The Next One?
A year in, our first hockey post.
1 reason to watch the NHL - 19 year old Sidney Crosby. In 122 games, he's accumulated 170 points (Gretzky had 301 in 151 his first 2 seasons). #87 (because he was born in 1987) is the leading vote-getter for the 2007 All-Star game. Right now, he's on fire with 27 points over his last 15 games. All while playing for a rather mediocre Penguins team that's soon on its way to Kansas City.
Now I don't pretend to be a hockey fan at all, but watching Pittsburgh highlights has become mandatory with moves like this, and plays like these. Is he the 2nd coming of "The Great One"? Perhaps not. But he is nonetheless dominating the NHL - a league now with more world-wide participation than in the early 80's.
We get few chances to see elite talent enter the major leagues. And he's definitely one of them. His name could one day be among the greats - Montana, Armstrong, Woods, Gretzky, Reggie Ball...
My only question is, if he moved in with Lemieux because he's too young to live alone, does Super Mario buy him beer?
Next hockey post: is this kid the "next next one"?
1 reason to watch the NHL - 19 year old Sidney Crosby. In 122 games, he's accumulated 170 points (Gretzky had 301 in 151 his first 2 seasons). #87 (because he was born in 1987) is the leading vote-getter for the 2007 All-Star game. Right now, he's on fire with 27 points over his last 15 games. All while playing for a rather mediocre Penguins team that's soon on its way to Kansas City.
Now I don't pretend to be a hockey fan at all, but watching Pittsburgh highlights has become mandatory with moves like this, and plays like these. Is he the 2nd coming of "The Great One"? Perhaps not. But he is nonetheless dominating the NHL - a league now with more world-wide participation than in the early 80's.
We get few chances to see elite talent enter the major leagues. And he's definitely one of them. His name could one day be among the greats - Montana, Armstrong, Woods, Gretzky, Reggie Ball...
My only question is, if he moved in with Lemieux because he's too young to live alone, does Super Mario buy him beer?
Next hockey post: is this kid the "next next one"?
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