FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- The idea of Sidney Crosby and Alex Ovechkin voluntarily joining forces would have been unthinkable a number of years ago. But it's looking like it will be the case in this Friday's All-Star Game skills competition here in south Florida.
Ovechkin said on Thursday's media day that he and Crosby are in talks to team up and compete as a pair for the breakaway challenge -- the skills event in which players go through a shootout, competing to see who has the most creative moves.
"Yeah, me and him talked about it," Ovechkin said with a grin.