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The early envelopes, please ...

By Terry Frei
Special to ESPN.com

Tuesday, January 14, 2003

At the halfway point of the NHL season, the skating Penguins owner is the pre-eminent on-ice story. At 37, Mario Lemieux still has the ability to steal your breath as well as a game. If his skills weren't so transcendent, his individual dominance of the sport would be an insulting indictment of the NHL in the early 21st century. At this stage of his life, after all he has been through, and even given his ancillary motives as a businessman protecting his portfolio in a troubled league and a shak ...

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