Bylsma has a pleasant dilemma

It’s a dilemma any coach would love to have — just where to slot arguably the world’s best hockey player on your roster. With Sidney Crosby cleared for contact and possibly returning to the Pittsburgh Penguins lineup as soon as this weekend, coach Dan Bylsma started pondering possible line combinations. Inserting Crosby on the top line would mean breaking up the trio of Chris Kunitz, Evgeni Malkin and James Neal. But not doing so would make Crosby a second- line player. “Great, great problem to ponder, to think about, what line he would fi t on,” Bylsma told NHL. com. “Certainly, the KunitzMalkin- Neal line has been spectacular and probably has been the best line in hockey the last two, two- and- a- half months. Having Sidney Crosby in that mix, the best player in the world, certainly is nice to ponder. “Sid has been working hard, and at the trade deadline there was talk he could be the best acquisition you could ever make. We’ve won some hockey games, but we all know that adding that into our lineup would be the best acquisition we could make, and we welcome that sooner than later.” STAMKOS OUTSHINING TRIO OF CAPITALS: Steven Stamkos is running away with the NHL goal- scoring race. Heading into Wednesday’s action, the forward with the Tampa Bay Lightning had 48 on the season, putting him 10 ahead of second- place Evgeni Malkin of Pittsburgh. Washington Capitals owner Ted Leonis has certainly taken notice. “Here is a sentence I never thought I would type. A Lightning player has scored more goals this season than Alex Ovechkin, Alex Semin, and Mike Green combined,” Leonsis wrote on his blog on Wednesday. Ovechkin has 26 goals so far this year, Semin has 17 and Green has just three, but has been limited to just 19 games. Still the Capitals’ trio combine for just 46 goals, two fewer than Stamkos.