No matter what the fans feel about the situation and Crosby himself, it comes to a point where feeling bad for the guy should be the only feeling shared as he has bled, sweat and cried (in only good ways before we take it out of context) for the franchise and helped take them from a perennial laughingstock.
Sidney Crosby owes nothing to anyone, and we should all be grateful that he has been part of the league for as long as he has. Hopefully, for the sake of the Pittsburgh faithful and the National Hockey League, when the day comes that he decides to retire, he does so wearing the Penguin on his chest one last time.