The NHL unveiled its official rosters for the 2016 All-Star Game on Wednesday. Notable by his absence was Sidney Crosby, the Pittsburgh Penguins star who has long been the face of the league and the consensus choice as its best player. He has not, however, been close to being the game's best skater this season.
It isn't the first time Crosby will miss the All-Star Game. It's just the first time the NHL has had the option of showcasing him in the event and consciously declined to do so.
Oddly enough, Crosby has only attended one NHL All-Star Game, in 2007. On four occasions in his career, the event has been superseded by something else—three times by the Olympics and once by an owner-initiated lockout. The rest of the time, injury has been the culprit.
"[The absences are] not really crazy considering I missed on three chances because of the Olympics and four because of injury," Crosby said last year, as per NHL.com's Dan Rosen. "One was a high-ankle sprain, two were concussions, and one was my knee."
In that Rosen piece, published January 19, 2015, Crosby explained it was going to be nice to p ...
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Sidney Crosby Shouldn’t Be an All-Star, and He’s Better off Missing the Game
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