Pittsburgh Penguins author for The Athletic Josh Yohe joined TSN Radio on Monday forward of the Penguins and Toronto Maple Leafs recreation. When requested concerning the potential of Sidney Crosby leaving Pittsburgh for an additional staff, Yohe acknowledged he didn’t assume that was going to occur and that Crosby would re-sign in Pittsburgh.
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Sidney Crosby Needs To Be a Pittsburgh Penguin Perpetually
Jeff O’Neill: “We spoke about totally different eventualities if this continued to be a prepare wreck. They had been simply taking part in out the stretch, and it changed into a gong present as a result of the month and a half earlier than that was, do you assume issues can be any totally different for Sidney Crosby heading into the offseason? Like, do you really assume there might need been a risk of him pulling the set off and taking part in elsewhere or at the least entertaining that concept?”
Josh Yohe: “Impossible. Hey, you realize, we carry this up with him about one time a yr, and he doesn’t prefer it after we carry it up. He checked out us this yr and he was type of defiant for him. All the time very well mannered and pleasant. However for his requirements. He was slightly defiant. He mentioned you realize I let you know guys yearly I don’t need to play anyplace else. It’s by no means modified. And I imagine that.
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I feel one factor you must perceive about Sid is that his two heroes in life are Steve Yzerman and Mario Lemieux – two guys who solely ever performed for one franchise. Which means so much to him – it actually does. And likewise, he’s simply such a creature of behavior—like he actually is. I don’t know if he’d even be snug ever taking part in in one other metropolis. He actually lived greater than half of his life in Pittsburgh.
I simply assume it’s the place he’s snug. He wasn’t proud of how issues had been going this season, clearly, however I’d be shocked if he didn’t signal a brand new contract this summer time.”
