It's the playoffs.
So there's plenty to keep hockey fans busy between now and mid-June when one of 16 teams will take the most celebratory parade lap imaginable.
But if you allow yourself to fast-forward a few months to next winter, it'll be buckle-up time.
Sidney Crosby, you know, the first overall pick from 2005 who just completed one of the greatest seasons in old-guy history—he's 36 years old and had 94 points in 82 games—could be in his final days with the only team with which he's ever suited, the Pittsburgh Penguins.
Unless he signs an extension that'll keep him in the Steel City past the expiration of the 12-year, $104.