Crosby Provides a Timeline on How Much Longer He Will Play
At 35, Sidney Crosby is not showing any signs of slowing down as he is coming off of his 17th straight season of producing more than a point per game where registered 84 points in 69 games. Unfortunately though, we all know he won't be able to play forever and his career could be coming to an end sooner rather than later. Crosby has 3 years left on his 12-year deal he signed way back in 2013, when those were allowed under the CBA and these could very well be his final 3 years.
Crosby was on the 32 Thoughts podcast with Elliotte Friedman and Jeff Marek last week while in Vegas for the annual media event where he discussed if he was going to play after his contract expired, "No I don't think so, I don't want to say no, but I'm leaning towards that not being the case. You know I'm thinking about 3 more years and then seeing what happens from there. I know it doesn't do me any good to look past that."
In saying that, Sid left the door open to continue playing after his contract ends, saying "I know that I want to continue to play at a high level, you know, I played a lot of hockey, it's something that takes a lot of effort. You gotta be invested and your body has to hold up. There's a lot of things that you need to go right to continue to play. I think 3 years is my focus and after that, we'll see where I'm at."
A generational talent and a guaranteed first-ballot Hall of Famer, we all knew Sid wouldn't play forever and, truthfully, there isn't really much left for him to play for. He's accomplished everything a player could want to accomplish in 17 years - multiple Stanley Cups, Olympic golds, World Junior gold, World Championship gold, World Cup of Hockey gold, multiple individual awards.. the only reason for him to keep playing is to pad his stats. Obviously, he loves to play and when he finds his passion is no longer there, he will call it quits.
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SEPTEMBRE 19 | 261 ANSWERS Crosby Provides a Timeline on How Much Longer He Will Play Will Crosby retire at the end of his current deal? | ||
| Yes | 96 | 36.8 % |
| No | 113 | 43.3 % |
| I hope not | 52 | 19.9 % |
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