Crosby is a player to admire. He obviously has great support, but he takes skill to another level while also being extremely well-rounded and excelling in all areas that are needed for his team to win. The last few playoff years have been so impressive to watch and have, in my opinion anyways, been his best years in the league.
The clip of his tip-in goal earlier in this thread reminded me of another goal he had earlier in the year where he essentially received and controlled the puck mid-air at and then batted into the net over Carey Price. He just has that skill lying around while still being so good at other areas of the game that he works to be the best at.
There's no question in my mind that Crosby is more valuable to a team now than McDavid. Also, Crosby has taken years to develop into what he is through discipline and practice on top of outstanding talent. With McDavid in the Oilers culture, I can see him never putting in those hours to develop dominant abilities beyond his speed and passing vision. If he doesn't put that effort and time in, he'll never reach Crosby's current level
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It’s almost unbelievable that he scored all 4 of these this season.
Part of what's so great about it too is that he didn't produce these highlight reel goals out of crazy dekes, crossovers and between the legs type of purposely flashy stuff. He's just doing what works best in the moment and doing it at such a high level that it's eye-popping.
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For all the attention that the Pens offensive firepower gets, and deservedly so, there's something to be said about a goalie who just knows how to play when the games matter.
Matt Murray is 23 years old, youngest goalie ever to 25 playoff wins. His playoff record is 25-10, he has 6 shutouts already. 1.88GAA and .929SV%. Oh and he also won two Cups while he was still technically a rookie.
And yet all damn day today I've had to hear Pens fans/media whining about missing Fleury.
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Good for the Flyers to fight back. The Penguins had a bit of a sloppy game. They still have two shots at winning the series and they've been the far better team overall, but well, stranger things have happened.
