A nod to the past brought Sidney Crosby to tears. The Penguins captain is smiling about the present

Sidney Crosby raised his eyes to the videoboard, and all the memories came flooding back, accompanied by tears that the Pittsburgh Penguins captain made no effort to wipe away. It wasn't until Crosby watched a tribute to the 2016 Penguins team that won the franchise's fourth Stanley Cup before Saturday's 6-5 win over the New York Rangers that some of the moments he'd thought were lost to time recrystallized in high definition. Standing near center ice next to Letang (in a boot to protect the fractured left foot he sustained on Thursday against Chicago) and Evgeni Malkin, with so many familiar faces stretched 10 deep in both directions, the usually reserved 38-year-old Crosby felt a twinge he figured might come and leaned into it.

Original Source:

https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/nod-past-brought-sidney-crosby-011240494.html