How well will Crosby defend his Rocket Richard?

[daver]

If he scored 30 goals in 40 games that'd be ridiculous

Been there, done that. 32 goals in 38 games in 10/11.

 

[Sidney the Kidney]

I can't see him winning another Rocket with the linemates he now has (who can actually convert the glorious chances he creates) and with the great young goal scorers that have come into the league the last couple years.

That's almost the downside (if you can call something positive a downside) of Sid having quality linemates. He tends to shoot less and pass up chances to make an extra pass instead.

Whenever Sid feels confident in his linemates' abilities to finish, he turns into pass-first Sid. Seeing Guentzel light it up last year, especially in the playoffs, I figure we're going to see a lot of pass-first Sid this year.