Sid will seize his biggest stage ever
Published 5/21/2008 at SI.com - Hockey
The hour is nearly at hand. Not three years after he was drafted number one overall by the Pittsburgh Penguins -- a less surprising pick we have never known -- Sidney Crosby, already a Hart Trophy-winner, already an NHL captain, has taken his so recently beleaguered franchise into the Stanley Cup finals. Fait accompli, sure. But just 32 months after his NHL debut? Who knew?
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