard

Honestly, what i personally would like to see is a rookie superstar take some sick revenge (like perhaps leaping off the feet to board or an unexpected cross check to the teeth... maybe even a headbut), get suspended for three games, then come back and when playing yhe same team/playwr again, right off the face off, take another round of sick revenge. Double vengeance. Then serve out a six game suspension wkth the deal that when he gets back, the team will protect him and he'll drop the dirty shīt and get back to superstar play. Imagine this with Bedard. Honestly, it would be a massive controversy and be all over the headlines. The conversation would be started about how to protect finesse players and Betmann would have to at least pay attention. It could lead to a shift in the league and remove some of the cheap shots. Honestly, i think if Bedard did it amd then people like Crosby and McDavid had his back, there would have to be a change. At the very least, i think others would stopp taking overt liberties with Bedard. It doesn't matter how tough of a bully you are, the human weak spots are the same. Broken backs. Broken mouths. Noses. Concussions dont care about your height and weight. I would really just like to a season where there is some monumental push back and also if God woukd grant me one last gift, I'd like to see it result in the return of the enforcer... and with this sea change, also usher along a changing of the guard with Betmann moving on.

I loved calling him crybaby Crosby to my friend. He'd get offended and would just yell back stats 😂

I didn’t consider him a cry baby. Was nice to see that fire come out and translate it to on ice dominance. Always a big OV guy but I always watched Crosby as well.

He’s so FUCKIN GREAT! Losing two teeth then winning the game 😮

Bring back the goons who’s only job was to fight those that took cheap shots at star players. What I think sucks I understand winning is the goal, but to possibly take out a player who is the face of the game hurts the game overall not just the star player.

@fluffstuffpootiebean1688

7 ай бұрын

Stevens hit on Paul Kariya in 2003 is a perfect example...no one answered the bell, no penalty...disgusting stuff.

if anyone here "lost two teeth" youd be laying on the ground in pain and pissed off too. this isnt a video game.

love your insight and story telling. Would love to talk to you about a potential collab with one of my hockey projects sometime. How can I get contact you? Do you have an email I can contact for business inquiries? Your social media links don't appear to be working from the youtube about me section. Thanks!

Look I'm biased b/c I'm from Pitt, but I always found it funny how so many opposing fans would complain about how the "league and refs favored Crosby." Really? This video is a prime example of just how much that wasn't the case. At least not early on in his career. I will admit that once guys like him and Ovi became veteran all-stars, THEN they would certainly get favorable call now and then, but that was par-for-the-course in the NHL with it's top players.

The best after 99 and 66, SAVED AN ENTIRE FRANCHISE,and made the enemy look stupid!

@len6482

7 ай бұрын

Yup, no free pass and played in the toughest era for production.

I’d be resigning so quick after realizing no one has my fucking back on the team 🤣

Crosby wasn’t getting cheap shots when Laraque was on penguins

Always LOVED this rivalry since I was a huge Crosby & Pens fans and my best friends was a Phili fan

i love crosby the man took it and came back stronger.

His teammates didn't come to rescue so the league had to put the refs on it.

I am a bit on the fence about this one; long time Penguins fan remembering how the Pens (and maybe even the league) were saved by Sid (and Ovi). Sure, rookies with skills will get targetted, but the NHL hasn't learnt what the NFL unfortunately has: The general American public (you know, the ones advertisers care about) don't watch hockey for the Hatchers and the Laraques, they want the skills and the goals. You cannot lose your young skilled stars to injuries due to "unwritten rules".

Best Canadian hockey player by far

Is, was, and always will be my All Time Favourite Hockey Player, everyone treated sid like absolute garbage and it’s downright disgusting. He deserves the adoration that Greztky gets

Never made any sense for the nhl not to protect their stars. They are the business. Still have to stand up for yourself though

@brendanmontgomery87

7 ай бұрын

They swing like a pendulum, from one extreme to another. I'm surprised that Marchand didn't get sent to the showers for his tie up with Bedard. And back in the day, the refs would grab the skilled guy, if he was fed up with the goon's BS. McCreary was notorious for pinning the skill guys arms at his sides, while the goon took another couple shots at his face.

Crosby had multiple fights under his belt before Ovechkin had his first.

He still owes Lidstrom and most of that Wings team a handshake

Great video!

The hits at 1:51 are crazy lol

Why does he look younger now than as a Rookie?

A charge for complaining...gotta love hockey!

great vid

I’m a kings fan but the way he plays is insane

the man who got me into Hockey.

Three Cup Crosby. God bless him and the teammates.

I remember this... Crosby is one of the few players that earned his outrageous salary in this league. Since then? They don't fight like this boy had to. Cry-Baby? Oh he had plenty of reason to be outraged at the non-calls but particularly the wimps on his own team. Nobody had his back and that was BS. He could have split anytime to a better quality club. Over in my black and gold world, we don't call him cry baby, but "Prince glass jaw" lol! Alex ovechkin had a reason to respect and rival with Sid Hey younger fans, seriously-look at his early highlights. Don't let that new pretty dental work fool ya- this guy's a scrapper, one of the few players, during my original six career as a fan, that has earned every dime of what we considered at the time, his outrageous salary. Single players don't do it anymore-but he literally saved that franchise. Can't think of other players that did that... Pittsburgh owes Crosby everything.... Between revenues, taxes, jobs, hotels, sports bars. So far beyond his own Jersey sales, must've brought it in trillion$ to that area by now. The only reason to be a sports fan in Pittsburgh. Mad respect for Sidney. He's going to be one of the last that came up in that era. Massive changes during his career... He's kept up with it. Winter classic was fun and all, we're lucky that Malkin was two-tenths of a second behind... Bergie wants an Eastern conference final. 🐻

@MACK0142

9 ай бұрын

You can't discount all Lemieux did to save the team though. They needed Crosby on the team and for him to be such a loyal and generous star. But if Mario hadn't stepped in and arranged the purchase, plus come back and actually try and play with all of his ailments (just to boost ticket sales and hype) then the team would've been long gone.

@TheFoolintherainn

9 ай бұрын

@@MACK0142 very true. Not sure lemieux took the amount of abuse Crosby did for some reason... or he handled it better. 😏 not a penguin, yet I'm a hockey fan and enjoyed watching Crosby, and lemieux. Tough guys, last of their era. Enjoy the season. We're almost there.

Thank you for this.

Alex Ovechkin handles this stuff perfectly, ya I know he a physical freak, but he came into the nhl and not only wouldn’t be bullied but would make others fear his body checks even more than his goal scoring. He plays with a fearless edge and can not be bullied, he plays a man’s game and could have excelled in any era of hockey. That’s what separates ovechkin from every other superstar.

@KashiwaDaisuke

4 ай бұрын

At 6'3" and 240lbs, Ovechkin was much more difficult to mess with than Crosby

Not a Sid fan but despise the Flyers.

Best player to ever play the game in my oppinion

Officially, Sid’s lost year was due to concussion and soft tissue damage. Un-officially, my money is on that the Crosby camp told the NHL and the players association, that the current main draw in hockey will be fully recovered and will return to play only when there are guarantees that no one in the league could be subject to back to back hits like Crosby endured leading up to his time off. Voila, the department of player safety!

@brendanmontgomery87

7 ай бұрын

If that's the case, and I doubt it - I would have waved bye-bye to Sid's dive school, which is still open by the way. It appears to have merged with the Mike Ribeiro school of faking it - although not necessarily in Pittsburgh. And the DOPS is, more often than not an absolute joke. Although they've done well so far, 2 days into the season...