Sid’s Back! Now What?

Sidney Crosby celebrates after scoring his first goal

Monday night’s Penguins game was one that will be remembered for the ages.Sidney Crosby made his long awaited debut after being sidelined with a concussion for the last 10 moths. And boy was it some return. 5 minutes into the game, on his first shot, he scored. He quickly added another goal, along with two assists to end the night with 4 points. Not a bad comeback.

The question is what happens now?

The Penguins play St Louis tonight, and Crosby will be in the lineup. What can we expect from him?  Crosby himself admitted that Monday’s mind blowing performance had a lot to do with the adrenaline he was on, and there’s probably a chance that won’t be repeated tonight. It’s understandable, but a lot of people might start criticizing the fact that he isn’t scoring all the goals all the time.

Those people can sit on it, to be perfectly honest. It’s been 10 months and it will take Sid a while to get adjusted. Sid said he doesn’t expect to be in the running for the Art Ross or Rocket Richard and we should leave him be. Let him get back into the routine and let it go from there.

If he scores 50 goals this season, then yay! If he doesn’t, then yay! Let’s just rejoice in the fact that our captain is back and healthy.

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