Sidney Crosby’s Emotional Journey: What Moved the Penguins Captain to Tears and What’s Making Him Smile Now
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The group as a whole was going nowhere in late 2015 when then-head coach Mike Johnston was fired and replaced by Mike Sullivan. Over the next six months, Sullivan and then-general manager Jim Rutherford (now the president of the Vancouver Canucks) turned an underachieving group into champions. They did it again the following year, becoming the first franchise in nearly two decades to go back-to-back.
In Crosby’s head, it doesn’t seem like a long time ago. As a professional athlete, it’s an eternity. The 2016 and 2017 teams cemented Crosby’s status as the greatest player of his generation.



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