what if you were my idol turned best friend who everyone in the league knew i was completely gone for. and what if i drafted you first on the team i was captaining for the all star game after begging the captains going before me not to pick you. and what if absolutely nobody was surprised. what if the emcee and tate mcrae already knew who i Wanted Before Going To Bed last night and i was so crazypossessive even sports writers knew i’d pulverise anyone who took you from me. and what if i told reporters after that this was my longtime dream come true. and what if you said all you wanted to do now was to make your captain happy, and told the boys that you Listen to your captain. and what if… after all that... you put my hoodie on and did a live interview in front of god and gary bettman.
└ Sidney Crosby grinned when asked about the dynamic with captain Nate MacKinnon: "We'll see. It'll be interesting. He’s competitive, so I’m sure he’ll be demanding."
nathan mackinnon and sidney crosby at 2024 all star weekend
“mackinnon wanted crosby though, so we weren’t gonna snag him”
“the idea that someone would not allow him to draft sidney crosby, his cole harbour buddy, that is literally begging for nathan mackinnon to truck you on the ice”
the way everybody knows he’s Not Normal about sid 😭
i love how nate misunderstands the question and is immediately like no. that bedard guy does not remind me of the 18-year old sidney crosby i had posters of on my childhood bedroom walls and i'm not explaining myself.
I know we talked to you a lot at the beginning of the year about playing with Nate..you obviously had such great chemistry with him, knew where he was going to be back in the day. Seems like you guys are starting to find that a little bit again (...) just how is that coming with him? [x]
also mpp talking about sid wanting to know about how things are going in women’s hockey:
“It’s always unbelievable for me to watch Crosby. How still at this age how dominant he is, but also off the ice, when we’re able to have a conversation, he actually cares where we’re at as a program, where we’re at as a league. He’s actually interested in that.”