2014
08.06
08.06
class="ui-droppable">It’s pretty hard to buy low on the best player in the NHL, but the Pittsburgh Penguins came as close as possible to it when they signed Sidney Crosby to a 12-year deal in July 2012.
It should be as difficult to describe a deal that will pay the superstar in excess of $100 million as a bargain at the price, but that’s exactly what it is.
At the time, of course, the deal seemed significantly riskier for Pittsburgh. A term in excess of a decade seemed like a massive risk for any player, and especially for one who had played just 63 of a possible 164 regular-season games over the preceding two years when the contract was signed.
Retired NHL star Jeremy Roenick was one of the loudest critics ...
Read Full Article at Bleacher Report - Pittsburgh Penguins
It should be as difficult to describe a deal that will pay the superstar in excess of $100 million as a bargain at the price, but that’s exactly what it is.
At the time, of course, the deal seemed significantly riskier for Pittsburgh. A term in excess of a decade seemed like a massive risk for any player, and especially for one who had played just 63 of a possible 164 regular-season games over the preceding two years when the contract was signed.
Retired NHL star Jeremy Roenick was one of the loudest critics ...
Read Full Article at Bleacher Report - Pittsburgh Penguins