Every day Faceoff: Frank Seravalli and Jason Gregor on Sidney Crosby not having a contract extension accomplished with the Pittsburgh Penguins by now, what sort of deal is likely to be thought-about, and will he be traded?
** NHLRumors.com transcription
Tyler Yaremchuk: “All proper, final one I acquired for you guys, you recognize, one storyline I’m shocked we didn’t see, or one factor we didn’t see come to fruition was a extension for Sidney Crosby out in Pittsburgh. We’d heard some discuss earlier in the summertime that perhaps it was shut, however hasn’t come down but. So I need to ask you guys if there’s something to do there. Sidney Crosby not having a brand new extension by now’s clean, Frank?”
Seravalli: “Mildly shocking. I feel there was some preliminary discuss that the majority of this deal was accomplished final November and December. I feel everybody appears to be aligned, a minimum of from a hypothesis perspective, that three years, $30 million, $10 million a yr, would make loads of sense.
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I feel understanding as a lot as I can the state of affairs, I feel the Penguins would really like him to go even longer. They need probably 4 years or past, to try to assist push that AAV down.
And I, if I’m Sidney Crosby, watching this group and the place they’re trending, once more, lacking the playoffs, how lengthy do you need to play? I feel is a extremely legitimate query. And signing a four-year deal or a three-year deal, I don’t, how a lot does that make sense. I imply, that is going to be, what is that this Sid’s, twentieth season, twenty first? Prefer it’s, it’s so much. That is his twentieth season.”
Gregor: “He’s in nice form, however look, he’s 36 years of age. He simply completed twelfth in scoring. He had his third-highest aim whole. To me, Frank, the larger query is, how lengthy does he need to play in a group that has no likelihood of profitable? And and I wrote this ….”
Seravalli: “He not, he’s by no means leaving Pittsburgh, dude.”
Gregor: “And that’s honest, however actually, I feel one of the best factor for each side could be a mid-season commerce on the deadline. You’d get so much for Sidney Crosby. He goes to a group that competes and Pittsburgh begins to rebuild. I agree with you. It most likely may not occur, however it might be one of the best choice.”
Yaremchuk: “Be one of the best for everyone. Are you able to think about attending to cowl a Sidney Crosby commerce on deadline day? It’d be electrical.”
Gregor: “Properly, think about town that will get Sidney Crosby in a deal. You kidding me?
Yaremchuk: “It might be wild. It might, yeah.”
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Gregor: “I do know you say there’s no likelihood, Frank, however I’m telling you, it might, that will be one of many, effectively I feel it most likely the most important commerce deadline acquisition in NHL historical past, I’d argue now grants acquired buying and selling one so perhaps that will be it however it might be fairly good.”
