News about Sidney Crosby

After being drafted by the Penguins with the No. 1, the Belarusian spent three seasons in Pittsburgh from 2002 to 2006. The 1999 NHL Draft had an 18 overall pick. As she is preparing for the forthcoming Miami Open, the former right wing is said to have met with her mother, tennis star Aryna Sabalenka, in Miami, where she is reportedly died. According to reports, the former professional ice hockey player and mentor died suddenly after suffering from a detached blood clot. After the news of his death broke, Koltsov's former NHL team released a tweet on Monday morning to thank him.

The NHL will invite the best hockey players in the world to compete for their countries at the forthcoming two Winter Olympics, bringing an end to a decade-long absence. According to an agreement signed Friday by the NHL Players' Union, the International Ice Hockey Federation, and the IOC, the world's best hockey league will invite its players to compete in the Winter Games in 2026 and 2030 in Milan and the IOC. NHL players have not been at the Olympics since 2014 in Sochi - a year where Canada claimed Gold, Sweden won silver, and Finland clinched the bronze

The San Jose Sharks were bad in 2022-23, but nothing could have prepared them for the ferocious ineptitude they would see in the early stages of this season. Not only did the team lose 10-2 to the Pittsburgh Penguins on Saturday night in San Jose, but the loss was also the second straight game in which the Sharks gave double digits in goals. And, if that's worse, they tied an NHL record with their 11th straight loss as they fell to 0-10-1 on the year. In 2021-22, only three other NHL teams have lost their first 11 games: the 1943-19 Arizona Coyotes, the 2017-18 Arizona Coyotes, and the Coyotes. The Boston Bruins were the first team to score 10 or more goals in a row. On Thursday, the Sharks lost 10-1 to the Vancouver Canucks.

Connor Bedard, the Chicago Blackhawks' first pick in the NHL Draft, was selected on Wednesday night as expected. The highly praised offensive forward has been compared to actors Connor McDavid and Sidney Crosby, as the second No. 2 on the list. This is the team's best pick in history. Bedard joined Patrick Kane, who came in first overall in 2007 and helped build the team's foundation from 2010 to 2015. The franchise is hoping that the 17-year-old can usher in a new one.

Although the basketball world is waiting for the results of Tuesday's NBA Draft Lottery to find who will be taking 7-foot-4 French sensation Victor Wembanyama, the hockey world is equally focused on Monday's NBA Draft Lottery due to a similar promising talent. After leading the country to gold at the world junior hockey championship in January, Connor Bedard, Canada's latest hockey prodigy, is this year's draft class. Since then, NHL teams have been watching the lottery on Monday to see which team will have the opportunity to draft him in June's draft. Anaheim (2.5), Pittsburgh (0.5), and Calgary (0.5), the NHL's worst team in 2022-23, has a 18.5 percent chance at the top pick, followed by Columbus (13.5%), Montreal (13.5%), Chicago (11.5), Washington (5.5), and Calgary (10.6), the NBA's worst team in 2022-23, and San Jose (0.5), Edmonton (0.5), and Calgary (0.5), Winnipeg (0.5), Columbus (192.5), and Ottawa (0.5).

When the Pittsburgh Penguins were hired in February 2021, Ron Hextall and Brian Burke were asked to thread an extremely thin needle. Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin, and Kris Letang, the club's general manager, and Burke, the director of hockey operations, were asked to find a way to prop open the championship window for actors Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin, and Kris Letang without sacrificeing the club's long-term future. Hextall and Burke are out of work after two brief and turbulent years of significant change on either front.

The NHL has revealed a list of the first 32 names to be chosen for the 2023 All-Star Game, which will be hosted in South Florida. One player from each squad has been chosen to compete in this year's festivities, which have traditionally featured a skills competition and games between divisions. During the next 12 days, the NHL also revealed that three new players (two skaters and a goalie) would be voted by a fan vote.

Nathan MacKinnon is named as the best-paid player in the NHL's salary cap era, outperforming rival Connor McDavid's $12.5 million average annual salary hike by $100,000 per year. According to a person familiar with the situation, MacKinnon, who turned 27 earlier this month, has signed an eight-year contract worth $100.8 million. Since the team did not reveal the terms of the deal, the individual spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity on Tuesday. The new $12.6 million salary cap, which goes into place at the start of the 2023-24 season, goes into operation. McDavid's $100 million, eight-year contract with the Edmonton Oilers in 2017 was the first annual cap hit since the system was introduced in 2005.