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Generation Crosby: What the NHL's young stars learned by watching Sid

Sidney Crosby hears a lot on the ice during an NHL game. Cheers and jeers. The cacophony of trash talk, interrupted by a few goal horns. But as the years have passed, Crosby's started to hear something else: Opponents openly confessing that they had the Pittsburgh Penguins star hanging on their bedroom wall while growing up.

"It was in our laundry room, actually," said 23-year-old Colorado Avalanche defenseman Cale Makar. "It's what we used to measure our heights. We'd stand next to it, and mark the lines on him."

Since Crosby made his NHL debut on Oct.