Sid “the Kid” Crosby scored his 500th goal of his career last week. In his 17th season, is Sid still the kid? The 34 year old center will always be Sid the Kid in my book and to many others in the hockey world. Crosby joins Washington Capital superstar, Alex Ovechkin, as the only active players in the NHL with 5O0 goals or more. Crosby becomes the 46th player in NHL history to reach the 500 goal milestone. Crosby scores the goal against the Pittsburgh Penguins archrival, the Philadelphia Flyers. In 17 years, Crosby has scored 50 goals and dished out 69 assists in 79 games versus the Flyers. Will Sid “the Kid” Crosby ever become the King Penguin of all-time in Pittsburgh?

Sid “the Kid Crosby is playing in his 17th season all in Pittsburgh and has 500 goals with 871 assists which is good for 1,371 points. Mario Lemieux played in 17 seasons, all with the Penguins, and scored 690 goals while dishing out 1,033 assists which is good for 1,723 points. Lemieux’s sidekick in the 1990’s, Jaromir Jagr, played 11 seasons alongside Lemieux and scored 439 goals with 640 assists totaling up to 1079 points. Jagr left Pittsburgh and played several season with other teams. Jagr retired from the NHL and played in 24 seasons scoring 766 goals with 1,155 assists for 1,921 points total. Lemieux had back problems that ended his career. While Crosby has missed about 120 games over his career in a Penguins uniform for several different injuries. How long can Crosby play?

Sid “the Kid”s Crosby this season has played in 40 games while scoring 15 goals and dishing out 32 assists for 47 points. The Pittsburgh Penguins have one of the best offenses in the NHL this season. The Penguins have 7 guys including Crosby that have scored double figure in goals this season already which does not include guys close to the double figure mark. Jake Guentzel is the Penguins’ top scorer with 25 goals. Bryan Rust has 18 tallies. Evan Rodrigues has 16 tallies. Then comes Sid the Kid in the Penguin pecking order. Crosby is 34 years old and is not the main cog in the Penguin machine. Crosby is still a very productive player on the ice but the Kid does not have all the pressure to be that number one guy. Penguins offense has many weapons and who knows which one will get the opposing team on any given night.

Sid Crosby is in his 17th season while Mario Lemieux has played 17 total seasons in the NHL. Crosby needs 190 goals to tie the great Lemieux in goals scored in a Pittsburgh uniform. Crosby has only scored 50 goals in one season which was the 2009-10 season. Crosby did have a monster year in the 2016-17 season as he scored 44 goals. Crosby these days probably averages about twenty-something goals per season. Since Crosby is not the number guy, he most likely will not catch the great Lemieux. Crosby has played in 1,079 so far games. Lemieux only was able to play in 915 NHL games and to score 690 goals in that time is amazing. What an amazing kind of force he was on the ice.

Sid “The Kid” Crosby and Mario Lemieux only played 26 games together. Lemieux had to hang up the skates due to an irregular heartbeat. Who is the king Penguin? Crosby has been a part of 3 Stanley Cups. Lemieux has been a part of only two Stanley Cups. After retiring, Lemieux went on to become the Penguins owner. As an owner Lemieux, was a part of those other three cups watching it from his sky box which gives him 5 total. Jaromir Jagr ended up with more goals than Lemieux career-wise. No way Crosby will catch Jagr’s 766 goals. Jagr was more the Scottie Pippen to Lemieux as he played like Michael Jordan on the ice. All three players may be in the top ten all-time of the NHL greats. It depends who you ask. Crosby will be a for sure Hall of Famer if he hung up the skates right now. The King Penguin still has to be Super Mario as Sid the Kid’s younger brother Luigi. Jaromir is just one of those invincible stars along the way who help Mario and the penguins win more games and save the princess.