The Colorado Avalanche’s first-overall draft pick from 2013, Nathan MacKinnon, is from Cole Harbour, Nova Scotia. The Pittsburgh Penguins’ first-overall draft pick from 2005, Sidney Crosby, is also from Cole Harbour, Nova Scotia. These facts tend to link these two players.
Last season, that linkage came at the expense of then-sophomore Nathan MacKinnon’s street cred.
Extra! Extra! Crosby Snubs MacKinnon!
Every move Penguins star Sidney Crosby makes gets captured and analyzed. When Crosby showed up to a post-practice presser with half his face swollen, everyone immediately speculated the had the mumps, which were going around the NHL.
