Last time Sidney Crosby played in the NHL Global Series in Sweden, "The Dark Knight" was burning up the box office.

The year was 2008. The No. 1 song was "Low" by FloRida and T-Pain. "Iron Man" was about to launch the Marvel Cinematic Universe and Instagram, Pintrest, WhatsApp, Snapchat and TikTok didn't even exist yet.

The team shared a photo of Crosby from the 2008 event and this year's game and the changes are subtle but the similarities - namely Crosby being one of the NHL's elite players - are exact.

Crosby was 21 years old last time he played the NHL Global Series. At the time he had 99 career goals, and an astonishing 294 points in 213 NHL games.

Compare that with his now-637 NHL goals and 1,707 points in 1,370 games today.

Crosby and teammates Evgeni Malkin and Kris Letan

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