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 PITTSBURGH (AP) - Finally, after three hectic months filled with the NHL lottery and draft, his selection by Pittsburgh, his move into Mario Lemieux's house, his first training camp, his first exhibition game, the hockey begins for real for Sidney Crosby on Wednesday night.
All that he's-the-next-Gretzky-and-or-Lemieux hype that began in his native Nova Scotia, the once-in-a-generation anticipation that has preceded what is supposed to be a once-in-a-generation player, doesn't matter at all.
What counts now, and nothing else, is whether he can play the game at the same level he has until now in amateur and junior hockey, a standard only few of the game's greats reached before him.
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