Maybe was a bad time for Oilers fans, but I think many people did watch Crosby absolutely dominate 2-way hockey to get his last 2 cups. The first one more than the 2nd to be fair and there were all kinds of crazy goaltending messes that the Pens worked through with Fleury. Crosby had a 0.960 PDO in 2016, but he came up big when it mattered and played hard minutes.
That said, Crosby never dominated offensively like McDavid did last playoffs. McDavid did all you could ever ask of a player to try to win a cup. He ended the playoffs with 2 completely useless wingers, and his 2nd line C being an injured mess and Florida was able to just swarm him all night long in the series with multiple players. Not really his fault.