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My first game last season against Pittsburgh, I had that game circled on my calendar because I knew after we beat them out of the playoffs [in spring of 2010] and shut the Igloo down and did all that great stuff, I knew the first time we’d play Pittsburgh the following season that Crosby was coming for me. Because in that playoff series, I was in his face, same with Josh [Gorges] and Hal [Gill]; that series was so emotional. Nobody knew who I was at that point. They were like, ‘Who is this guy skating all over the ice, he’s hitting guys, chirping after the whistle?’ I knew that Crosby was coming for me the following year. The first shift, I go behind the net and I got hammered by Sid. The crowd in Pittsburgh goes nuts. After the whistle I bump him and he goes, ‘I’ve been waiting all day for you.’ And I went, ‘I’ve been waiting all summer.’ He just kind of nodded and went to the bench. I love playing against a guy like that. Not only because he’s the greatest player in the game but because you can just see the compete level on him. He’s a world-class player.