Penguins Captain Sidney Crosby responds to McDavid Suspension

Monday it was announced that Edmonton Oilers Superstar Connor McDavid had got an expulsion in three games To cross -check Vancouver Canucks, Conor Garland attacks the head under their tilt on Saturday night.

Canucks defender Tyler Myers also received three matches For a cross check to the head of Oiler’s defender Evan Bouchard.

The reception of the McDavid -Suspender among fans and around the league has certainly been mixed – Oilers and McDavid themselves expressed their feelings in the case – And the discourse around the protection of the league’s star players was set on high.

Many people repeated the feeling that – despite Garland committing some frustrating non -called penalties on the game – McDavid simply cannot commit a cross check to the head of an opponent, even as retaliation as the league’s best player.

While this may be true, a specific other league superstar had plenty of experience in taking similar abuse some thoughts about the league’s failure to protect its stars.

Pittsburgh Penguins Captain Sidney Crosby – also victim of non -call over the years as the league’s face – sympathized with McDavid’s case.

“Sometimes your feelings get the best out of you,” Crosby told Josh Yohe from The Athletic. “It’s a physical sport. The one time you see it, you probably don’t see the nine hits that Connor took. It’s the ones that never get to the highlights. When you reciprocate, you make the highlights.”

Crosby expanded the fact that emotions can get the best from, yes, even the best players sometimes.

“Whether it’s him or anyone else, it’s an emotional game,” Crosby said. “It’s going to happen sometimes. If there were calmer or cooler circumstances, he probably wouldn’t have done so.”