LAS VEGAS – Sidney Crosby doesn’t blame anyone for the chatter.

The Pittsburgh Penguins superstar captain knows his team is one in transition. The three-time Stanley Cup champion and two-time Olympic gold medallist knows fans — and media — enjoy speculating about potential landing spots should he ever decide time is up in the city where he’s spent his entire 20-season career.

That doesn’t make it any easier to hear.

“I understand it. It’s not something that you want to discuss,” Crosby told a small group of reporters this week at the NHL/NHLPA player media tour at a luxury hotel on the Las Vegas strip. “You’d rather be talking about who we’re getting at the (trade) deadline or where we’re at (in the division playoff race).

“That’s the hard part about losing. I think everybody thinks th

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