Does anyone believe that Sidney Crosby played 2.5 weeks during reg season & playoffs with a broken foot?

Question

The only person who went through this pain of a broken ankle, was Bobby Baun during the 1967 playoffs, where his team, The Toronto Maple Leafs won the Stanley Cup. Watch any clips from the games, and you will understand. The Sidney Crosby era is no comparison to when hockey was played without the million dollar plus salaries.

Answer 1

Absolutely. He broke a small bone in his foot, not his entire foot. Big difference. If it was one of the metatarsals or the calcaneus, I'm sure he wouldn't have continued playing. When I played, I broke bones in my hand more than once and didn't even know it.

God I love how it irks some people so much to not have something to pick on Sid for that they'll resort to calling the media blatant liars. Face it, the kid's got heart and a wonderful respect for the game.

EDIT - Barry M. - All his team has? I guess you've never heard of Malkin(top rookie scorer), Roberts, Staal(most SH goals for a rookie ever and 1 goal less than his his brother Eric), Gonchar(2nd leading d-man scorer), Whitney(6th leading d-man scorer) etc.

Answer 2

I believe that he played with a broken foot, but I don't think it could have been that bad. I watch almost every hockey game that's on (unless it's on at the same time as a Devils game) and I've seen Crosby play. His skating and his game were just as good as before he "broke" his foot. I know this is kind of contradicting what I said, but I'm not sure, though, if his foot was hurt, or if his pride was hurt from the lack of his usual talent.

Answer 3

Actually it is fairly common for players to freeze a broken foot or ankle and play through it these days if it is near playoff time. I can recall both Peter Foresberg and Arturs Irbe doing the same thing. There have been a lot of others too, I just can't remember who. It is obviously true about Crosby. There is no need for them to lie about anything. It's probably not that bad of a break.

Answer 4

Apparently he broke one bone in his foot, and although it was painful, it wouldn't prevent him from playing or be a reinjury risk. I think part of the news of it is just a positive thing about Sid -- he played well through an injury -- and part of it is how a star player could play with an injury without the media finding out about it. The National Football League and its media, for example, are almost fanatical in their attention to injury reporting.

Here in Pens Country, there is some disappointment about the loss to Ottawa, but the prevailing mood is happiness about the good season the team had. I don't know if the Pens will win the Cup any time soon, but they will at least entertain us in trying.

Answer 5

Sidney Crosby is getting a great form of people asserting that he's the subsequent Gretzky, it is feasible. on condition that Gretzky retired in 1999, there has been no different participant come into the league which would be stated that he would project Gretz's information till Crosby. In 2 seasons, Crosby has recorded lower back to lower back one hundred factor seasons as a youngster, starting to be the youngest participant ever to win the paintings Ross Trophy as scoring champion and then the Hart Trophy as MVP final season on the age of nineteen. the single knock on the youngster is that he has a tendency to whine while calls do no longer bypass his way, and he additionally tries to sell calls to refs lots. In his defence, those are issues which you're taught to do interior the Junior leagues, and Sid is basically 20, so there is time for him mature in that regard. If he manages to stay wholesome for the time of his occupation, Sid would desire to ok project Gretzky's scoring information. And with the wealth of alternative youthful skills surrounding him in Pittsburgh (Evgeni Malkin, Jordan Staal, Marc-Andre Fleury to purely call some, and Angelo Esposito arising quickly), they might ok project for the Stanley Cup for some years yet to return, supplied the Pens are in a position to maintain the middle of that team under the recent cap device.

Answer 6

Mark Brunell of the Washington Redskins played (Albeit very poorly) on a broken foot in the tail end of the 2005 season. There was also a player in old days of hockey who broke his leg and then scored a Stanley Cup Finals game winning goal. I wish I could remember more about that. So, I mean, it's possible. Also when you hear "Broken Foot" and "Played on it" it probably was just a hairline fracture.

Answer 7

If you havent noticed the playoffs are a totally different animal.

Guys play with much worse than a broken foot for the duration of the playoffs.

Its kind of a given that guys play hurt during the NHL playoffs and not much is said about it.

So yes I do believe he played hurt.

Answer 8

The only reason this every came out is because he had to decline to play for Canada in the World Championship. He would have never came out and told anybody if it wasn't for that. Its not that big of a deal unless u live in Pittsburgh. He also said it didn't affect his play and it didn't make the outcome of the playoffs any different.

Answer 9

Yes. It wasn't badly broken, he could still play. He cleared everything with the doctors and made sure it was okay. He isn't stupid. If he couldn't have played on it he wouldn't have. However I think he played amazingly well for being on a broken foot. He played well period. And, he foot is obviously broken judging by the fact that he isn't playing in the World Championship.

Answer 10

Does it really matter? I think the only people who are making an issue out of it are Penguins fans that are sore about the early exit. It takes more than one man - even one as good as Crosby - to win a playoff series. Lemieux didn't win big until he had Jagr. Give Malkin some time and I'm sure they'll start winning. Anyway, I'm not a big Penguin fan so go Sharks!!