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CRANBERRY TOWNSHIP, Pa. -- Pittsburgh Penguins captain Sidney Crosby will not play in the teams home opener Thursday night against the Washington Capitals as he continues his recovery from a concussion.Crosby did join his teammates for practice Wednesday after working out vigorously with a trainer and goaltender on an adjacent sheet of ice for more than 30 minutes.Crosby took one line rush wearing a normal jersey and then donned a yellow noncontact jersey, but stayed for the balance of the teams workout and was visibly upbeat during the workout.Im always happy when Im on the ice, Crosby told reporters after the workout. Im always happy. Ive been through this before I dont get too caught up in every little step.Crosby missed the teams preseason game against Columbus on Saturday and it was revealed Monday that he had been diagnosed with a concussion after practice on Friday.Crosby, 29, missed significant time during the 2010-11 and 2011-12 seasons while recovering from post-concussion symptoms. News of his new diagnosis has created a ripple of concern throughout the hockey world.Although he has now skated on consecutive days, Crosby said he knows enough not to try and read too much into it.It can go a lot of different ways, he said. Youre trying to find that range where youre stressing your body and testing it but not putting it in a position where youre going to not feel good. Its a fine line and just trying to make sure I progress.Coach Mike Sullivan was likewise cautiously optimistic about Crosbys appearance with the main group of players on Wednesday. Hes obviously feeling well enough that he wants to join the team for practice and get involved in some of the flow drills and thats what we did, Sullivan said.Well take it step by step and were following the guidance of our medical team and well go from there, but hes certainly making progress and thats encouraging from our standpoint, the coach said.Sullivan did rule Crosby out of the teams first regular-season game Thursday. Before that game the Penguins will raise their 2016 Stanley Cup banner to the rafters of the recently renamed PPG Paints Arena. The coach confirmed that Crosby will have to go through a full-contact practice before he is cleared to play in a regular-season game.Theres obviously a protocol thats mandated that these guys follow, Sullivan said. 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A lawyer for MLB, Matthew Menchel, confirmed Wednesday the league dropped its case against Biogenesis of America, its owner Anthony Bosch and several other individuals. The lawsuit had accused Biogenesis and Bosch of conspiring with players to violate their contracts by providing them with banned performance-enhancing substances.Heres our weekly look at the fortunes of some of the games brightest young stars. Behold, the latest under-24 player rankings.HotConnor McDavid, C, Edmonton OilersThe Oilers are in a dogfight atop the Pacific Division, where theyre tied with the?Calgary Flames and trying to hold off the San Jose Sharks and Anaheim Ducks.?But Edmonton is hanging tough thanks in large part to the play of captain and resident superstar McDavid, who has three goals and eight assists in his past eight games. The 19-year-old continues to lead the NHL with 38 points and is threatening to turn the scoring race into a one-horse affair. Through Thursday, he had a nine-point edge over his nearest competitor. He even threw a little shade at?Philadelphia Flyers?defenseman?Brandon Manning after Thursdays wacky 6-5 loss, which proves McDavid is human after all.Patrik Laine, RW, Winnipeg JetsSo whats the over/under on how many goals the Finnish sniper finishes with this season? Forty? Forty-five? Its going to be hard for rookie-of-the-year voters to ignore Laine if he keeps up this pace. The 6-foot-5 18-year-old has potted five goals and added two assists in his past eight games, and his 17 goals are one off the league lead, as he continues to joust with?Pittsburgh Penguins?captain Sidney Crosby as the leagues dominant goal scorer. Laines contributions are one of the main reasons the Jets are remaining in the wild-card race in the Western Conference.David Pastrnak, LW, Boston BruinsTalk about catching fire. The Bruins 20-year-old winger has been white-hot, scoring eight goals and adding two assists in his past eight games. Pastrnaks two-goal effort in a loss to the?Colorado Avalanche?on Thursday moved him into a tie for the league lead with 18 -- the same number collected by Crosby. Pastrnaks 14 even-strength goals are tops in the league. The emergence of Pastrnak, the 25th-overall pick in 2014, as an elite sniper has been a welcome tonic for a team that has struggled to consistently score.NotNoah Hanifin, D, Carolina HurricanesThe Hurricanes have struggled to stay in the playoff hunt, which is a function in part of how young this team is, especially on the back end. Take Hanifin, for instance. The fifth-overall pick in 2014 has one goal and zero assists in his past 11 games. The doesnt mean the 19-year-old isnt readyy.dddddddddddd It just means that the learning curve is steep. Carolina is tied for 21st in goals scored per game and is 12th place in the Eastern Conference. Its hard to imagine the Hurricanes closing the gap unless they get more offense from Hanifin and their other promising youngsters, as they did in an impressive 3-1 win over the?Los Angeles Kings?on Thursday.William Carrier, LW, Buffalo SabresInjuries and slumps have presented a mighty challenge for head coach Dan Bylsma, who has tried to coax enough offense out of his talented roster to keep the Sabres in the hunt. At one point, Bylsma gave Carrier, a 21-year-old power forward whod had success at the AHL level, a chance to play top-six minutes for a Sabres team that ranks dead last in the league in goals per game. Lets just say that the experiment has yet to bear fruit for the hard-nosed winger, who has one assist in his past seven games and has one goal in 16 games played in the NHL.Vincent Trocheck, C, Florida PanthersIt hasnt exactly been a smooth transition for the Panthers in the wake of the controversial dismissal of coach Gerard Gallant. Florida is outside the playoff bubble and offense has been hard to come by -- especially for Trochek, who was looking to build on last seasons impressive 25-goal campaign. The 23-year-old has one assist in his past nine games and just six goals on the season. Hes also minus-11.Young guns showdownMatt Murray, G, Pittsburgh Penguins versus Andrei Vasilevskiy, G, Tampa Bay Lightning, Saturday, 7 p.m. ETThis game in Tampa features a tasty little rematch of last springs Eastern Conference finals and again pits the two young goalies who squared off in that seven-game set after Tampa Bay veteran Ben Bishop was injured. Murray, 22, has picked up where he left off in guiding the Penguins to a Stanley Cup last June, running his record to 9-2 with a .934 save percentage after he missed time early in the season with a hand injury. The Lightning, meanwhile, are struggling and head into the weekend outside the playoff bubble. Nonetheless, the 22-year-old Vasilevskiy continues to prove hes the goaltender of the future in Tampa Bay with a 6-2-1 record and .929 save percentage. ' ' '