Poor Kid

Anyone else feel like Sidney Crosby is being taken for a ride?

"C'mere Boi, you gots you one purdeh bahine, now less get a gawk at dat pah ho."

I feel bad for the kid. He's widely known as a RBK spokesman sell out whiner, but really how would you react to a year where:

You are drafted to a team that has, at best, a shot at second last in the NHL,

Your mentor is arguably the best player to ever lace 'em up,

Your mentor gives up on a team that he owns and once captained,

Your team mates generally don't like you and therefore leave you to protect yourself,

To add to the pressure of being dubbed Pittsburgh's saviour, and being disliked by the team, they pin an "A" to your jersey and ask you to take a leadership role in your rookie year,

You're competing for rookie honors with a Rusky who is bigger tougher and 2 years more experienced (not to mention talented as all hell),

and let's not forget, living in the boss/owners house as he tries to sell the franchise that neither he nor this phenom could save.

Oh, and everyone in the world knows the ply thickness of the T.P. you use when you make boom boom.

It seems that sometimes everyone is sort of hoping that he'll fail, but I get the feeling more and more that some are starting to feel sorry for him. Just look at the picture above, tell me you don't feel bad for that boy.

Kudos to JaJa for the pic I feel too guilty to forward it by e-mail, but here it is!