Hockey Fans and Leafs Fans Are Losing It Over a Viral Sidney Crosby Post
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A social media post from Bardown sent the internet into a frenzy over the idea of Sidney Crosby joining the Toronto Maple Leafs.
Once considered to be an unimaginable scenario, it now appears a very real possibility that Sidney Crosby's time as a member of the Pittsburgh Penguins could be coming to an end, as soon as next season.
Crosby, 37, has played his entire 20-season NHL career with Pittsburgh since being drafted first overall by the Penguins in the 2005 NHL Entry Draft, not only the franchise's savior on the ice but off as the team feared the potential of relocation.
After 20 years, the Pittsburgh Penguins have signaled that now may be the start of a rebuild, and as such a rebuild could cause Crosby to spend his final years outside of Pittsburgh.
Also potentially who could be on the move is defenseman Erik Karlsson, who has been discussed as a potential trade target for the Toronto Maple Leafs, as well as Crosby's teammate from the start of his NHL career to now, Evgeni Malkin.
A rumor has sparked debate over what it would mean for Sidney Crosby to make the shocking move to join the Toronto Maple Leafs.
It took just one viral tweet to spark chaos Leafs fans on X, all thanks to a Crosby connection no one saw coming.
A question by BarDown asked fans their reaction to how they would feel if they saw Sidney Crosby on the Toronto Maple Leafs.
The reaction from fans was fairly positive on the prospect of Crosby joining the Leafs, even at his age.
Some other fans weren't receptive, finding it hard to imagine Crosby going to Toronto.
There's no link between Crosby and the Leafs, and during the offseason this sort of content ultimately comes up to fill space with the lack of hockey-related news in a dead period.
If Crosby where to live Pittsburgh, it would be more likely to see him head to his boyhood Montreal Canadiens, or join fellow Cole Harbour, Nova Scotia native Nathan MacKinnon in Colorado with the Avalanche.
The Leafs would surely love to have a proven experienced leader in Crosby, who even at his age is still a top player in hockey, having last season netted an impressive 33 goals and 91 points in 80 games played, one of only four players in NHL history to reach 90 points at the age of 37.
Crosby would be the greatest player in NHL history to have worn the blue and white of the Maple Leafs if he were to join, as much of a dream as Wayne Gretzky's near-signing with Toronto back in 1996.
Fans can dream, and as a lack of action happens in the offseason, the quiet around the Toronto Maple Leafs have turned to potential excitement about how the Leafs could shape up, and what it would mean to have a true great of the game one day in Toronto.
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