Living just down the road from Sid's summer home y'all know who I am cheering for.
Whether or not he was a 'crybaby' in his early years, he has been playing his entire career with people, 25-50 pounds heavier than him on him for a large percentage of the game, he gets hacked and slashed before and after the whistle.
He is a 'better' leader now, Thorton and Burns goonery are examples of that (how a forearm to the back does not get called...worse than WWE...they better start calling that stuff or marginal fans will look at hockey as just that WWE on ice).
If people say he is hiding behind the refs they have to say it understanding that backdrop....he is getting hacked and mauled. Don't know if any of you play hockey but being strong on the puck wears you down, he's been doing that his whole career cause...well he had to be, he is a smaller guy.
Pens are a fast team and Jones bailed them out last game. If Pitt comes out as desperate as SJ then Jones is gonna have to be on his game again. Question is, where was this grit (borderline dirty grit) been all series for SJ?
One thing is for sure, it is a great sport and a good league....