Poor Sidney Crosby

Yseterday's home game against the Penguins was exciting and fast! We kinda looked a bit slow but we've been doing lots of travelling.. I'll be happier come next year when eastern teams do more of the long flights too. Sid Crosby impressed me, not with his skating, but rather, with his off ice maturity, sincerity and ability to articulate. It was sad to hear that people were semi-stalking him and that he didn't go out with teammates because he didn't want to ruin their experiences of a new place by being a public distraction.

So ticket prices were nutso for this game. I was looking to see how tickets would be like for the Winter Classic in Buffalo - the first US NHL regular season game outdoors (Sabres and Penguins) on New Year's and the ticket prices are equally stupid. $150 for ticket in the 300 level in a stadium that seats 73,000??!! Hellooo??

Aside: Here's an article on how the cute toque of Jose Theodore from the Heritage Classic came to be.