Analyst Reveals the Three Pieces Canadiens Would Need to Sacrifice to Land Sidney Crosby

It's all starting up again, especially after Sid and his agent commented on the trade rumours and the noise surrounding his future.

That said, one big question remains.

What would the price be to acquire Sidney Crosby?

It's true that he would choose his next team himself, if it came to that, and it's also true that the GM of the Pittsburgh Penguins would not have the upper hand in this case, but don't forget we are talking about Sidney Crosby here.

If he leaves the Penguins (and that's still a big "IF"), he might still want to leave them with a strong legacy and give them one last big helping hand.

How?

Certainly not by being traded for peanuts.

Sidney Crosby could possibly convince himself to leave the Penguins if it allowed them to get a big return and solidly move their rebuild forward (it would be his way of staying loyal to the Penguins and helping them, while still being traded).

In short, for all these good reasons (which remain very hypothetical, admittedly), the price to pay would still be quite massive.

That's also what the excellent Mathias Brunet thinks.

As reported by Marco Normandin, during the first episode of the podcast Mathias et Le Serpent (their new show), Mathias Brunet stated the following:

So it could cost two first-round picks and Michael Hage?

And you, would you be willing to pay that price to bring none other than Sidney Crosby to the Montreal Canadiens?

Let's also recall Alain Crete's big scoop on Crosby:

This storyline is promising!