Each day Faceoff: Frank Seravalli and Jason Gregor on Sidney Crosby not having a contract extension accomplished with the Pittsburgh Penguins by now, what kind of deal could be thought of, and will he be traded?
** NHLRumors.com transcription
Tyler Yaremchuk: “All proper, final one I bought 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 possibly it was shut, however hasn’t come down but. So I wish to ask you guys if there’s something to do there. Sidney Crosby not having a brand new extension by now could be clean, Frank?”
Seravalli: “Mildly stunning. I believe there was some preliminary discuss that the majority of this deal was accomplished final November and December. I believe everybody appears to be aligned, not less than from a hypothesis perspective, that three years, $30 million, $10 million a 12 months, would make a number of sense.
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I believe understanding as a lot as I can the scenario, I believe the Penguins would love him to go even longer. They need doubtlessly 4 years or past, to attempt to assist push that AAV down.
And I, if I’m Sidney Crosby, watching this staff and the place they’re trending, once more, lacking the playoffs, how lengthy do you wish to play? I believe 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 lots. 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 purpose complete. To me, Frank, the larger query is, how lengthy does he wish to play in a staff that has no probability 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 believe the perfect factor for either side can be a mid-season commerce on the deadline. You’d get lots for Sidney Crosby. He goes to a staff that competes and Pittsburgh begins to rebuild. I agree with you. It most likely won’t occur, however it will be the perfect determination.”
Yaremchuk: “Be the perfect for everyone. Are you able to think about attending to cowl a Sidney Crosby commerce on deadline day? It’d be electrical.”
Gregor: “Effectively, think about town that will get Sidney Crosby in a deal. You kidding me?
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Yaremchuk: “It will be wild. It will, yeah.”
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Gregor: “I do know you say there’s no probability, Frank, however I’m telling you, it will, that may be one of many, effectively I believe it most likely the most important commerce deadline acquisition in NHL historical past, I’d argue now grants bought buying and selling one so possibly that may be it however it will be fairly good.”
