Penguins GM Kyle Dubas holds a strategic meeting with Sidney Crosby

When you have players like that, they prevent you from getting there because they're too good. What they can pass onto players coming into the organization, it's impossible to measure. That's what we would set out to do, whether it's our own (prospects) or future draft picks/younger players we can bring in via trade, that can serve to expedite things and make sure there isn't a massive breach.»

«Crosby said that he wants to be a Penguin for the rest of his career. I think if that were to change, he would have to let them know that. I think they've discussed it with him, I find it very hard to believe [] I would be surprised if Dubas hasn't talked to Crosby already, if he hasn't filled him in on what he's thinking or how he thinks he's going to get there.
«I think the Penguins know exactly what they could look like if there'a an extension with Crosby and I believe that if the Penguins had reasons to believe that Crosby was unhappy, they'd probably have a good inkling of that already.»