Huh, so as it turns out, a wave of six scoreless games to start a season might not be all it takes to wash up the proud owner of one of the most complete careers in hockey history. Who knew?!? Lost in all the 'Auston Matthews: Does playing in Toronto automatically make him better player, person, philanthropist, and future parent than Connor McDavid?' hysteria was the fact that they both have a hell of a long way to go before putting together the type of extensive highlight reel that has made talking about Sidney Crosby's continued greatness, well, pretty damn boring to be honest. Not having a tally in the goal column prior to last night made it easier to make him an afterthought in the best player in the league debate, but - other than #97 being the fastest kid alive - what's hurt his case the most is that we've simply grown tired of talking about how good he is. As an old dog, it's not like he's got any new tricks. That, of course, is because he's long known literally all of them, but that also means we've long discussed his prevalence in performing them. If only due to desensitization, I've just been made pretty numb to most of Sidney Crosby's superhuman skill set, and that includes the ability to create space for himself with a hairpin turn in the corner before proceeding to put an opponent on a leash and taking him for a walk to the ass end of social media circulation. Now, the narrative that this particular dissection of a defense came right in front of the eyeballs of those that have been most diligent, and rightfully so, in pumping the tires of Connor McDavid is one that I can absolutely get behind. 'The Kid' holding a one-man dance party for grown folks at the expense of the Edmonton Oilers does add a cool little wrinkle to him doing something we've seen him pull off countless times in lifting the Penguins to victory on his backhand. I don't know that Connor McDavid himself needed a first-hand reminder of whose resume he's chasing, but a quick humbling for those in attendance couldn't hurt...
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