It is August, and the news is slow, but Team USA put a hurting on Team Canada Saturday at the World Junior Summer Showcase, and USA\u2019s netminder was Sewickley\u2019s own. And we got some surprising inside details on Sidney Crosby\u2019s previous contract negotiations and how much he might ask for the next one. And a hint: it\u2019s not $8.7 million. Elsewhere in the Daily, the New Jersey Devils already have a chip on their shoulders, Team Sweden is assuming they won\u2019t have Viggo Bjorck for a while, and the NHLPA is encouraging players to be more public. <\/p>\n
Count me in favor of players being more themselves, as long as it\u2019s not a bunch of coordinated social media posts, cheeseball videos, or sanitized interactions. Now, this writer should caution everyone\u2013if players start speaking their minds or being open, there will be some headlines and some reaction. That\u2019s part of it, and we shouldn\u2019t lose our minds or get knee-jerk judgy. <\/p>\n
Not everyone will be Sophie Cunningham and somehow be incredibly likable even in the face of controversy. <\/p>\n
Pittsburgh Penguins<\/p>\n
Pittsburgh Hockey Now: Seriously, read this story. It\u2019s one of the most interesting we\u2019ll have this summer. Crosby left a lot of money on the table over his career\u2013we did the math. However, it wasn\u2019t all selfless. Some was a calculated risk. And don\u2019t expect him to get paid $8.7 million next year. His agent spilled the beans on old negotiations and what comes next for Sidney Crosby<\/a>.<\/p>\n Pittsburgh Baseball Now: The Bucs have fallen 2.5 out of the wild card after a terrible week, but they got back on track with a win over the Reds last night. They also added some bullpen help via a trade with a former All-Star from the Yankees. Here\u2019s Danny Demilio\u2019s Pirates trade analysis<\/a>.<\/p>\n Steelers Now: Rodgers to Metcalf. The QB-WR connection was electric at training camp Saturday, and Alan Saunders has all of the Steelers takeaways<\/a> we need to know.<\/p>\n NHL Rumors, News, & NHN<\/p>\n USA Hockey: USA! USA! The boys in blue roasted Team Canada Saturday at the WJC Summer Showcase, 7-2. Ryan Fetterolf from Sewickley was the winning goalie<\/a>.<\/p>\n Penguins prospects Carter Sanderson and Charlie Trethewey are part of Team USA. PHN was quite impressed with Trethewey at Development Camp. <\/p>\n TSN Video: Team Sweden is forgetting about Viggo Bjorck for their WJC roster because they expect him to make the Winnipeg Jets and stay there<\/a>.<\/p>\n New Jersey Hockey Now: There\u2019s a little buzz and a little energy surrounding the New Jersey Devils. A new GM doing new things has a little spark, and the players are getting excited. And one D-man already has a Newark-sized chip on his shoulder<\/a>.<\/p>\n Montreal Hockey Now: A story idea I\u2019m going to steal in the next day or so. Marc Dumont looked at the former Montreal Canadiens and how they\u2019re performing away from the Canadiens<\/a>.<\/p>\n ESPN: The rookie roundtable. NHLPA exec director Marty Walsh and assistant Kyle Okposo are working with the rooks to be themselves and be more public. It\u2019s quite a change in direction for hockey, and it\u2019s starting with the players<\/a>.<\/p>\n Spectors Hockey: A little love for our guy Kyle today. The NHL trade rumors section is still Montreal clamoring and chattering about Kirill Marchenko or Kent Johnson. Some podcast opinions and discussions about a potential Montreal blockbuster<\/a>.<\/p>\n Detroit Hockey Now: And\u2026what? The Detroit Red Wings wished Dylan Larkin a happy birthday via a social media post. You and I both have questions. So, what gives with the Red Wings<\/a>?<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tTags: nhl trade<\/a> Pittsburgh Penguins<\/a> Sidney Crosby<\/a> sidney crosby contract<\/a> <\/p>\n Categorized:Links<\/a> NHL Trade Rumors<\/a> Pittsburgh Penguins<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It is August, and the news is slow, but Team USA put a hurting on Team Canada Saturday…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":975896,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[42],"tags":[293,10218,1334,63256,391711,62,67,132,68],"class_list":["post-975895","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-nhl","tag-nhl-trade","tag-pittsburgh-penguins","tag-sidney-crosby","tag-sidney-crosby-contract","tag-sports","tag-united-states","tag-unitedstates","tag-us"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/117026547534071428","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/975895","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=975895"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/975895\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/975896"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=975895"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=975895"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=975895"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}