Sidney Crosby

The Pittsburgh Penguins have agreed to a 12-year $104.4 million extension that will keep their star Sidney Crosby signed through the 2024–2025 season.

The Pittsburgh Penguins are currently the NHL’s hottest team.

Pittsburgh Penguins center Sidney Crosby is finally symptom-free and has been cleared to resume his career very soon, according to a report on the NHL’s website.

When the Atlanta Thrashers relocated to Winnipeg prior to the start of the NHL season, the talk of realignment began gathering steam.

NHL.com’s top headline on Monday said it all.   Rather than being a story about the impending 2009—10 regular season, the first link on the site read “Email DirecTV about missing NHL games on VS.”

Although Sports Illustrated opined “Why the NHL is hot and the NBA is not” on an issue cover back in June 1994, the NBA has pretty much been front and center in terms of media exposure while the NHL has taken a backseat in the U.S.

Between Super Bowl XIX and XXXI, the NFC won 13-straight Vince Lombardi trophies. The AFC had no chance.