Penguins Nonetheless Have Work To Do To Get Sidney Crosby Again in Rivalry
TSN’s Director of Scouting Craig Button joined Gino Reda on That’s Hockey to debate Sidney Crosby’s new extension with the Pittsburgh Penguins and if they’ll contend for an additional Stanley Cup and make the playoffs.
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Sidney Crosby is Dedicated To Successful in Pittsburgh
Gino Reda: “Alongside our Director of Scouting, Craig Button, Craig, Kyle Dubas and I’m quoting now, Sid’s dedication reiterated our urgency to construct a workforce round him that may return our workforce to rivalry. Finish Quote. Good phrases. He’s a Basic Supervisor. What else he going to say? However realistically talking, what are the probabilities this workforce can certainly contend once more whereas Sidney Crosby continues to be of their uniform.”
Craig Button: “The fast reply is it’s nonetheless a piece in progress. We’re speaking a couple of workforce that’s missed the playoffs the earlier two seasons. However over the course of the dialogue that Kyle Dubas and Sidney Crosby would have had, it was understanding from Sidney Crosby’s viewpoint, okay, what does the long run appear to be? As a result of we all know that Sidney Crosby is 100% dedicated to contending.
He’s one of many NHL’s finest gamers on the age of 37, and there’s no indicators of any decline in his play. So now for Kyle Dubas to have the ability to specific what his plan is and the way they’re going to go about it. Actually, the contract for Sidney Crosby ‘s extension offers them numerous cap flexibility.
That actually is one thing that actually speaks volumes about Crosby’s dedication to permitting Kyle Dubas to construct a workforce. However you can not miss the playoffs within the method that the Pittsburgh Penguins have executed within the earlier two seasons and simply anticipate to snap your fingers that you simply’re going to be again in rivalry.
However when you’ve got Sidney Crosby, and so they’ve made some strikes to get their workforce just a little bit higher, however to be an actual, true contender, there’s nonetheless work to be executed, however actually Gino, I’ve to imagine that Sidney Crosby believes within the plan with this contract extension.”
