Happy Canada Day! This morning, the NHL and NHLPA delivered fans a surprise: per Elliotte Friedman, it looks like NHL players are headed back to the Olympics in 2022. This would mean we finally get the opportunity to see a true best-on-best international tournament for the first time since 2014. The prospect of seeing Connor McDavid and Sidney Crosby finally playing together is exciting enough, but Canada’s got so many amazing players and the opportunity to assemble a team just as dominant as the one they sent to Sochi.
I do that think Crosby would accept a 4th line role. And I imagine he would be still wearing the C. He might not be the best player in the world anymore, but respect and deference with put the C on him and he will be on the starting line still too. McDavid is better, true, but Crosby is still top 5 in the league. And the history of winning at all levels of the sport helps a lot too.
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I do that think Crosby would accept a 4th line role. And I imagine he would be still wearing the C. He might not be the best player in the world anymore, but respect and deference with put the C on him and he will be on the starting line still too. McDavid is better, true, but Crosby is still top 5 in the league. And the history of winning at all levels of the sport helps a lot too.