Is there a glimmer of hope in Sidney Crosby’s camp that most loyal man in hockey will have enough and consider going the Tom Brady route, something they’ve been putting in Sidney Crosby’s ear for years? After a summer once again of being promised ‘bs’ by Kyle Dubas that the Penguins were going to do everything they could to contend in Sidney Crosby’s final seasons, the Penguins are at a major cross-roads. Kyle Dubas’ summer was such an epic failure of thinking they’re smarter than everyone else, it has ended up being a strategy of not trying to win. The Penguins brass legit thought they made enough short-term improvements to last years group to put them in a position to be competitive and see where things stand come February. Instead Pittsburgh in a season has morphed into the softest team in the NHL and the dark reality is the season looks lost 18 games in. In a world where the cap allows you to toe-the-line of staying somewhat competitive and not mortgaging the future, Pittsburgh’s management team has sabotaged any chance of Sidney Crosby likely seeing the postseason again in Pittsburgh. That’s how the Crosby camp is surely looking at things.

The $8.7 million dollar among many is why did Sidney Crosby not sign an extension this past summer when as early around the draft, agents and rival executives had heard whispers Crosby was planning to sign an extension as long as three years?

A slew of factors to be exact and something in the organization just started to change after the draft weekend. Suddenly all this big-game hunting talk leaked to the media was a bunch of nothing. With the current roster, sources say among the frustrations from Crosby was Pittsburgh deciding to inform To read this insider news, subscribe to get “Inside Access”!

But is the Penguins brass playing with fire on Crosby’s future?

What managements summer did and the leaks eight games in of prominent changes has seen the group mentally check out, multiple team sources say. The team is completely checked out and members of the organization have never seen Sidney Crosby so down in the dumps at various points. Say what you want that Pittsburgh was always going to reach the point where they needed to pick an actual direction, but the veteran core believes otherwise. They believe they proved last season that the off season should had been building on last season to give them a legit window this season to continue to try to compete before the clock strikes father time. Things have become so tedious, players have been bracing for a Rickard Rakell trade by the trade freee as the scape goat and jump start to a tear town any day now so Ville Koivunen can be [hide] forced into a permanent top-6 role, a player who’s become a contentious standpoint between the once really good relationship of To read this insider news, subscribe to get “Inside Access”!

No one is putting a Sidney Crosby on their trade board right now but General Manager’s are human and they’re obviously wondering does Crosby and others become so miserable that Pittsburgh becomes a really fascinating team on the trade front after the new year? To read this insider news, subscribe to get “Inside Access”!

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