from Damien Cox of the Toronto Star,

The surprise, quite honestly, would have been if Sidney Crosby and the Pittsburgh Penguins had done anything else.

But we can still be disappointed. We can still hope for more.

We can be disappointed that at a time when neutrality just doesn’t cut it, the NHL champion Penguins and Crosby, a Canadian citizen and the best player in the world, chose neutrality because it was easier, more comfortable and less controversial.

The champions of a league that is 90 per cent white (and 75 per cent non-American) chose not to align themselves with Black American athletes who were called “sons of bitches” by President Donald Trump on the weekend, chose to behave as though it’s business as usual, and that of course they’ll be attending the White House to be feted by Trump next month because, well, why shouldn’t they? Something wrong out there?

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from Mark Spector of Sportsnet,