Day by day Faceoff: Frank Seravalli and Jason Gregor on Sidney Crosby not having a contract extension completed with the Pittsburgh Penguins by now, what sort 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 understand, one storyline I’m stunned 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 speak earlier in the summertime that perhaps 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 feel there was some preliminary speak that the majority of this deal was completed final November and December. I feel everybody appears to be aligned, not less than from a hypothesis perspective, that three years, $30 million, $10 million a yr, would make lots of sense.
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I feel understanding as a lot as I can the scenario, I feel the Penguins would really like him to go even longer. They need probably 4 years or past, to attempt 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 wish to play? I feel is a very 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 rather a lot. 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 objective whole. To me, Frank, the larger query is, how lengthy does he wish 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 truthful, however truthfully, I feel the most effective factor for each side could be a mid-season commerce on the deadline. You’d get rather a lot 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 will be the most effective choice.”
Yaremchuk: “Be the most effective 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 the town that will get Sidney Crosby in a deal. You kidding me?
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Yaremchuk: “It could be wild. It could, yeah.”
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Gregor: “I do know you say there’s no likelihood, Frank, however I’m telling you, it will, that may 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 bought buying and selling one so perhaps that may be it however it will be fairly good.”
