Crosby was as frank in the locker room yesterday as I've ever heard him.
Before the game, he said: "We can't show up and expect to get two points. I'm not sure that's a lesson we should need in game 77 or whatever it is."
The dude didn't just score a ridiculous overtime goal. He played his rear off all night long on the forecheck. The Devils had no answer for him. Sullivan was feeding him minutes in as liberal of a fashion as I've ever seen.
A lot of people joke about leadership being an intangible. There aren't any intangibles here. This was as real as it gets. Set the tempo, set the tone, held everyone accountable, and then won the god damn game all by himself.