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One item often discussed about Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin are how fortunate the Pittsburgh Penguins are to have them locked in at team-friendly salary cap hits. Crosby, in particular will have a $8.7 million cap hit from 2008 until 2025 when it all shakes out. In 2008-09, that was 15% of the $56.7 million upper limit of the salary cap at that time. Now, almost a decade later the cap has increased as league-wide revenues have and Crosby now only makes 10.9% of the salary cap. Malkin, similarly is a relative bargain as well for his consistent point-production and $9.5 million cap hit that looks better and better every year as the cap goes up, and other players sign big tickets. So, to be sure,
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