NHL insider expects Sidney Crosby trade after 2026 Olympics!

The Pittsburgh Penguins have entered a rebuilding phase and fans have been wondering if captain Sidney Crosby will stay on board as the boat keeps sinking. While many doubt that the superstar would go elsewhere because of his loyalty to the Penguins, insider Nick Kypreos wrote in the Toronto Star that Crosby could wear a different uniform during the 2025-26 NHL season.

He however believes Crosby is unlikely to make that call early in the campaign and that a blockbuster trade for one of the most talented hockey player in the world could take place after the Olympic break, following the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics.

“I don’t think he’s going anywhere for a while but all bets are off after the Olympic Games,” Kypreos said on Sportsnet 590.

He added: “(Crosby) is too good right now to just be a babysitter for the next three years. “This guy can play peak (hockey).”

“It will be such a disservice to the history of our game if we watch him stay in Pittsburgh the next three or four years.”

Perhaps because, once again, Team Canada teammate Nathan MacKinnon will attempt to recruit his close friend and get him to move to Colorado.

But Kypreos went as far as predicting Crosby’s projected landing spot in Montreal.

“Wait till they get Sid Crosby after the Olympics,” Kypreos said, referring to the Canadiens . “I’m liking the odds a little better than I did maybe a few weeks ago.”

Trade rumours involving Crosby has recently been denied by his own agent Pat Brisson, who wanted to reject any chatter that his client wanted out of the Pittsburgh, calling them “baseless rumours.”

On the first night of the latest NHL Draft, Crosby’s own former teammate Georges Laraque, who is now a radio host in Montreal, the Penguins superstar could end up getting moved.

Crosby has extended his contract to 2027 and many fans and pundits do no expect him to leave the Penguins. His loyalty to the team has been mentioned every single time a trade rumour has come up.

I guess, as nerve-wracking as these rumours can be on Penguins’ fans, only time will tell…