Sidney Crosby is probably the best hockey player of his generation. The Penguins star, who is at the Bell Centre tonight, isn’t slowing down despite turning 36: before today’s game, he had amassed 28 points in 27 games this season.
Far, far from bad.
In 2005, the Penguins were lucky enough to select him. Because of the lockout, a special lottery meant that many teams, including the Habs, had the chance to get the first pick and, therefore, select Crosby.
And tonight, with the Penguins in town, JiC imagined another reality: one where Sid the Kid landed in Montreal at number one. And in such a scenario, he says the Tricolore would have won the Stanley Cup twice during the Crosby era.
What if Sidney Crosby had played for the Canadiens? @JiCLajoie ‘s season ticket
https://t.co/JHsIgsuIGC
– TVA Sports (@TVASports) December 13, 2023
In fact, he speculates that the Habs would have won it in 2010 (the centennial year, no less) and 2015, twice rather than once against the Blackhawks. JiC also suggests that the club would have reached the final in 2012, but lost to the Kings.
What’s interesting, however, is to imagine which players would have been the Chris Kunitz and Pascal Dupuis of the Tricolore. The TVA Sports host maintains that Guillaume Latendresse and Alex Tanguay would have become real rock stars in Montreal with big offensive seasons.
Instead of one Quebecer in Dupuis, there would have been two.
But even if Crosby could possibly have made the Canadiens prosper, the story would have been very different. In such a world, JiC mentions Carey Price picking up with the Penguins, but Crosby’s absence forcing them to move to Kansas City.
Would the Penguins really have selected Carey Price two years after drafting Marc-André Fleury in the very first spot? The question arises, but we get the gist.
Considering that Crosby was a Tricolore fan as a child, it would have been a great story to see him become this figurehead in Canadiens history. But we all agree that, given what we know today, Crosby in a (Pittsburgh) Penguins uniform would be a bit of a dud.
Itremains to be seen whether he’ll finish his career in these colors…
In gossip
– Speaking of Crosby, he scored tonight in the first period. Of course he did.
This is going to shock you but Sidney Crosby scored against the Habs.
Crosby pressures Guhle, then cleans up the play with a Crosby-esque shot that he made look easy.
2-1. pic.twitter.com/ObvnS1K7jU
– Marc Dumont (@MarcPDumont) December 14, 2023
– There are worse models.
Juraj Slafkovsky is inspired by Marian Hossa! https://t.co/g9Cp4bMZo7
– RDS (@RDSca) December 14, 2023
– Facing Sidney Crosby was special for Logan Cooley.
“It was a special moment for Cooley” 
https://t.co/P6kLP0TyqA
– TVA Sports (@TVASports) December 14, 2023
– Poor Conor, hehe.
Conor Geekie says he called his dad when he got the news.
He didn’t pick up.
– Scott Wheeler (@scottcwheeler) December 13, 2023
– I love seeing Noah Dobson on this list.
Defensemen points leaders:
39 – Quinn Hughes
36 – Cale Makar
30 – Evan Bouchard
27 – Noah Dobson
27 – Filip Hronek
27 – Victor Hedman
24 – Josh Morrissey
23 – Rasmus Dahlin
23 – Vince Dunn
23 – Roman Josi
Any surprises? pic.twitter.com/GUM2vEtpU2
– Big Head Hockey (@BigHeadHcky) December 13, 2023
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