Sid is just about ready for showtime.

Sidney Crosby labeled himself a “game-time decision” but barring an afternoon setback, all signs point to the Penguins’ captain returning from his latest concussion to make his season debut against the Florida Panthers on Tuesday night.

“He had a strong practice this morning,” Penguins coach Mike Sullivan told reporters. “Everything is pointing in the right direction. If he’s comfortable, he could play.”

Crosby, 29, missed Pittsburgh’s first six games (3-2-1) of the season after being diagnosed with a concussion on Oct. 10. He did not appear in a preseason game and has not played in a competitive environment since capturing the MVP award of the 2016 World Cup of Hockey on Sept. 29 after toppling Team Europe.

This was Crosby’s first diagnosed concussion in nearly five years, since Dec. 2011. If he returns against the Panthers at PPG Paints Arena, he will have sat out 17 days since reportedly sustaining the concussion on Oct. 7 in practice.

The Penguins and Crosby both declined to reveal exactly what caused the concussion.

From the outset, neither the Penguins nor Crosby seemed overly discouraged about the severity of this concussion, even considering his past history with head trauma. Crosby resumed skating two days after the diagnosis, and then was cleared for full-contact practices on Monday.

Crosby seemed to be his normal self at Tuesday’s morning skate.

This was the second time Crosby was befallen by a concussion when at his absolute best.

In 2011, Crosby was running away with the Art Ross Trophy and on pace for a 60-goal season before his campaign was halted at the midpoint. He was coming off back-to-back 100-point seasons and was just 18 months gone from his first Stanley Cup.

It took Crosby and the Penguins four years to climb to the top of the mountain again last June. He captured the Conn Smythe Trophy as the Stanley Cup playoffs’ most valuable player last spring, brushing back any thoughts that his career was on the downslope. In the last three years, Crosby has captured a Stanley Cup, Olympic gold medal, World Championship and World Cup.

This season, Crosby will attempt to become the 12th fastest player in NHL history to hit the 1,000-point plateau. Crosby has played 707 games and is 62 points shy. Jaromir Jagr, who did it with the Penguins on Dec. 30, 2000, needed 763 games to land in 12th place.

Crosby has 55 games to beat Jagr. The race is on.

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