Sidney Crosby has picked up his big pay day. The Penguins star will earn $8.7 million per year on his next contract, totaling $104.4 million over 12 years.
Sidney Crosby Contract Worth $104.4 Million Over 12 Years
Team co-owners Mario Lemieux and Ron Burkle issued a joint statement on Crosby’s extension.
Crosby’s previous contract was set to expire at the end of the 2012-13 season. The deal doesn’t carry a significant increase in cap hit for the Penguins, allowing them to move on to other business without serious financial constraints.
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That statement was picked up by several sources beyond SBNation.com, including Yahoo!‘s Puck Daddy blog and NBC Sports’ ProHockeyTalk.
But since the story was originally published Monday, the Tribune-Review has removed the portion of the story quoted above. Here’s the story on the Trib website versus a cached version via Google for comparison. The only mention of Crosby in the altered story reads:
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