Sidney Crosby is his generation's version of Wayne Gretzky and Mario Lemieux to countless hockey players and fans in his native Canada, yet he has never played in half of his homeland's six NHL cities. That changes beginning Wednesday, and western Canada is definitely abuzz about its first in-person NHL look at Sid the Kid -- a player whose reputation began building at such a young age, he was known nationally by his first name before he was a teenager. Only Sid really isn't a Kid any more, and that's part of the problem with the NHL's current scheduling format. Crosby is 20 and in his third season, yet the fans of Edmonton, Calgary and Vancouver won't have seen him until the Penguins play in all three cities this week.