Cooper: Crosby 'by no means ruled out' of Olympics

Canada captain Sidney Crosby is considered day-to-day and is "by no means ruled out" for the rest of the Olympics, head coach Jon Cooper said Thursday, according to ESPN's Emily Kaplan.

Crosby sustained an apparent lower-body injury after a pair of hits in the quarterfinals against Czechia. He left the game in the second period and didn't return.

"We're not going to put anyone in harm's way," Cooper said, according to Kaplan. "But if he can play, he's definitely going to. We'll know more in ... 24 hours."

Canada pulled off a dramatic 4-3 overtime win without Crosby to advance to the semifinals. Canada takes on Finland on Friday in the semis. The bronze medal game goes Saturday, and the gold medal game is Sunday.

If Crosby can't play Friday, Canada has to put the "C" on another player for the game. Cooper declined to discuss that as he wasn't ready to rule Crosby out, according to TSN's Pierre LeBrun.

Crosby is competing in his third Winter Games and first since 2014. He has six points in four games and became Canada's top scoring player in the NHL era at the Olympics during Canada's 10-2 rout of France on Sunday.

"Listen, nobody's replacing Sidney Crosby," Cooper said. "He's one of one. What we have to do as a group, though, that's why we have depth. That's why you have 25 players here. That's why you have to pick the players when you're putting this team together, that in case somebody like Sid goes down, who can step in. We feel like we have that."