5 Reasons Why Crosby Deserves $45M
If being the NHL’s highest scorer and most valuable player in 2006/2007 wasn’t enough, Sidney Crosby has become a very rich young man after signing a five-year, $45-million deal.
It’s an interesting, but necessary, move for a lot of different reasons.
1. By giving Crosby $9-million a year, the Penguins make their resident superstar happy by giving him financial security and status as the league’s highest-paid player.
2. At a time when it appears that restricted free-agents are vulnerable to offers (evidence: the Edmonont Oilers making a play for Thomas Vanek last week), the Penguins are assured that Crosby stays with them for the next five years.
3. The contract gives the Penguins franchise some much-needed security. Given the ownership troubles in recent years, Pittsburgh needed a high profile way to show their fans the team is serious about competing and that the on-ice product will likely remain first-rate.
4. While $9-million a year is a huge amount of money, it’s a relative bargain given players such as Chris Drury, Ryan Smith, Scott Gomez and Daniel Briere are now making $6-million to $7-million. While they are good players, Crosby is head and shoulders above them in talent.
5. Crosby deserves it. He’s the Bobby Orr/Wayne Gretzky/Mario Lemieux of his generation. He’s the NHL’s marquee star who can be used to sell the game and attract fans at a time when the talent pool has been diluted by expansion and it’s hard to tell the players without a program.
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