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 of the deal, telling NextSportStar.com’s Josh Rimer (transcript via The Washington Times) that teams signing long-term deals were “committing contract suicide” and that Pittsburgh was being particularly foolish.
[Y]ou have the Pittsburgh Penguins who give the guy who has the biggest concussion problems in all of hockey a 10-year deal or whatever Sidney Crosby got. I hope this concussio ...
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The Sidney Crosby Contract Looks Better and Better for Pittsburgh Penguins
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