Consistent and reliable, Sidney Crosby is still playing at high level through midway point

Brace Hemmelgarn-USA TODAY SportsAt 31-years-old, and with many young talents on the rise surrounding him, Sidney Crosby was predicted to show a slight decline in point production by pundits around the NHL.

That obviously isn’t to say they think he’s washed up, but given his age, coupled with the elite youth movement taking the league by storm, it was safe to assume he finally hit the latter part of his prime and would “slow down” on the score sheet and in the league rankings.

But this 2018-19 version of Sidney Crosby cares not for his doubters.

Just 10 games into the season, Crosby and teammates Evgeni Malkin and Phil Kessel were blowing everybody out of the water in terms of The Athletic’s…