The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review's Rob Rossi looked at the calendar and noted that a the Penguins' captain's birthday happens to be coming up as Sidney Crosby was born on 8/7/87 (thus the number he wears).

In addition to asking the requisite questions about his 21st birthday that people who don't live near Canada (where, depending on the province, one can drink alcohol at 18 or 19) ask, he asked Crosby about his first season as Pittsburgh's captain, his take on the Pens' Stanley Cup Finals loss to the Detroit Red Wings...

(he says that there are "constant reminders" thereof), and his opinions regarding Marian Hossa's decision to sign with Detroit:

August 3, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review: Rob Rossi: Of what you have yet to accomplish before your 21st birthday, what stands out most?

Sidney Crosby: Not finishing the deal. It's hard not to think about it. Everybody I see brings it up. I'm reminded by it everywhere. You always see things on TV where guys had the Cup in their hometown. It's a constant reminder. The memory of losing is not something that just goes away.

And his take on Marian Hossa's decision to defect to the Wings:

Rossi: How did you react upon learning Marian Hossa would not re-sign with the Penguins?

Crosby: I was pretty surprised. He told me that he really enjoyed it in Pittsburgh. He loved the team and the city. He never had one bad thing to say.

Rossi: Have you spoken with Hossa since he signed with Detroit?

Crosby: We've played phone tag, but I haven't talked to him yet. I thought he liked it here. He was great to play with. It's too bad.

Rossi: What is your reaction when a former teammate that played alongside you in the Stanley Cup final says another team gives him a better chance to win the Stanley Cup next year?

Crosby: To be honest, if you look at (the Red Wings), they haven't lost anyone. We came within two games, but they won, and they haven't lost one guy. Maybe on paper they have the best chance to win the Cup and, in his mind, that is what he thinks. If you ask anybody else, that's the way it looks. I'm not mad at him or anything like that. That's just the way it is.

Rossi: Do you derive any extra motivation from his comments?

Crosby: We have enough motivation in the fact that we came that close and didn't win. Whether he said that or not doesn't matter.

Given the contrast between Crosby's "it doesn't matter's" during his Cup finals pressers and his actions on the ice, I'm going to suggest that he might be biting his tongue.

http://blog.mlive.com/snapshots/2008/08/crosby_weighs_in_on_hossas_def.html