Sidney Crosby and Connor McDavid: Team Canada linemates?

Elliotte Friedman’s 32 thoughts blog is back, and there was only one Penguin related note, but it was a doozy.

10.Nathan MacKinnon confirmed a good little rumour — that Sidney Crosby and Connor McDavid skated as linemates at a Montreal camp; some pre-Olympic practice. MacKinnon half-joked he didn’t like it, because they won every game. “Way to keep it fair,” he laughed. The Avalanche forward, by the way, spent a lot of time on a line with Mitch Marner.

For many, many years in competitions from World Juniors to multiple Olympics and the World Cup of Hockey, Crosby has been typically on a line with Patrice Bergeron, and later Brad Marchand. That’s been a tremendously successful line, as Canada…