Sidney Crosby passed Mario Lemieux for the most points in Penguins history
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What milestone did Sidney Crosby achieve in Penguins history?
Crosby, lines and blasts, deflects it front, score! That's it! That's history! The kid is now the king! Sidney Crosby has passed Mario Lemieux for the most points ever by a Pittsburgh Penguin! Josh gets off from Sportsnet, Pittsburgh, Sydney, Crosby with quite the milestone. It's not every day you pass up Mario and something, is it, Limits? In fact, you never have. Not yet, anyway. No, I have not. I never will. What a moment. What a moment. And a necessary win. And really, we talked about it earlier with Bob. I'm trying to think if anybody since I've been in Pittsburgh, which is November of 89, is when I landed in this city. Has anybody come in with more hype than him? I don't think so. Not even Ben. He was not only expected, Sid was, to save the Penguins, but save the entire league.
How does Sidney Crosby's career compare to Mario Lemieux's?
And I don't know if the NHL, anybody could save that in terms of making it a primary sport in America. But he certainly saved the Penguins. He's the reason they have a new arena. He won championships. He cemented himself, I think, as a top five player of all time. In terms of resume, his resume is actually better than Mario's. Mario, I think, is always the better player, maybe than anybody else. some would say including Wayne Gretzky, I'd probably go Gretzky one, Mario two, and then Sid figures in the top three. But Sid's overall resume, like accomplishment sheet, is superior to Mario's right now. Would you agree with that? A limitless wonder. I would because he has an additional Stanley Cup. I think of the golden goal.
I think of the longevity that Crosby has also been put together as well. Sid has it, yeah. He's the more accomplished player. Now, if you gave Mario the same... and didn't have all the injuries, then maybe it's a different story. But Sid gets that check in my box. Two of the five greatest players in the history of that sport played right here.
What factors contributed to Crosby being considered a top player of all time?
And a guy like Yager and a guy like Geno aren't too far off of that when you actually think about it. It's just so lucky in this town to get that kind of legendary talent. Great photo of Mike Tomlin. In the Post Gazette after yesterday's game, blowing a kiss. Hey, man, he earned it. This was a great, great win. It was. I don't think there's any arguing that. And I think it changed a lot of people's minds about this football team, including mine. You do it on the field, people start to believe. If you don't, for a lot of years in a row and you bottom out against Buffalo, people understandably lose their minds, lose interest, go crazy, start booing renegades, start saying the coach should be fired. That was all, quite frankly, well-earned too.
And I wonder if that helped prompt what we see today. A lot of times, no matter the situation in life, whatever we're talking about, people, teams have to hit rock bottom before they can catapult up. I just didn't think it was going to happen like this, this fast. That was one of the greatest, most entertaining Steeler games I've ever seen. You? I agree. Regular season? I loved it. And I was not worried or concerned until Boswell missed the field goal. And then I went, oh, bleep. Here we go. Because as soon as that happened, at least in my mind, I said, this is it. The Lions were rolling after that last drive. They held them in check for a majority of the game, but the Lions had all the momentum. And we've seen the Lions come back in dramatic fashion before.
And let's be real, the Steelers did get helped out by the Lions' own mistakes. Amon Ross and Brown not going another half yard into the end zone and just not pushing off or finding an open area. Tesla pushing off. I mean, they physically dominated the game pretty much. The Lions almost won at the end because of pure offensive talent and firepower. The Steelers walked in there and beat them down. And I haven't been today, and I'm just not in the mood to nitpick In any kind of way, that was a hell of a win. Partly cloudy and a high of 42. James Pierre, low of 19. Calvin Austin, fan weather brought to you by Myers Lager, Pittsburgh's choice for affordable legal solutions.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What milestone did Sidney Crosby achieve in Penguins history?
0:01–1:10
2
How does Sidney Crosby's career compare to Mario Lemieux's?
1:10–2:25
3
What factors contributed to Crosby being considered a top player of all time?
2:25–5:07
4
What achievements set Crosby's resume apart from Lemieux's?
5:07–6:36
5
How has Crosby impacted the Pittsburgh Penguins franchise?
6:36–7:32
6
What are the opinions on Crosby's legacy among fans and commentators?
7:32–8:09
7
How do current players compare to Crosby and Lemieux in terms of talent?
8:09–8:46
8
What are the overall sentiments about Crosby's contributions to hockey?
8:46–10:46
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