Pens Lock Up Sidney Crosby

The Pittsburgh Penguins have announced a 12-year, $104.4 million contract agreement with forward Sidney Crosby. Under the Collective Bargaining Agreement, the 24-year old can't officialy sign the deal until Sunday, July 1st. Crosby suffered a pair of concussions during the 2011-2012 season.

"This is a great day for hockey and tremendous news for the Pittsburgh Penguins and our fans," co-owners Mario Lemieux and Ron Burkle said in a joint statement. "We are grateful for all that Sidney Crosby has done for our franchise since coming to Pittsburgh in 2005, both on and off the ice, and we look forward to having him in a Penguins uniform for the rest of his career. He is an excellent player and an even better person, and he is a great ambassador for the Penguins and for Pittsburgh."

In 434 career regular-season games, Crosby has 223 goals and 609 points. In 2006-07, at just 19 years of age, he won the Art Ross Trophy as the NHL scoring champion and the Hart Trophy as the league's regular-season MVP. He helped the Penguins to the Stanley Cup title in the spring of 2009.