"Sidney Crosby is a unicorn," Jon Cooper, Canada's Olympic coach, told The Athletic. "Somebody that's played as long as he has done and accomplished what he's accomplished - like, he's run out of trophy space - and yet he still, after two decades in the league, is giving up a big portion of his summer to play the game he loves for the country he adores. It's mind-blowing.
"It's just phenomenal leadership and a crazy passion for the game that few have ever matched."