COL isn’t trading their 2 elite young elc pieces for Crosby, ESPECIALLY, in a flat cap environment.

crosby is worth more alone in merchandising and ticket sales than that package.

You’re over estimating the impact of Crosby, he isn’t going to change attendance one bit. The Avs are an elite team and when they are good they sell out. Hockey merchandise in CO while nice isn’t a fraction of the Broncos never will be, and will always lag behind the other Big 4, it’s the facts of life of the NHL. So no he doesn’t change any of that. On top of that COL is already an elite team, dumping that many premium assets for an aging star just shortens their window.

who the hell is talking about COL.

My bad I thought you were insinuating that Crosby would make COL better in those categories. Imo no way PIT trades Crosby.

of course they aren't. Ticket sales would plummet, merchandizing would fall through the floor, and the whole fan base would "get ready for the rebuild" and all interest in the team would basically die.
There is no way they trade the cash cow. Not unless you are giving them one back. And that there, ain't it.