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Crosby on lockout theatrics: “This stuff is getting ridiculous”

Hockey Players Workout During NHL Lockout

SCOTTSDALE, AZ - DECEMBER 03: Sidney Crosby #87 of the Pittsburgh Penguins participates in a workout at the Ice Den on December 3, 2012 in Scottsdale, Arizona. More than a dozen players from around the league that are not able to play during the NHL lockout have been attending workouts at the Phoenix Coyotes practice rink. (Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images)

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You know the lockout is getting to the players when Sidney Crosby is frustrated.

Dave Molinari of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette spoke with the Penguins captain who says he’s about fed with talks and is ready to start looking at Europe to play.

“I just want to play hockey, so as far as whatever option is best there, I’ll start thinking about it a lot more, because this stuff is getting ridiculous,” Crosby said. “All these games [not being played].”

The “games” he’s referring to, of course, center around what happened in New York City on Thursday when NHLPA Executive Director Donald Fehr announced the two sides actually had “complete agreement” on many things only to have NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman say moments later the league was pulling their offer off the table.

This process has exasperated Crosby. More from Molinari:

“I think I’m going to try to do what I can,” Crosby said Friday. “But after spending those three days [involved in the talks in New York], I think it’s pretty tough to kind of get guys’ trust back after that.”

We haven’t seen Sid this frustrated since Claude Giroux annoyed him in the playoffs.