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Forum: NHLOct. 24, 2020 at 5:16 p.m.
Thread: What makes Sidney Crosby such a dominant force in the NHL
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>NoWah49</b></div><div>Work ethic and his brain probably defines why he's so talented. Sid doesn't have Patty Kane hands, Ovi's shot, or McDavid's speed. But what he does have is the best hockey sense in this generation or even in the history of the game. How many times have we seen Sid do some ridiculous, innovative stuff throughout his career? This year is was the deflection off the back of the net, there was a period of time where half of the goals he scored were baseball bat like. Plus, he always the hardest worker on the ice and that combined with his hockey sense is a lethal combo.

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrrsnLjfVjk" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrrsnLjfVjk</a> click on this link
This goal is probably the most impressive feat I've seen Sid do in my 15 years as a fan. Basically Hornqvist makes a hand pass, so Sid's unable to touch the puck. Instead, he waits (and tricks) for Shattenkirk to touch it instead, so he can immediately strip the puck off of him and bank the puck in from behind the net. Just insane, we'll never see something like that again.</div></div>

Yeah, he definitely has a crazy hockey IQ
Forum: NHLOct. 24, 2020 at 10:00 a.m.
Thread: What makes Sidney Crosby such a dominant force in the NHL
Sid is still #1 because of his complete game. McDavid doesn't play D.

I agree with everything you said for sure.
I'll just mention a couple other things (there's so much lol).
-I think Sid is the greatest player on the backhand I've ever seen. Not just his shot although his backhand shots are other worldly sometimes. His touch and control and tape-to-tape passing while on the backhand is stellar.
-Sid has the unique ability of elevating the play of those around him--not just getting others a few extra points. Just get open and Sid will find you in a good spot.
-Lower body strength, puck protection, and edge work all combine to make him one of the best players down low in the league. He prefers to attack with speed off the rush but as he gets older he needs to just get in the zone and cycle down low and pick apart teams defences--because that's when he's absolutely lethal.
-One intangible that can't really be measured is just the leadership and set the bar high vibe he gives off. New players to PIT have to put in the work bc he does.
-He's resilient. no one can say he's not. He's come back from horrible concussions. he's been injured IDK how many times. he takes a beating from D-men when he's around the net. The niskanen hit to the head in the playoffs and I can't remember who literally breaking a stick over his NECK come to mind.
-I could go on and on as he's been my favourite player since I don't know how long. First ballot hall of famer. number 87.
Forum: NHLOct. 23, 2020 at 10:15 p.m.
Thread: What makes Sidney Crosby such a dominant force in the NHL
Look, I could spend years talking and writing about this but I don't want this to take hours for me to write and for you to read so I'll try to keep it simple. I'll try.

Oh boy, where do I even start? Ok, let's start with the obvious, his intelligence. I know it's basic common sense but really an intelligent hockey player is a good player. 999 times out of 1000. He just makes intelligent plays all the time, which makes him and his teammates better. Cause you see, a non-intelligent player WILL put himself and his teammates in trouble every now and then. I actually have an instance of this with Sid. Idk if you remember but in the 2017 SCF, Subban made a joke that Sid told him that his breath smelled (as if Sid would say something like this). What happened after that folks? Well Sid turned into aa God, I've very very very very rarely seen a player play with such DOMINANCE than Crosby did in the last games of that series, it was phenomenal, he basically won the Pens the cup, not in terms of having 1000 poits per game but in terms of just driving the play.

You see, Sid doesn't do such things. He instantly becomes a better, more useful player with that.

But of course things don't stop there. His leadership skills are well known so I won't talk bout them.

I will however talk about portions of his game that elevate him to the rank of the best hockey player on the planet.

The first thing I want to highlight is his edgework. By that I mean his footwork, his direction changing moves. He's so good at that, he breaks ankle after ankle, makes elite defenders look like complete jokes all the time and all that while not only making himself do crazy things but while also making his teammates significantly better.

The first thing is his puck protection skills. Try getting the puck from him, I dare you. When he's either behind the net or along the boards or all of the above, he's practically impossible to beat. With such dominance at protecting the puck (not to mention his well known play making abilities) he can buy his teammates seconds to get into position to receive a perfect pass from him.

Let's end this by talking about his lower body strength. It's hilarious to see every player trying to be faster than everyone else when there are other ways to do it. Have you seen his lower body strength? He's such a strong player that fighting against him (which is very hard to do, for reason that have already been covered) for puck control, for instance, is a very difficult thing to do. His lower body being as strong as it is allows him to control the play like almost no other player in the world can, it really is crazy.

Take what I've talked about and add his shot release, his vision, his (intelligent) good skating, work ethic and many other things and you've got the best hockey player on the planet. IMO McDvid and MacKinnon aren't in the same league as Sid when it comes to their overall game