PITTSBURGH – JUNE 02: Sidney Crosby #87 of the Pittsburgh Penguins talks to the media after the Penguins Team Practice before Game 3 of the 2009 NHL Stanley Cup Finals at Mellon Arena on June 2, 2009 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
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Crosby Named Finalist For Messier Leadership Award
Posted on June 2nd, 2009 by DJ
Boston’s Zdeno Chara, Pittsburgh’s Sidney Crosby and Calgary’s Jarome Iginla are the three finalists for the 2008-09 Mark Messier NHL Leadership Award presented by Bridgestone, the National Hockey League announced today.
The award recognizes an individual as a superior leader in hockey and as a contributing member of society. It honors an individual who leads by positive example through on-ice performance, motivation of team members and a dedication to community activities and charitable causes.
Can Sidney Crosby save the Penguins?
Posted on June 2nd, 2009 by DJ
The natural inclination is to demand that Sidney Crosby deliver the goods, starting now.
He’s been hyped for so long, and has proven to be such a prodigious talent, that surely it’s only reasonable that with his team, the Pittsburgh Penguins, in such need of a saviour in this year’s Stanley Cup final, that he must be that saviour.
Well, consider the possibility that this is not Crosby’s time. Not yet.
Just because there’s a demand for a spectacular rescue performance with the Penguins down two games to none to the Detroit Red Wings, and just because so many have equated these Penguins with the 1984 Edmonton Oilers that finally knocked down the door and beat the New York Islanders to win their first Cup, doesn’t mean the script will unfold that way.
