In hockey's offseason, as she was at the drive-thru screen of a Tim Hortons restaurant in the Dartmouth area of the Halifax Regional Municipality in Nova Scotia, a woman heard the young man taking her order ask her a strange question.
"Who would you rather be stranded on a desert island with? Sidney Crosby or Nathan Mac Kinnon?"
Reflectively, the woman answered: "I love 'em both, both hometown boys. But Nate's a little young for me, so I guess I'll go with Sidney."
The Hortons worker retorted: "All right. I mean, young at heart, but I'm very mature for my age.