Crosby’s Quiet Role Helped Keep Celebrini’s Canada C On His Sweater

Sidney Crosby’s influence still travels well beyond his own line, and this story puts him right in the middle of Team Canada’s captaincy decision. Macklin Celebrini kept the letter, and the reason says plenty about how veteran stars can shape a room without ever making it about themselves. Around national-team hockey, that kind of guidance matters almost as much as the goals, because the adults in the room usually decide who gets to wear the weight of the badge.