Crosby's Contract
According to the Post Gazette http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/07190/800305-61.stm
Sidney Crosby and the Pens’ talks of a new contract are going well. But one of the big statements of these contract talks is that Crosby will most likely take less than market value (league max) to assure the Penguins the best chance of signing their core of young players and contending for the cup year in and year out. By Crosby taking less money it should have a ripple effect in the NHL as no one can argue they deserve more than the league’s best player. Thus also making arbitration a tougher route to increase your pay. If this contract does come out to be 8-8.5M range, or somewhere less than the max, what kind of wall does that put up for the rest of the NHL players?