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Couture: Crosby can cheat on faceoffs 'as much as he wants' at World Cup

Charles LeClaire-USA TODAY Sports / USA TODAY Sports

Nearly three months after Logan Couture called out Sidney Crosby for cheating in the faceoff circle during the Stanley Cup final, the San Jose Sharks forward is singing a different tune.

Couture was added to Team Canada's World Cup of Hockey roster on Tuesday - in the wake of Jamie Benn's surgery and continued recovery - and admits he won't complain about Crosby's faceoff antics or preferential treatment from refs now that the two are teammates.

"He's on my team now, so he can do it as much as he wants," Couture said, according to Ryan Pyette of the London Press Press.

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