NASHVILLE — Like all myths, it’s difficult to know where this one started.
Maybe it was because he tried and failed with Bill Guerin, Marian Hossa and James Neal. Maybe it was because Chris Kunitz had to tag along with him at 2014 Olympics or because he didn’t turn Phil Kessel into a 40- or 50-goal scorer like everyone thought he would.
Whatever the origins, there was this idea that Sidney Crosby didn’t play well with others.
You apparently couldn’t just put whomever you wanted on Crosby’s line. It had to be someone who thought the game on a higher level, someone who didn’t like to hang onto the puck for too long or not long enough, someone who checked off a seemingly limitless number of boxes.