Utter nonsense.  To not recognize Crosby's supreme talent, in pretty much every category, at a time when the NHL is faster and harder to play than in any era before, is willful blindness.  In the past 12 months...2 cups, 2 conn smythes, a Rocket Richard trophy in a concussion shortened season, and he stood out as the best player in the World Cup.  How is that "conventional"?
  He's in the top 4, along with Lemieux, Gretzky, and Orr.  He's that good.  To compare him to Trottier...I'm not even sure where to go with that.