"Tiger Woods is good, but he wants to be the best and wants to do everything to get better and I think Sidney has the same mindset," Normand Poisson, Atlanta Thrashers scout, said.

So, let's continue to propagate the hype surrounding this superlatively talented kid. This way we'll make sure he can't live up to expectation, and he'll become Daigle II.

Seriously, is it fair that this kid is touted to "break Gretzky's records" or whatever? Is the Tiger comparison fair considering he hasn't played a single pro game?

Yes or no? Opinions?

Personally I believe Crosby is going to be as good as Dany Heatley, Jason Spezza and Rick Nash, but will never be as dominant as Kovalchuk and potentially Zherdev or Hossa (Marian) or Havlat. The latter two will have to assert themselves in a hurry to even be in the comparison group, but the new look NHL promises to be a haven for this type of player...

Thoughts?

Dan