Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Kunyange zvazvo akatamba mu 1983 World Junior Hockey Championships, Lemieux haana kutamba nokuda kweCanada Juniors mu
1984 nokuti akanga asingafariri nzira iyo murairidzi Dave King akamubata nayo mumutambo wapfuura. Iyewo akanga asingadi kuputsa mwaka wake wejunior. Akapedza basa rake reQMJHL aine 562 mapoinzi (247 zvibodzwa, 315 anobatsira) mumwaka mitatu. Pamberi pe1984 NHL Entry Draft, Lemieux akazivisa kuti aida kutamba kune ani zvake akamunyora. Iye nomumiririri wake vakanga vasingakwanisi kuita chibvumirano nePittsburgh Penguins uye vakanga vasingakwanisi kutaurirana chibvumirano. Nemhaka yeizvi, apo maPenguins akadana zita rake seyokutanga sarudzo yose, haana kuzungunusa ruoko rwemutungamiri mukuru Eddie Johnston kana kupfeka jeresi rePenguins, iyo ndiyo tsika yeNHL. Akataura kuti akanga akatsamwa pamusoro pokukurukurirana chibvumirano, uye akati "Pittsburgh haidi [iye] zvikuru". Kunyange zvazvo mutambo wacho wakaitirwa muMontreal, vateveri vanopfuura 3 000 vakatarisa nhepfenyuro muPittsburgh's Civic Arena. Mutambo wePenguins waiwanzoitwa waiva nevateveri vasingasviki 7 000 panguva iyoyo. Mushure mokunyorwa, Johnston akasaina Lemieux chibvumirano chemakore maviri nokuda kwe $600,000, pamwe nebhonasi ye $150,000 yekusaina.