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Penguins forward Connor Dewar discusses handling the pressure of playing on a line with Sidney Crosby
Penguins forward Connor Dewar has discussed the pressures of playing with future Hall of Famer Sidney Crosby on the same line.
Pittsburgh Penguins forward Connor Dewar is playing on a line with captain and future Hall of Famer Sidney Crosby, which could be considered a daunting task for someone playing in their first full year in a Pittsburgh sweater.
Dewar is instead looking forward to the challenge and said that not only will he be able to tell his kids one day that he played with Crosby, but that he's trying just to be himself.
One day when you're all done, you'll look back and tell your kids you played with Sidney Crosby and actually played some games with him. So, it's pretty cool. The task for myself is to just be myself and play my game and not try to defer too much to those guys
Per Pens Inside Scoop, Dewar is staying on the top line with Crosby and Bryan Rust.
lines and D-pairs at today's practice, which is a full skate after an optional session on Tuesday:
Dewar-Crosby-Rust
Hayes-Malkin-Mantha
Novak-Kindel-Poulin
Koppanen-Lizotte-Heinen (Tomasino)
Wotherspoon-Karlsson
Shea-Letang
Graves-Clifton
Dumba-Brunicke
Dewar-Crosby-Rust
Hayes-Malkin-Mantha
Novak-Kindel-Poulin
Koppanen-Lizotte-Heinen (Tomasino)
Wotherspoon-Karlsson
Shea-Letang
Graves-Clifton
Dumba-Brunicke
So far this year, Dewar has six points (4G, 2A) in 19 games.
Connor Dewar Is In His First Full Year With Pittsburgh
Dewar was never drafted into the NHL and instead signed a three year entry level deal with the Minnesota Wild in 2019.
He'd play with the Wild until 2024 when he was traded to the Toronto Maple Leafs for Dmitri Ovchinnikov and a fourth round pick in the 2026 NHL Entry Draft.
This past March, he was traded by the Maple Leafs with Conor Timmins to the Penguins for a fifth round pick in the 2025 NHL Entry Draft.
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