B/R Open Ice: Frank Seravalli on Sidney Crosby and all of the hypothesis about his future, the Pittsburgh Penguins, and Montreal Canadiens.
** NHLRumors.com transcription
“What’s going on with Sidney Crosby? Excellent segue into the Pittsburgh Penguins, and that’s, properly, there have been these rumors which have been floating on the market for months on finish.
Sidney Crosby desires to be a ceaselessly Penguin. Sidney Crosby has skilled a downturn for the Penguins, being out of competition considerably early. And he spoke to reporters on the NHL playoff participant media tour in Vegas, excuse me, and reiterated a few of somewhat little bit of that frustration.
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And he stated, particularly, because it associated to the Montreal Canadiens, I get why it might come up and that kind of factor. It doesn’t make it any simpler while you’re shedding to listen to these issues, however on the similar time, to know {that a} staff like that, that means Montreal desires you, it’s not the tip of the world. It may very well be worse.
So, actually form of fascinating quote. That is the childhood favourite staff of Sidney Crosby. He reiterated in that dialog with reporters in Vegas, his love for the Montreal Canadiens, and I’d should assume that being pale by the Bell Heart crowd final 12 months at 4 Nations Faceoff, which simply being within the constructing makes the hair on the again of your neck get up, that needed to really feel good.
And there’s zero doubt. Additionally, like, let’s be completely clear that the Montreal Canadiens would do something to get their fingers on Sidney Crosby, even at this age. With how productive and constant he’s been, plus the management caliber and high quality that he brings, they’d be all for it.
However I feel the Penguins are in a spot the place they’re not going to method their captain, who desires to be a ceaselessly Penguin. It’s going to be as much as Sidney Crosby to lift his hand and say, I’d like to maneuver on and simply listening to his feedback, and likewise listening to the feedback from his agent in CAA’s Pat Brisson. That doesn’t look like taking place anytime quickly.
Nevertheless, nobody has actually formally closed the door on it and stated, Hey, that’s by no means going to occur. They only stated, this can be a dialog that may proceed to evolve.
I additionally are likely to consider that it’s not one that may occur mid-season, so I’m not anticipating one thing this 12 months, however who is aware of what one 12 months’s time will play out like? What subsequent summer time will play out like? As a result of that has actually been percolating underneath the floor.
And lots of people have stated, Oh, properly, wouldn’t Sidney Crosby simply Crosby simply go to Denver to play with Nathan McKinnon in Colorado? I feel the Canadians, for lots of various causes, a staff on the rise, a staff that desperately desires him, a spot that he’s accustomed to, a spot that there’s some nostalgia for him rising up a Habs fan, and his dad being a Habs fan, that, that may examine numerous bins. Additionally taking part in in Canada to shut out his profession.
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However he’s by no means verbalized that publicly to anybody, and to be sincere, from everybody that I may speak to that’s in Sidney Crosby’s orbit, he’s by no means truly actually verbalized that to anybody privately, both. This can be a man who’s so laser centered on attempting to make the Pittsburgh Penguins as greatest as attainable, and he has actually held up his finish of the cut price there.”
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