Crosby's still got it...he should request a trade to a contender

[895]

Pens are going nowhere and don't look to get better soon.

Last night showed Crosby still has a lot left in the tank and still an elite player.

He should request a trade to play meaningful hockey somewhere.

Being a one club man is so overrated. It's not like being traded will unwin those cups.

He also helps his team by giving them a haul. Pens fans also get to cheer him on and hope he wins another cup.

It's a win-win-win.

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[jigglysquishy]

He was the best player on the ice last night.

Would love to see him on a contender

 

[Tatar Shots]

They really should figure out a way for him to finish his career in Colorado.

 

[Canovin]

He probably wants to beat Mario Lemieux points as a Pens first before wanting to get traded

 

[ijuka]

Crosby always finds the next gear in international matches.

 

[Empoleon8771]

Crosby has been adamant that he wants to be a one team guy just like his idol Yzerman. He's not going anywhere. He has said this every time he has been asked including this season.

Even if the Penguins wanted to move him to get assets (which they wouldn't get enough to warrant moving him), he'd say no because he simply does not want to leave.

 

[Le Magnifique 66]

At the end of the day, I don't think many teams are able and willing to give the Pens what Sid is really worth. We are talking multiple 1st, 2nds and 2-3 grade A prospects

 

[CheckingLineCenter]

He also helps his team by giving them a haul. Pens fans also get to cheer him on and hope he wins another cup.

Ignoring all of the sentimental value and the business/dollar value he brings to the fans and the organization.

Would it be a haul?

He’d have full control and select one destination. That destination would be contending and have weak futures/not want to give up current pieces of the roster. Despite the difference in caliber of players I’m not sure how different it would be than the Giroux trade. Maybe you get an extra pick but it’s not going to be an all time haul IMO.

 

[JKG33]

Yea, it's an absolute war crime that in order for him to be a one team man, his final years will be wasted on a Dipshit Dubas rebuild.

Sid, this ain't the team you played the first 15ish years of your career on. They're a pathetic joke now. GTFO, they don't deserve you

 

[Breakfast of Champs]

He probably wants to beat Mario Lemieux points as a Pens first before wanting to get traded

I believe he also only needs 155 pts to break Howes record for most pts with a single franchise , which he could definitely do if he stays

 

[Le Magnifique 66]

Ignoring all of the sentimental value and the business/dollar value he brings to the fans and the organization.

Would it be a haul?

He’d have full control and select one destination. That destination would be contending and have weak futures/not want to give up current pieces of the roster. Despite the difference in caliber of players I’m not sure how different it would be than the Giroux trade. Maybe you get an extra pick but it’s not going to be an all time haul IMO.

Giroux was a pending UFA, Sid isn't!

 

[BHD]

The Stone goal is a snapshot of what he can still do with elite players.

 

[SirKillalot]

Some things are priceless. Staying with one team your whole career is one of those.

 

[Suntouchable13]

Sure, tell him that. I don’t think it will be easy to convince him. I think he has made up his mind. He is at peace with it. For better or worse.

 

[centipede2233]

People don’t factor in the personal element. He has a girlfriend. You think Sid or his gf want to move to a new city? They have friends and family in Pittsburgh. If I’m Sid I’m never moving. I’ve set roots down. Also his gf would get a major say.

 

[SirKillalot]

Sid, this ain't the team you played the first 15ish years of your career on. They're a pathetic joke now. GTFO, they don't deserve you

You should go see the team he played on in his 1st year.

 

[JoeSakic13]

At the end of the day, I don't think many teams are able and willing to give the Pens what Sid is really worth. We are talking multiple 1st, 2nds and 2-3 grade A prospects

If you actually think that’s what Crosby is still worth at 37 I have some troubling news for you.

 

[JKG33]

You should go see the team he played on in his 1st year.

They at least still had Mario and enough young players with hope for the future.

What do they have now? $16m on Jarry & Karlsson, and an all time bad GM

 

[ijuka]

Crosby has been adamant that he wants to be a one team guy just like his idol Yzerman. He's not going anywhere. He has said this every time he has been asked including this season.

Even if the Penguins wanted to move him to get assets (which they wouldn't get enough to warrant moving him), he'd say no because he simply does not want to leave.

If the team is tanking and he'll be a rental, you would say that he'll refuse to get traded by his team for a chance at the cup and for his team to earn the assets?

You could well be correct, but shrug.

 

[HighPlainsDrifter]

Caps - Just for the meltdown

 

[MXD]

At the end of the day, I don't think many teams are able and willing to give the Pens what Sid is really worth. We are talking multiple 1st, 2nds and 2-3 grade A prospects

Especially considering Sid has given every indication that he doesn't want to move.

 

[Empoleon8771]

They at least still had Mario and enough young players with hope for the future.

What do they have now? $16m on Jarry & Karlsson, and an all time bad GM

No they didn't. Lemieux retired after like 30 games and the team was an absolute tire fire. Ziggy Palfy quit on the team halfway through the year because of how bad it was, pretty much all of the big name UFAs they signed (Gonchar, Recchi and LeClair) were terrible and the young guys were pretty much just Crosby, Fleury, Whitney, Orpik and Armstrong.

The Penguins got wildly lucky that they were able to get Malkin over the next year (they literally had to smuggle him out of Russia to get him to be able to sign) and got Staal in the 2006 draft.

 

[SirKillalot]

What do they have now? $16m on Jarry & Karlsson, and an all time bad GM

Yeah would have been better to stay out of the Karlsson sweepstakes when he became "hot commodity" again. This was inevitable.

 

[Empoleon8771]

If the team is tanking and he'll be a rental, you would say that he'll refuse to get traded by his team for a chance at the cup and for his team to earn the assets?

You could well be correct, but shrug.

Just like Lemieux said no to being traded back in like 2003 (rumors linked him to Colorado to win another cup with that team), Crosby would say no to being traded now.

 

[JoVel]

Imagine how much Crosby is laughing his ass off at the constant talks of him being traded. He has lost the game, no matter how many times he says he will not leave Pittsburgh, people will continue to ignore it.