There’s probably a few that are borderline crazy,” Pittsburgh Penguins superstar Sidney Crosby said in 2010 about his own pregame routines, which at that time included walking a specific circuitous route through his home arena to avoid passing the visitor’s locker room and wearing the exact same lucky jockstrap he’d had since his junior hockey days to every single game.

OTTAWA — Exactly 29 years before the Toronto Maple Leafs emerged victorious from a taut and tense Battle of Ontario, Michael Nylander was nursing a personal playoff disappointment.