The Sidney Crosby of all realisations

So now we finally reached the Stanley Cup final, knowing that by now there's green on the trees and the ground and basically everyone in Montreal has forgotten that there is hockey when the Canadiens are not playing. Well, for most of us if they recall once upon a time Michel Therrien (not the best looking coach) used to coach les bleu blanc et rouge and made a complete ass of himself in the series against Carolina. Thus putting him on the bubble till we fired his ass and got an even uglier coach in Claude Julien.
Either way, wasn't pretty, the coaching and the style of play the team used to be.
However, the NHL got lucky in this year's quality match in Pittsburgh and Detroit: both are the best in their own way. Pittsburgh are a bunch of young fast scorers ready to prove themselves against the big defensive experience in Detroit. Both have dynamic duos and goaltenders who have proven themselves time and time again after each shot. Pittsburgh is my favorite, been my fave since they last won the cup back in 1992 and it looks like Mario Lemieux may have saved the franchise yet again. He fought to keep the franchise in the Steel City when two years ago were sitting in 29th place out of 30 teams and was fortunate to win the Sidney Crosby lottery. Hoping to avoid history repeating twice, they decided to draft and trade to build around the kid, knowing that he can't just save the franchise when he was already destined to save the NHL.
That's a lot for a kid who still can't pass for legal in any bar in the States, even by Crosby's childlike looks and ill attempt at a beard I don't think he could pass for legal in Montreal.
I was thinking about what Sid the Kid has done in 3 seasons and already in his first final. Gretzky nor Lemieux never would dream to be in a situation like that when they were playing at 20 years old. Yes, Crosby is 20. I got to thinking that not that many 20 year olds are mature or goal oriented and to be able to have this much focus. Most 20 year olds are all over the place, scraping by a slew of minimum wage jobs and still trying to figure out what they want to do in life (then again, it's like that with most 25 year olds and worse when you hit 30+). Remembering two friends of mine when they hit 20, took off on journeys through Europe and working in Israel. They were somewhat focus, however at 20, I chose a journey with a lot of consequences and was trying to find focus by hitting the bottle.
I probably was the messiest when I was 20. I couldn't figure exactly what I wanted to do. I worked a cleaning lady job at a girls dorm then worked in a depaneur (corner store for the non Montrealer). Took a couple classes at University and got drunk every night until I suffered the consequences of a night where some guy got into my pants when I was passed out. My saving grace was when I applied into a photo program by chance and got in. To this day, photography has been my focus (no pun intended). And Crosby wanted to be a hockey player ever since his early days through the Timbits program in Cole Harbour.
Hearing a Crosby interview you see a young man leading a crop of young players and veterans who are aware of his age. You see focus, you see discipline, you see a kid with the league on his shoulders and is doing a good job. I said this about Carey Price, the same goes with Sid the Kid: this is not bad however he is 20 and the best is yet to come. The rarity to see this at 20 is no difference if you finally see this at 25, a miracle when you're 30+. I'm 28 right now, wishing for a little more focus, I got some this week when they cut my hours at my minimum wage job.
For about 3 months, I've been subbing for a sandwitch guy with a heart condition, long days, crack of dawn, a character I like to call "little miss cranky pants." Losing all focus, being more socially awkward, mean, tired. Hoping to gain my focus and voice out the way a 20 year old hockey phenom would.
At least I can pass for legal at any bar. My pick: Pittsburgh in 6.