Sidney Crosby and the Pittsburgh Penguins are ready to hit the reset button. Pittsburgh narrowly missed the playoffs each of the last two years after a stretch of 16 consecutive appearances.

Some of you may want to sit down to read this. The Pittsburgh Penguins will not enter a rebuild. In the homey press conference Monday, Sidney Crosby affirmed what president of hockey operations/GM Kyle Dubas told us in April.

Before Sidney Crosby’s first home opener at Pittsburgh’s now-extinct Mellon Arena in October 2005, Mario Lemieux walked past a media scrum encircling Crosby and into the players’ lounge, pouring a cup of black coffee.

Last season, he led the Penguins in goals (42), assists (52) and points (94) last season. “There are no words to properly describe what Sidney Crosby means to the game of hockey, the city of Pittsburgh and the Penguins organization,

Part of Sidney Crosby's new contract with the Pittsburgh Penguins was a hometown discount. How does that impact the team moving forward?

When Marc Clayton was driving home to await the arrival of a Penguins player delivering season tickets, he heard the news that Sidney Crosby had signed a two-year extension – breathing a sigh of relief along with the rest of Pittsburgh.