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　　NHL's Crosby era begins as Penguins draft phenom first
　　OTTAWA — It was Sidney Crosby's draft, and yet it was clearly the Americans' day when the NHL officially relaunched competition with a scaled-down version of its annual amateur draft.
) d5 y0 X$ ]1 O8 O　　The celebration of Crosby, picked first overall by the Pittsburgh Penguins, was the main storyline of a league trying to recover from a season lost to a lockout. Crosby, 17, is considered the most marketable prospect since Penguins' owner/player Mario Lemieux was drafted in 1984.
5 Y' S% z2 ]4 \( J7 j　　"This is amazing," Crosby told the AP. "I'm just really relieved. It's unbelievable. I'm so happy right now."
　　Crosby, who turns 18 next week, is a 5-foot-11, 193-pound forward with surprising strength and masterful vision on the ice. A prolific scorer, Crosby won nearly every trophy the last two seasons in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League.
& M6 n3 S; W3 N" X- c1 I　　He had 66 goals and 102 assists in 62 games, after a rookie campaign that featured 54 goals and 81 assists in 59 games, and was the Canadian major junior player of the year both seasons.
　　"He creates a lot of excitement," said Lemieux, Crosby's new boss and possible linemate with the Penguins. "He has all the tools to be a great player. He sees the ice well, he's a great skater. He says he needs to work on his shot, but it looks pretty good to me."
3 I% M$ w* {' U4 B　　Crosby will share the spotlight in Pittsburgh with Lemieux, the No. 1 pick in 1984, and will be looked upon to rescue the franchise that hasn't made the playoffs since 2001 and desperately needs a new arena in which to play.
! X0 S9 p) F, j2 B2 `* ]: f- }& N　　Pittsburgh's luck already seems to be changing as the Penguins won last week's draft lottery that determined the picking order of the first round.