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Bobby Ryan finding personal, professional redemption in Ottawa Senators' surprising run

PITTSBURGH -- Lining the walls of the Pittsburgh Penguins' press box at PPG Paints Arena are framed newspapers highlighting the major moments through the years that have made the Penguins one of the most successful playoff teams of this era.

Before Game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals, a couple of writers stopped to look at the front page that documented the luckiest -- if not the most important -- moment in franchise history. It was a page from the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review's July 23, 2005, edition and featured a smiling, 17-year-old Sidney Crosby -- his whole life ahead of him -- beneath the giant headline "JACKPOT!