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Destiny’s Child
by Tony on 02/06/10 at 08:30 PM ET
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From Sports Illustrated’s S.L. Price:
The signs got to him first. He was ready for the official one on the right there, just as they rolled past the town limit—COLE HARBOUR, HOME OF SIDNEY CROSBY—but then they kept coming, block letters slapped up on light boards at the businesses lining Cole Harbour Road: WELCOME HOME at the Petro-Canada station, HAPPY BIRTHDAY at Kyte’s Pharmasave, CONGRATS! at Chris Brothers Meats. And the thought began to rise: I didn’t dream this alone. They wanted it for me too….
Still, he was doing O.K., waving and flashing that boy-band grin from the antique fire truck, one hand on the massive silver prize. Indeed, this had pretty much been the plan when, just minutes after leading Pittsburgh to the 2009 Stanley Cup championship, the Penguins’ center had been the first to reserve—captain’s prerogative—his day with the legendary Cup: August 7, his 22nd birthday. His jersey number (87) and salary ($8.7 million) had been famously chosen to honor the 8/7/87 arrival of Canada’s Next One; it was only right—not to mention superstitious and relentlessly cute—that after fulfilling all the promise and hype, after proving himself the heir of Howe and Orr and Gretzky, Crosby would choose this day to bring the supreme token of success home to Nova Scotia.
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Inevitable. His title, not mine.
It is a pretty good article, though…
Posted by Tony from Virginia Beach, VA on 02/06/10 at 09:27 PM ET
Great article, thanks for the link!
Posted by Flames Fan on 02/07/10 at 06:24 AM ET
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Destiny’s Child
So, so fitting
Posted by Red Winger from Sault Ste Marie on 02/06/10 at 09:25 PM ET