I sort of think that way at times but then along comes Crosby, who played street hockey five-on-one with my grandsons---"and he always won, Grampy."

Emotions are unfathomable in hockey: your opinion of Canadian eminence and my hopes for an American Stanley triumph because of Crosby.

Only yesterday in correspondence with another member, I commented that Crosby playing like a lion is one bad hit away from ending his career.