PITTSBURGH -- Penguins coach Mike Sullivan was asked Monday if he would consider hiding the skates of Pittsburgh captain Sidney Crosby so the NHL's leader in goals can get some down time.
"We might have to," Sullivan joked.
Crosby, who was in Los Angeles over the weekend as an All-Star as well as an all-time league Top 100 honoree, certainly could have rested with a game coming up Tuesday against the Nashville Predators at PPG Paints Arena. Instead, he wanted to practice with the Penguins when they reconvened after the break Monday.
"I gave him the option.