Sidney Crosby isn’t forcing the issue on his next Penguins contract.
The Pittsburgh captain said at the NHL Player Media Tour in Las Vegas that his agent, Pat Brisson, is already in active conversations with general manager Kyle Dubas, but Crosby made it clear he’s not treating this like a deal that has to be finished right now. He’s entering the final season of the two-year extension he signed almost two years ago, and for a player at this stage of his career, he sees the future a little differently.
“It’s just a little bit more difficult, I think, at my age, as far as trying to project where you’re going to be,” Crosby said. “It’s different.
You don’t know where you’re going to be at, kind of year to year, how you feel, and things like that. I’d like to continue playing for a number of years.
I just don’t know what that number is. And I guess your mind and body tell you that eventually.
And right now, I feel pretty good, though.”
That’s the reality for Crosby now. He’s still producing like a star, but he’s also in a place where the next contract may not be a clean multi-year decision. He said he isn’t locked into one path and isn’t sure whether this will be another longer-term commitment or something handled season by season.
“That’s something Pat’s going to talk to Kyle about. But that’s not something that I’m set on either way, to be honest with you.”
And if there’s any urgency on his side, he’s not showing it.
“No, I wouldn’t say I’m going to rush.”
Crosby also pointed to the fact that his last deal got done before training camp, though he stopped well short of setting any kind of deadline this time around.
“Yeah, I don’t know. They’re going to talk.
Two summers ago, ended up getting done. So we’ll see.
I don’t think there’s a timeline on it. They’re just gonna talk.”
Even at 39, Crosby is still doing Crosby things. He missed time because of injury during the 2025-26 season, but he still put up 74 points in 68 games and helped the Penguins finish second in the Metropolitan Division. That performance also made him the first player in NHL history to average a point per game in 21 consecutive seasons.
The numbers only add to a résumé that already places him among the Penguins’ all-time greats. Crosby has won the Art Ross, Rocket Richard, Conn Smythe and Hart Trophies twice, along with three Ted Lindsay Awards. He also sits first in franchise history in regular-season games played with 1,420, assists with 1,107 and points with 1,761, and he is second in goals with 654, behind only Mario Lemieux.
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