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 PITTSBURGH (AP) - For the first time in his NHL career, Mario Lemieux isn't the most-watched player in the Pittsburgh Penguins' training camp. Doesn't get the most interview requests. Doesn't wear the best-selling jersey number in town.
Thanks to No. 87 — that's super rookie Sidney Crosby, of course — No. 66 is playing the unaccustomed role of No. 2 in a town where he's always been the No. 1 star. It's one the Hall of Famer gladly accepts since, as the team owner as well as the on-ice captain, it means new stars are coming and better days are ahead for a franchise coming off three consecutive playoff-free seasons and a bankruptcy filing six years ago.
But check the NHL preseason scoring summaries — OK, some people do — and it's almost as if Lemieux has turned back the hands of time to the days when he was 18, Crosby's age.
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