You could make a good argument that Crosby's big 12 x $8.7M contract was signed in the interest of making the team better over time, and it worked. He has the rings to show for it, he was slightly underpayed to start, but even now because of cap movement as he approaches his late 30s and seems to have slowed down a big, his contract will still look fairly good by market standards for the final couple years.
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