NHL All-Star Weekend started, and surprisingly, Sidney Crosby from the Pittsburgh Penguins didn't show up for the players' draft on Thursday.
When Nathan MacKinnon's team picked Crosby, he wasn't there on the ice. Instead, a kid from the Tim Hortons Timbits program represented Crosby. Later, it was revealed that Crosby had a prior commitment.
As he only plays in the actual All-Star Game on Saturday and skips the Skills competitions, he focused on the current season, seen skating in Montana, as per team insider Taylor Haase.
Crosby is expected to miss the Skills competition but will join his team in Toronto for the game on Saturday, featuring his friends MacKinnon, Cale Makar, goalie Alexander Georgiev, Kirill Kaprizov, Sebastian Aho, Tom Wilson, netminder Jeremy Swayman, Travis Konecny, new Vancouver Canuck Elias Lindholm, and Oliver Bjorkstrand.