Crosby Talking Extension, Leaves Door Open on 2030 Olympics
The Penguins captain says agent Pat Brisson and GM Kyle Dubas are negotiating as he enters the final year of his deal.
Sidney Crosby is entering the last season of his contract and he already expects to be at training camp in 2027, when he will be 40.
Speaking to Sportsnet at the NHL's Player Media Tour in Henderson on Tuesday, Crosby confirmed that longtime agent Pat Brisson and Penguins general manager Kyle Dubas have started extension talks.
"Pat and Kyle are talking and hopefully get something done," he said.
Whether the price changes is another matter. Crosby has carried an $8.7 million average annual value since his entry-level contract ended in 2008, a number that looks increasingly quaint as star salaries climb. Asked if he would take it again, Crosby said: "I have no idea. But if history is any proof of that, we'll see."
He would not commit to a fourth Winter Games. The 2030 Olympics are set for the French Alps, and Crosby, a double Olympic gold medalist, was too injured to dress for Canada's gold medal game in Milan this year and settled for silver.
"I haven't thought that far ahead. I think it's so hard. Like, there's no blueprint for how you're going to feel at this age," he said. "I want to play for a number of years, for sure. But you don't know how you're going to feel a year from now, two years from now."
An MCL sprain suffered in February on a hit from Czechia's Radko Gudas held Crosby to 68 games in 2025-26. He had played 80-plus games in each of the three seasons before that, and his streak of point-per-game seasons stands at 21.
He sits seventh all-time with 1,761 points, within range of Marcel Dionne (1,771) and Ron Francis (1,798) this season. Gordie Howe, Mark Messier and Jaromir Jagr are further up the list, with Wayne Gretzky alone above 2,000.
"Some work to do if I want to get there," Crosby said of 2,000. "I'm not gonna shut the door on that possibility."
He also pointed to last spring, when Pittsburgh ended a three-year playoff drought in Dan Muse's first year as head coach. "It energizes you, when you're winning games and young guys come in, and as a team, kind of that underdog role."
