VIENNA, Austria – He used to be Sid The Kid.
When he arrives here today, it’ll be different.
It’ll be Sid & The Kids.
Todd McLellan’s Team Canada to the IIHF World Championships in Prague May 1-17 was on the ice at Albert Schultz Halle, the home of the Vienna Capitals of Eishockeymannschaft, the Austrian Elite League, late Sunday afternoon on player arrival day when Scott Salmond of Hockey Canada tapped your correspondent on the shoulder and slid me the Sid scoop.
“Crosby’s coming.”
Other than Matt Duchene and Taylor Hall, none of the players had reason to believe the captain of Canada’s gold medal winning team at the Sochi 2014 Olympics and scorer of the Golden Goal in overtime at the Vancouver 2010 Olympics, might head here.