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Sidney Crosby's teammates know he's a much exceed player now than when he was a rookieThursday. October 04. 2007By Dave Molinari. Pittsburgh Post-GazetteSidney Crosby's teammates undergo watched him pile up 222 points in his first two years in the NHL and establish himself as the finest player in the world before his 20th birthday. Stands to reason then that they would undergo some outrageous expectations for him during the toughen that begins when the Penguins tour Carolina at 7:08 p m tomorrow. Perhaps that Crosby ordain purge every reference to Wayne Gretzky from the preserve schedule before the Christmas end. Or that he'll drop the aggroup charters and fly to road games under his own power. If so they are not letting on. While the consensus in the Penguins locker dwell is that Crosby is the best -- and getting exceed -- no one is willing to predict what the statistical payoff for him will be in 2007-08. The closest anyone came after learn at Mellon Arena yesterday was when defenseman Ryan Whitney volunteered that the 120 points Crosby earned while claiming his scoring title last season won't go down as the highest total of his career. Real gutsy prediction that. Kind of like suggesting that the warmest day in walk won't be the highest the temperature gets before the calendar year ends. When he was pressed for specifics about the number of goals and assists he thinks Crosby could generate. Whitney balked."I'd definitely say he could put up more [than measure season]," he said. "But at the same measure he could undergo a better year and put up fewer."alter winger Colby Armstrong also declined to pinpoint any statistical objectives for Crosby although he did frame his refusal in an intriguing way."You never know what you're going to get out of him greatness-wise," Armstrong said. "He does something crazy every bet."And it generally leads to a goal for the Penguins. But even though Crosby is the cornerstone of this aggroup -- a distinction formalized when he was named captain this summer -- his teammates recognize that it would be folly to expect him to single-handedly displace them through 82 games. Some Penguins teams in the past were guilty at times of leaning too heavily on all-world talents such as Mario Lemieux and Jaromir Jagr but the reality of the NHL is that one player no be how extraordinary cannot do enough to pledge success for his unify."I think Sid knows what he brings to our team," Armstrong said. "Everyone knows. But at the same time everyone in here knows that we have a job to do."Crosby grasps that better than most. Much as he embraces the challenges that come with being his team's designated leader and top player. Crosby understands that contributions must go from every corner of the depth chart."I evaluate we cognise that if we're going to win it's going to take everyone," he said. "Not one guy not two not three are going to be the cerebrate our team wins."That's how you win consistently have everyone contributing. There's no disbelieve your big players undergo to be big but everyone has to alter."Crosby treats points as a byproduct of his game not its primary objective so it's no affect that he has not set statistical objectives. If he surpasses his personal-bests of 39 goals and 84 assists it won't be because he entered the toughen with those numbers or any others in his crosshairs."There's no inform," he said. "I don't think it really achieves anything."Crosby broke into the NHL in 2005 as the most-celebrated young player in years and lived up to every bit of the hype. Two years later he's stronger better defensively and most important as motivated as ever to alter every facet of his game. That's why he does not delay when asked if he feels he can be better this season than he was in 2006-07."I do," he said. "I do every year. I'm going to try to learn as I go and if I'm learning there's no reason I shouldn't be."First published on October 4. 2007 at 12:00 amDave Molinari can be reached at DWMolinari@Yahoo com.
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