Having just turned 38, Pittsburgh Penguins captain Sidney Crosby shows few signs of slowing down, having averaged at least a point a game in an NHL-record 20 seasons.

Sidney Crosby’s early days in the NHL, when every Pittsburgh Penguins training camp felt like a proving ground, are never far from his mind, particularly this time of year.

The early days have been gone for a while now. Yet there the Penguins captain was on Thursday, a month removed from his 38th birthday and with a not-insignificant number of flecks of grey sprinkled in his hair, still finding a way to smile while bending over his stick following a series of laps at the end of the first practice of his 21st season.

“I think that’s important to have that enthusiasm,” Crosby said. “I remember being that guy, you know, and I

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