Presser Analysis: Crosby calls playing this season "likely" but return still a long ways away

Doctors indicated today that they believe Sidney Crosby is making "significant progress" of late and Crosby backed up those statements. "Mentally I feel good, " Crosby said on his condition. "This is the best I've felt in a long time. "The last three weeks have been really good. I feel myself getting better and better."

Dr. Michael Collins see's a big improvement from Crosby, claiming that he evaluated Crosby yesterday and said "it's the best he's seen him."

Despite the good steps Crosby is making in the past couple weeks, what to take away from today's media session is that Crosby is likely still several months away from returning to game action.

While the Penguins captain called it "more likely" than not that he will play this upcoming season, Crosby also admitted he is still dealing with "headaches".