Man, it really shows how many scars we all have left over from the Shero/Bylsma Era where young prospects were never given a shot in the top 6 that there were so many comments here predicting that Sprong wouldn't be allowed to play there... and now Simon and Sprong have both played with Crosby for the past two games straight (after a game where Crosby was getting double-shifted down to play with Sprong vs Carolina).
It's funny, because the last two years have seen Rust, Sheary and Guentzel all get called up and quickly move into top 6 positions, but we all (myself included) doubted they'd do the same with Sprong...
And of course, because I still bear those scars, I'm waiting for Sprong to get dropped down to the third line again as soon as the Pens lose again... (I'd say fourth line, but I suppose there's been at least one benefit to having Reaves on the roster, since he's pretty much never promoted beyond 4th line RW).