Crosby and Celebrini? “Definitely there are similarities,” Crosby said. “I can see why people would say that.” [...] “More than anything, I love how competitive he is,” Crosby said.
Crosby and Celebrini? “Definitely there are similarities,” Crosby said. “I can see why people would say that.” [...] “More than anything, I love how competitive he is,” Crosby said. “That’s what I see when I pay attention to him. He wants to get better every day, and he wants his team to get better every day. He has a passion for those things. To me, that’s leadership.” Getting to know Crosby has been like a dream for Celebrini, who turns 20 in June. “Oh, 100 percent,” he said. “It’s been so great, it’s hard to put it into words. Last year at the worlds, we got tighter, spent some time together. I can’t tell you what it means to me just to pick his brain, be around him, get to know him.” Crosby’s teammates have long marveled at how easygoing he is, how “normal” he behaves. Hockey gods aren’t supposed to be so grounded, but Crosby has always been this way. Now Celebrini knows it firsthand. “He’s made it easy for me,” Celebrini said of Crosby’s tutelage. “To be honest, you wouldn’t even know he’s Sidney Crosby. This is the guy who has been the face of the NHL for 20 years, someone I’ve looked up to my entire life. When I started talking with him and getting to know him, I realized what a humble human being he is. It’s made it so incredibly easy to get to know him, to talk with him. And we talk a lot.” They talk hockey, they talk life. One is 38, and the other is 19, but they seem to understand each other uniquely. “You can see it,” Tavares said. “You can just see it.” submitted by /u/FrenchPagan [link] [comments]
