I honestly don't think there's a chance in hell Sid doesn't sign. The delay is probably him deciding how long he wants to stick around with this flaming wreckage of an organization before retiring. He probably wants to play until he's 40+ but that'll mean either playing for an absolute bottom feeder or playing somewhere else--neither option seems like something he'd enjoy, but I think the latter is probably as close to an impossibility as is realistic without reaching legit zero. Dude's a psychotic creature of habit, he's not gonna break up his routine and pick up everything to play somewhere else for the final couple of years as an NHLer.