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Is there beef betweenSidney Crosby andMario Lemieux? Don't believe everything you hear.The Penguins co-ownerdeniedhavingany problems withthe Earl Weaver Jersey superstar captain and calledthe rumors "silly"after former NHL playerMatthew BarnabyWednesdaythat there is a "rift" between Crosby andLemieux.MORE: |Mario Lemieux on rumored 'rift' with Sidney Crosby: "It's absolutely not true. It's silly." Pittsburgh Penguins (@penguins) Barnaby, who played 129 games with Pittsburghfrom 1999- Chris Davis Jersey 2001,saidthat thetwo-timeMVP and former Penguins great are having i sues among repeated disappointing seasons. The Penguins last wona Stanley Cup Mychal Givens Jersey in2009 and havent been back to a Cup final since, though the clubhasadvanced to the playoffs in nine consecutive seasons."The more and more I looked into Heston Kjerstad Jersey it, the more I found out, people with the same sentiment that theres a big falling out between Mario and Crosby,"Barnaby said. "Now, whether that pushes them to move him at some Chance Sisco Jersey point? Whether he wants to move? That I dont know."But what could come between Crosby and Lemieux that would warrant such changes?MORE: | "Ive heard over coaching," Barnaby said. "Ive heard also after the Ubaldo Jimenez Jersey 2014 playoffs when they lost out. Maybe the personnel isnt right?The Penguins fired coach Dan Bylsma after the '14 playoffs and replaced him with Mike Johnston.Crosby was selectedfirst overall by Pittsburgh in the 2005 NHL Draft andlived with Lemieux for the first five years of his career. Heis in the third Renato Nunez Jersey season of a 12-year, $104.4contract extension with the Penguins.Crosby is off to theworst start ofhis NHL Dwight Smith Jr. Jersey career, posting onlythree goals and11 points in 20 games as thePenguins(12-8-0)rankthird in the Metropolitan Division.The Penguins captain i sued adenial of his own when asked after Wednesday's 4-3 overtime win over the Blues."I honestly don't even know Richard Bleier Jersey what to say to that," Crosby said, via The A sociated Pre s. "If people are going to make stuff up, it's totally out of my control. I feel stupid even commenting on it. Pedro Alvarez Jersey That's ridiculous."I don't know if it's a coincidence that something like that comes up when you're struggling and the points aren't coming. In my experience, that's usually the case."