Pittsburgh Penguins longtime captain Sidney Crosby inked a two-year contract extension that runs through the 2026-27 NHL campaign last offseason. Crosby is nevertheless the subject of trade rumors this summer, following Pittsburgh’s failure to qualify for the playoffs for the third consecutive season and the club’s somewhat controversial decision to replace head coach Mike Sullivan with then-New York Rangers assistant coach Dan Muse. For a piece published on Tuesday, Penguins reporter Josh Yohe of The Athletic explained why it’s likely Crosby will remain a one-club man even though Pittsburgh is now in the middle of a needed roster rebuild. “It’s all about loyalty for him,” Yohe said about Crosby. “Before he signed his new two-year contract with the Penguins last September, I asked a member of the organization if anyone was concerned. The response this person sent me was this: ‘Nope, none at all. He’s a Penguin.'” Crosby has been a Penguin since he made his NHL regular-season debut in the fall of 2005. Whil
