Pittsburgh Penguins: Top 10 Tweets About Sidney Crosby's Spectacular NHL Return

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What can be said about the crown jewel of the Pittsburgh Penguins that hasn't already be said thousands of times before?

Sidney Crosby is fast, agile, athletic, intelligent, creative, naturally skilled, has arguably the strongest work ethic of any NHL player and has taken his study of the game to a whole new level.

Crosby's long-in-coming but spectacular return was acknowledge by his peers and teammates in several different ways, and social media sites have been buzzing in the wake of his resurgence.

In the good spirit of adding to the already diluted media blitz, let's look at the top 10 tweets from the sports community since Sid's return to the NHL.

No. 10 Luca Caputi

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Lputi17: "Is anyone not watching this game? #sidthekid back in action!"

No. 9 Aaron Ward

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aaronward_nhl: "Gomez scoreless in 46 consecutive oughta point out Crosby hadn't scored in 68 consecutive.Hey, I'm looking for a positive here!! #NHLstats"

No. 8 Dave Hodge

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TSNDaveHodge: "Make of this what you will—with tonite's 4 pts., Sidney Crosby pulled even with David Steckel in the NHL scoring race."

No. 7 Logan Couture

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Logancouture: "Saying #87 makes it look easy is an understatement."

No. 6 Jonathan Quick

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JonathanQuick32: "How long before Crosby is leading the league in points?"

No. 5 Tyler Bozak

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Bozie42: "Wow Sidney Crosby. What a player. It was great for the game of hockey to have him back on the ice putting on a show again"

No. 4 Ike Taylor

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Ike_SwagginU: "Don't no too much about hockey But betcha SID the KID can iceskate on WATER #SWAGGIN"

No. 3 Colby Armstrong

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armdog: "After this Crosby return stuff all media will turn to trying to find out the return of me....right?? It's gonna be crazy. #mediacircus"

No. 2 Viktor Stalberg

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VStalberg: "only four points for the sid tonight. He should only be allowed to play half the season #keepitfair"

No. 1 Blake Wheeler

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BiggieFunke: "Who's #87 for the Penguins? Did he just get called up?"