Crosby is the Best - MVP

Sidney Crosby is the best player in hockey. He is the NHL’s MVP and hockey fans and Sid haters just have to accept it. Sidney Crosby has almost lived up to all the hype bestowed on him at the age of thirteen by Wayne Gretzky no less when Wayne called him the Next Great One. Sid for the most part has lived up to that hype. The other MEGA stars who have are Jordan and Tiger. Sid never quit hockey to play baseball or has had a whore expose his life in US magazine. Sid has been not only the face of a team but the face of a league. Sid has only won one Stanley Cup, and there are many reasons why but that is another column and my personal hell. Sid has won two Olympic gold medals. Sid leads the league in scoring by over twenty points. It’s the first year Sid has been healthy in awhile and he’s tearing up the league. In Sid’s nine years in the league he’s led the league in points per game five times and never finished lower than sixth.

Now why do so many people HATE Crosby. It can’t be all jealousy and it’s not just people from Philadelphia. Haters say Sid is a baby. Sid did whine a lot his first year in the league, but he cut most of it out. Sid wears the C , so he is allowed and supposed to speak to officials.

 Sid plays a tough, grinding game and lives in areas most top scorers rarely find themselves in. Sid takes a beating , has no bodyguard and has never been called for a dive. Something Pierre McGuire’s blow up doll Claude Giroux can’t say.

 Sid’s reputation for whining came from caveman coach Ken Hitchcock in Philly AFTER Sid took a Derian Hatcher stick to the face , lost teeth THEN scored the game winning goal.

 Sid also got a bad rap for talking a second too long to shake hands with the Red Wings after winning the Stanley Cup. The criticism was not from Wings Captain and legend Nick Lindstrom but from 4^th liner Kris Draper. Sid should have raced to shake Draper’s hand because when Draper was a healthy scratch Detroit’s Justin Abdelkader was killing the Penguins. Draper comes back in game six and seven and the Penguins win the Cup.

There are many great players in the league. Stamkos, Tavares and the dynamic duos of Kane & Toews and Getzlaf & Perry. Sid’s Batman, Evgeni Malkin has missed plenty of games this season and as a team the Penguins have almost 500 man games lost and Crosby still led the Penguins to a Metro division title.

Go ahead and hate Sid out of jealousy, but never downplay his skill, heart or leadership and be grateful he’s the face of the NHL. Enjoy watching him because they haven’t found the Next Next one yet. Sid’s a humble man, who rarely talks about himself . He’s the Anti Lebron. If you hate Sid think how awful it would be if he had King James ego.