Whether or not Sidney Crosby suffered another head injury during Monday night’s Game 6 in Pittsburgh remains up in the air.
What’s maybe more mysterious, though, is the way that the situation was handled.
During the first period, Crosby took a brutal headfirst spill into the boards and was slow to get up. He looked dazed when he finally got to his feet. Still, he finished his shift and played the rest of the game.
That’s not a credit to him being “a warrior” or glorifying his ability to play through it, something that’s often done in hockey.