I sat down with Macklin Celebrini and Sidney Crosby a few days ago in Switzerland. Crosby gave way to Connor McDavid as the world’s best player many years ago now. But in some ways, Celebrini is his true successor. And he knows it. Read about it here: https://t.co/aXlt71qNy4
Update: Filipe Luis (40/🇧🇷) jetzt Topkandidat bei Bayer Leverkusen. Gespräche laufen. Gibt aber noch zwei weitere Kandidaten. ⚫️🔴
Auch Besiktas dran, der türkische Klub hat sich erkundigt. Luis ist nach aus bei Flamengo ohne Vertrag. @Plettigoal@Sky_Marlon89@SkySportDE
When I watch Macklin Celebrini play, I feel like I’m watching Sid at 19.
When I talk with Celebrini, I feel like I’m talking with Sid.
The similarities in their games and in how they carry themselves off the ice are absolutely uncanny.
"Sidney Crosby is our Tom Brady and our LeBron James..
I was on the ice with him when he was 14 years old and I could see how good he was then..
He should play for as long as he wants to play"
@WayneGretzky#PMSLive
Dubas on Malkin: "We had a great exit interview with Evgeni directly, and great conversations with him and his agent J.P. Barry... So we would love to have him back, and we continue to work with J.P. on it."
9 - Bayer 04 Leverkusens Patrik Schick schoss neun Tore in seinen letzten sechs Bundesliga-Spielen – mehr als jeder andere Spieler in Europas Top-5-Ligen seit dem 20. März. Muskelmann.
That’s a wrap.
It opened with many of us (include me) tanking for Gavin McKenna. Lottery odds, long looks at draft boards, the quiet acceptance of what this was supposed to be. Somewhere along the way, it drifted off script. A handful of players who weren’t meant to carry anything gave people a reason to keep checking in.
Thanks to everyone who followed along. The mock beat reports, the Skinner quotes, the increasingly unnecessary wardrobe changes for Erik Karlsson. The shirts, the hats. It was all very serious work people like myself do on the beat.
Now the offseason arrives with its usual lack of clarity. There is a version where this turns into an Ol’ Yeller summer and a few familiar names are dealt with in ways that feel abrupt. There is another where it’s framed as a retool on the fly. Either path says something about where this is going in Dubas’ plan.
For the playoffs, the rooting interests are straightforward. Anyone playing the Philadelphia Flyers will do. Beyond that, the Buffalo Sabres are my team now. They have waited long enough and tend to treat visiting fans like invited guests, at least when I go up there. Out West, the Minnesota Wild are who I will be rooting for. I’m not sure why, but I feel like they’re due.
The preference, as always, is that the Stanley Cup remains in the United States.
We’ll see what the Pittsburgh Penguins decide to be next. Younger would help. Better would be ideal. The free agent market and draft will point the way, or at least suggest one.
Until then.