You can count on Nicklas Lidstrom meeting the media every day during the Stanley Cup finals.

One day after 21-year-old Pittsburgh Penguins captain Sidney Crosby took a break from reporters questions, Lidstrom gave his take Tuesday about standing up in front of cameras, tape recorders and notebooks on a regular basis.

"I look at it as being part of the job, the same as coming to practice," said Lidstrom, in his third season as Detroit Red Wings captain. "You go out there and skate at practice, you talk to the media afterward, too. I just consider that as part of the game and part of being a hockey player."

Crosby is a regular participant at the postseason podium, but after the Penguins returned to Pittsburgh on Monday following two consecutive losses in Detroit at the start of the Stanley Cup finals, he left the talking to other teammates and coach Dan Bylsma.

Crosby failed to record a point in either of Pittsburgh's 3-1 losses.

"I actually have a game plan for the playoffs. I made a point of saying every day doesn't need to be Sidney Crosby day," Bylsma said Monday. "There have been days when he hasn't been out here. So that was it. We made a choice to give other people a chance to be up here and for you to talk to them and feel it's important for it to be a team thing, not just Dan Bylsma and Sidney Crosby talking at the podium every day."

The demand for Lidstrom's time went up once he took over the captain's 'C' after Steve Yzerman retired.

"I get lot more requests and I talk a lot more to the media than when I wasn't the captain or even assistant captain," the generally soft-spoken Lidstrom said. "There is a little bit more responsibilities now when you are the captain."