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This hockey generation's brightest talent has been plagued by concussions. Now, the very style of play that has brought Crosby such success may be heralding the end of his career.
Sidney Crosby is arguably the best player ever to put on skates. You could argue that Bobby was better, or Wayne, or Gordie. But it would be hard to argue that any of those guys changed the game as much as Sid. No defenceman came along in Bobby's wake to play like him. There will never be another 99. But in Crosby's case, the entire league was re-made in his image.
The game can be divided into two eras: before and after Sidney Crosby arrived in 2005, breaking Mario Lemieux's rookie scoring record. Says NHL star Matt Duchene, who entered the league in 2008, just three years after Crosby: "Just in the time that I was going from peewee and bantam to junior, there was a whole other game before and after. You didn't have a choice really--you had to adapt and adopt the way he did things or get left way behind."
In an effort to keep up with Sid, the game changed. It's faster now, more skilled. There are more highlight-reel goals, and fewer fights. And in many ways, Crosby has thrived. Three Stanley Cups. Two Olympic gold medals. A World Cup. And enough individual trophies to fill a truck.
But then, if Crosby hadn't changed the league, he might expect a longer career. Today, Sidney Crosby is the first generational superstar whose every shift could be his last. He invented a faster game, and the faster game has taken its toll on its creator. Crosby has suffered several concussions, and missed most of an entire season with symptoms. He plays the game fearlessly, but he also plays it without a bodyguard.
The irony is that he created a league that made it harder for him to thrive. And the tragedy may be that he has created a league that will bring his career to an end in one fell swoop, in front of millions.
Telling the story of a generational talent and the way he has revolutionized the game, Gare Joyce will also bring into focus crucial questions about the way the game is played today, assessing fighting and concussions in the light of the way these issues impinge on arguably the greatest player ever to skate.
Publisher : Viking; Illustrated edition (October 29, 2019)
Language : English
Hardcover : 352 pages
ISBN-10 : 0735237921
ISBN-13 : 978-0735237926
Item Weight : 1.25 pounds
Dimensions : 6.39 x 1.16 x 9.26 inches
Reviewer: John Groner
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Crosby with the assist on Joyce's goal of a phenomenal book
Review: Joyce has once again written a great story about this generations greatest hockey player. Crosby is a once in a lifetime player and I feel fortunate to have been able to watch many games in TV but also a couple games when the penguins were playing against my hometown STL Blues
Reviewer: Scott S.
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Great gift
Review: Have it as a gift to my son, who plays junior hockey. He likes it so far
Reviewer: Amy Darr
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Good, could be better
Review: I've read better written Athlete bios but all in all this was a good, easy to read, smooth flowing boom. I'd recommend this one if you're a Sid fan.
Reviewer: John Douglas
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Great book
Review: Excellent book if you are a Crosby fan!
Reviewer: Aaron Bradley
Rating: 3.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Pretty scrambled
Review: Good content, often broken up and incoherent. Sid deserves better writing. This writer swings from attempts at being an objective third party, to a derider, to a fanboy almost as frequently as he abruptly switches to different time periods in Sid's career without closing out the previous chapter.
Reviewer: LSmith
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: A different look at Sidney Crosby
Review: Sidney Crosby has been the face of the National Hockey League (NHL) since his rookie season of 2005. While he may not have the statistical excellence of Wayne Gretzky or changed the play of a positing like Bobby Orr did for defensemen, but sports journalist Gare Joyce, who earlier had penned a biography of Crosby, makes the case that Crosby has transformed the entire league into a league that he may not have been able to succeed in.If this sounds confusing, then one must read this book as Joyce covers all levels of hockey in which Crosby has excelled â pee wee hockey and the Canadian Junior league as well as his time at Shattuck-St. Maryâs in Minnesota and of course his time with the Pittsburgh Penguins, the only NHL team for which he has played. As an American reader, I was appreciative of the description of Crosbyâs time in juniors as it is very detailed about not only Crosby nearly single-handedly leading a less talented team to a championship but also the structure and the cut-throat nature of junior hockey.Something else that was noted throughout the book is that Crosby is one of the very few players who have had successful hockey careers learning the game in a Maritime province â in Crosbyâs case, he hails from Nova Scotia. While it is well known that the Maritimes have not produced many hockey stars, it was interesting to learn that many consider coming from that area a handicap in oneâs hockey career.Joyce gives Crosby a lot of credit for leading the NHL away from the defensive style of hockey it played in the 1990âs and early 2000âs thanks to the success of the New Jersey Devils with their infamous neutral zone trap and into a game that emphasizes speed, puck handling and skill. The transformation into this type of game has been so successful that players like Connor McDavid and Nathan McKinnon, the latter whose skills are described in great detail in the book. If there is a downside to reading the book, it would be that while Joyce writes about the hits that Crosby took in which he suffered debilitating concussions resulting in the loss of significant playing time, Joyce doesnât write much about a possible solution or at least how the issues of concussions will be addressed.Readers who are fans of Crosby or of todayâs style of hockey played in the NHL will want to read this book. Even if they are Crosby critics, and Joyce acknowledges them and doesnât dismiss all of the criticisms, this book is one to read to learn why Crosby has to be considered one of the greatest players in the history of the game.I wish to thank Viking Publishing for providing a copy of the book via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
Reviewer: Tim
Rating: 2.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Couldn't finish the book
Review: Not well-written in the least. Too many factual mistakes and the writer jumps all over the place. I'm a huge Sidney Crosby fan, but this is a very difficult read.
Reviewer: Mary
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: Love Sidney!
Reviewer: Dolly and me
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: It was excellent. Always lovely to read about a Canadian player
Reviewer: Robyn Ross
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: I would recommend this book to any hockey fan. Itâs not just a review of Sidney Crosbyâs career but an in-depth review with total openness about some of Sidâs actions. No âhere sayâ gossip is included.
Reviewer: Gerald P.
Rating: 2.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: Lecture intéressante qui partage des faits avec des proches de Sid qui nous apprennent a découvrir une vedette a devenir, humble et entouré de parent responsable et dévouer a voir leur enfant réussir.