Elliotte Friedman spoke on his 32 Thoughts podcast about Sidney Crosby’s contract negotiations with the Pittsburgh Penguins. Friedman believes that Crosby will sign a short-term deal because he doesn’t want to leave the Penguins in a difficult salary cap situation if his play was to fall off. Friedman adds that he has talked to sources who’ve said that Crosby doesn’t want to do anything that would affect the long-term outlook for the Penguins or his legacy with the team. Crosby is coming off one of the finest seasons ever for a 36-year-old after posting 94 points in 82 games and appears more open to playing into his 40s, however, no one knows if that is his intention.
In other news from around the NHL:
- Elliotte Friedman reported on the 32 Thoughts podcast that the Boston Bruins traded Linus Ullmark to the Ottawa Senators before signing Jeremy Swayman, because they were concerned that if they waited until July, Ullmark could change his no-trade list and put Ottawa on it. Boston did not have to ask the former Vezina Trophy winner for permission to move him to the Senators, however, it did create a situation where they now rely solely on Swayman for starting goaltending this season, which could be problematic if Swayman misses any length of time due to a contract dispute.
- The Winnipeg Jets and forward Cole Perfetti appear to have a gap in the financials regarding the 22-year-old’s contract extension (as per Elliotte Friedman). Perfetti is reportedly negotiating a bridge deal with the Jets, and while they appear to be on the same page with regard to terms, the two sides have room between them when it comes to dollars. Perfetti is coming off his third NHL season and posted 19 goals and 19 assists last year in 71 games while averaging just 13:35 of ice time per game. He was benched down the stretch last season but does seem poised for a breakout this year, particularly if he can continue to generate chances in the offensive zone and post good defensive numbers.
Trade Swayman to CBJ if he continues the hold out, that will teach these guys to hold their team for ransom payment!
Swayman for Elvis at $3M salary, along with Gavin Brindley
CBJ can give Swayman his $8M x 7 salary and get above the cap floor.
Exactly.
Teach your good goalie a lesson for wanting paid by trading him for a bad goalie and ruining your team.
Gotta let the peons know who the boss is, right?
Great point John. Boston should load up on Columbus goalies.
“Friedman believes that Crosby will sign a short-term deal because he doesn’t want to leave the Penguins in a difficult salary cap situation if his play was to fall off. Friedman adds that he has talked to sources who’ve said that Crosby doesn’t want to do anything that would affect the long-term outlook for the Penguins or his legacy with the team.”
So lucky (literally the bounce of a ping pong ball) to have Sid here.
I wish the luckiest fan base in the history of sports understood that they were the luckiest fan base in the history of sports instead of being largely know nothing band wagon yinzgrates.
Lemieux. Crosby. Malkin. Jagr. Francis. Letang. Coffey. Fleury. Trottier. Murphy. Guentzel. Kovalev. Recchi. Mullen. The list literally goes on and on.
5 Cups. 1 more Final appearance. Multiple decades long playoff streaks. 15 scoring titles. Busloads of HOFers.
But, you know, we don’t win the Cup every year so boo Mr. Magoo out of town and whine when we play TWO (TWO) meaningless games in 18 years, I guess.
Doesn’t Fenway Sports Group own the Penguins?