You look at the player statistics of the Pittsburgh Penguins, and you think the typographers must have made a mistake with Sidney Crosby's. Maybe they mistakenly aligned the numbers of Matt Cullen or Beau Bennett with Crosby's name because, well, these can't be right:
Eighteen games played, two goals, seven assists, minus-8. Certainly, these can't be the numbers for the 28-year-old, best hockey player of his generation. But, entering Thursday's game against the Colorado Avalanche, those indeed were the real numbers.
What started out as "Hey, everybody can have a slow first week or two, Sid will get 'er rollin' quick" dismissive media stories have lately become more "Hey, what's goin' on with Sid?