[j-monster]

looks like Crosby signed a five-year contract extension worth $43.5 million:
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Nice deal for Sidney.

Of course it helps the Penguins that he didn't ask for the max... but if the salary cap doesn't go up by the same rate in the future as it did this year (I could hardly believe it went up from about $44M to $50M, I was expecting only a $2-3M increase at most), then they are still going to have trouble signing their other big young stars like Malkin and Jordan Staal, either that or of course signing them and having to play stiffs at other key positions.

Interesting to chart the future of the Penguins in the next few years, to be sure.