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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.
" F0 v9 E' B9 e- B3 C1 T　　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.
　　"This is amazing," Crosby told the AP. "I'm just really relieved. It's unbelievable. I'm so happy right now."
$ n' @1 F# t& b! d& M7 z! z　　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.
- d+ p) S' i. I9 u3 D& Z) `! g　　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.
! Z" c$ H, i9 b2 g' l　　"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."
6 E! E; e) C7 Q8 \4 e0 |　　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.
3 }6 M$ u% L3 A) }- m( ]　　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.