David Ettedgui: Sidney Crosby was strongly advised against coming to Montreal

Crosby was never a free agent, and his contract that just expired was for 12 years, not eight. Did Ettedgui forget to take this into consideration, knowing that contracts are now limited in terms of years?

Or would Crosby have waited to sign long-term in Pennsylvania (he signed in June 2012 to stay from 2013 to 2025) if he had really wanted to come to Montreal and hadn’t been discouraged otherwise, as Ettedgui points out?

Sidney Crosby is fine where he is in Pittsburgh. And to change teams would mean risking a situation where he wouldn’t fit in / where things are done differently.

In Pittsburgh, he knows what to expect. But he also knows to expect defeat…

For added context, let’s remember that in the summer of 2012, Marc Bergevin was the club’s GM. But he had just arrived to replace Pierre Gauthier and had just named Michel Therrien as coach. Crosby knows Therrien well, of course.

All that to say, the important thing is to ask yourself what Crosby thinks of the current Canadiens, not of Pierre Gauthier or Marc Bergevin. And the Kid won Olympic gold with Martin St-Louis.

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– Nice photo.