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Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction
Crosby also had Lemieux, Gonchar, LeClair and Recchi to learn from. Those are 4 great leaders right there. The Pens never expected him to walk in and take over the team like the Oilers do with pretty much all their top prospects.
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IIRC they’d offered Crosby a C in at mideseason in his second year and he turned it down. He said he wasn’t ready. Then in his third season he took it but only after talking to Recchi and Roberts.