said<\/a> after Canada’s loss that he was “pretty close” to being able to play, but ultimately made the decision to sit on his own, because he didn’t feel like he was as effective as he needed to be to help the team.<\/p>\n“That’s just a high-character play,” Bryan Rust\u00a0said of Crosby’s decision. “I think every player in that situation, but especially him, wanting to play in that game, but to know that he wasn’t going to be able to help his team to the best of his ability, or even to an ability that he thinks was acceptable, I think it shows a lot of self-awareness, and it’s an extremely high-character play.”<\/p>\n
Letang added that Crosby choosing to sit shows how selfless he is.<\/p>\n
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