Revisiting the best Tweet of the Sidney Crosby era

Ah, Rivalry Week. A time to reminisce on how much the Philadelphia Flyers suck. These jabs are all in good fun, of course. Most of the time.

Today, we’re going to re-examine the tweet that has defined a generation... and became a meme in the process.

In a since-deleted tweet from Flyers reporter Sam Carchidi during the 2012 playoff series between the Flyers and Penguins, he proclaimed that Philadelphia star Claude Giroux had surpassed Sidney Crosby in terms of being the NHL’s best player.

The Retweet count from this screenshot was only 600 people off from 1,975.