Sidney Crosby: Next Chapter After 20 Years | Pittsburgh Hockey

NEW YORK. The big earthquake shook the NHL already last night, but expects significant aftershocks when free agency opens “for real” today.

Among other things, a number of profiled Swedes are expected to sign for new clubs – and some real heavyweights can be traveled.

18.00 This first Christmas day, Swedish time, it happens.

NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman turns the key and opens the free market.

At the same time, a number of contracts go out, with which players who have not extended with their current clubs can sign for whatever team they want.

Until yesterday, that list included a set of names with dazzling luster, but they disappeared before Bettman even had to get the key out of his pants pocket.

Toronto threw Mitch Marner’s rights to Vegas – where he immediately signed a monster contract – Florida managed in some wonderful way to extend with both Aaron Ekblad and Brad Marchand and Columbus secured the hill Ivan Provorov for another seven years.

A little snoop, you want – just like at the Trade Deadline in March – that everything will happen during a single exciting discharge.

But there are still plays to fight for those who want to strengthen their troops for the 2025-2026 race-among them Nikolai Ehlers, Elias Pettersson former radar partner Brock Boeser, LA back Vladislav Gavrikov, Mikael Granlund, Jonathan Drouin and Corey Perry.

In addition, a crowd of Swedes step out into the free market. John Klingberg, Gustav Nyquist, Victor Olofsson and Anton Forsberg are all looking for new club addresses – and since Isac Lundeström and Pontus Holmberg were not offered new contracts by Anaheim and Toronto during yesterday, the same category in the formal sense (but may find solutions with their previous clubs;

In addition, it is possible to hope for spectacular trends.

Among other things, it seems clear in practice that Edmonton Oilers replace Viktor Arvidsson after only one season and Rasmus Andersson is still the subject of persistent rumors. Vegas Golden Knights apparently wants to see him in the neon shore on the strip.

Then we have Pittsburgh, who is now officially in a deep “rebuild” and intends to rejuvenate the squad strongly in the coming years. Both Erik Karlsson and Rickard Rakell have been mentioned as likely migratory birds and would Erik, who sits on a “no trading clause” and controls himself whether he can be featured or not, get an offer from a team with a view to the title he learns to say yes. Staying in a team that will not be good in several years cannot feel so attractive at the age of 35.

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For the same reasons, there are those who believe that even Sidney Crosby can think of leaving the club he belonged to 20 years. The renowned captain has repeatedly declared that he wants to spend his entire career in Pittsburgh, but he also wants to win more than anything and he will not do with the penguins. So a couple of closing seasons with good friend Nathan Mackinnon in Denver can still appear as a pretty attractive thought …

Incidentally, it may be emphasized that everything does not have to happen today. Both the players and their agents as well as the clubs have the whole summer to enter into agreements and in some cases it certainly takes a long time for something to be clear.

But others are in a hurry – and therefore new movements in the earth’s crust will be registered with the seismological institutes.

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The hottest of the remaining free agency names

• Nikolai Ehlers, Winnipeg Jets

• Brock Boeser, Vancouver Canucks

• Mikael Granlund, Dallas Stars

• vladislav gavrikov, la kings

• Dimitri Orlov, Carolina Hurricanes

• Corey Perry, Edmonton Oilers

• Jonathan Drouin, Colorado Avalanche

• Jake Allen, New Jersey Devils

• John Klingberg, Edmonton Oilers

• Gustav Nyquist, Minnesota Wild

• Victor Olofsson, Vegas Golden Knights

• Anton Forsberg, Ottawa Senators

• Isac Lundeström, Anaheim Ducks

• Pontus Holmberg, Toronto Maple Leafs

• Pius Suter, Vancouver Canucks

• Nate Schmidt, Florida Panthers

• Max Pacioretty, Toronto Maple Leafs

• Ryan Lindgren, Colorado Avalanche

• Brandon Tanev, Winnipeg Jets

•Nick Perbix, Tampa Bay Lightning

• Evgeni Dadonov, Dallas Stars

• Andrew Mangiapane, Washington Capitals

• Jack Roslovic, Carolina Hurricanes

• Jeff Skinner, Edmonton Oilers

Hottest names of the trees market

• Jason Robertson, Dallas Stars

• Jordan Kyrou, St Louis Blues

• Rasmus Andersson, Calgary Flames

• Viktor Arvidsson, Edmonton Oilers

• Erik Karlsson, Pittsburgh Penguins

• Rickard Rakell, Pittsburgh Penguins

• Bryan Rust, Pittsburgh Penguins

• Jonathan Marchessault, Nashville Predators

• Martin Necas, Colorado Avalanche

• Marco Rossi, Minnesota Wild

• Brayden Schenn, St Louis Blues

• Bowen Byram, Buffalo Sabres

• Alexis Lafreniere, the Rangers

• K’andre Miller, New Rangers

• Sam Girard, Colorado Avalanche

• Morgan Rielly, Toronto Maple Leafs

• Elvis Merzlikins, Columbus Blue Jackets

• Connor Murphy, Chicago Blackhawks

• Carson Souccy, NY Rangers

• Ilya Lyubushkin, Dallas Stars

• Mattias Samuelsson, Buffalo Sabers

• Jean-Gabriel Pageau, NY Icelanders