When the Penguins were sold in 2021 to Fenway Sports Group, the sale was for around $900 million. The asking price for FSG's prospective transaction could stand at around $1.8 billion USD, which would be double the amount that the company paid to acquire ownership of the team. The increase in value comes as the Penguins' ongoing postseason drought has surpassed three seasons; their last playoff appearance, a seven-game first-round loss to the New York Rangers, came in the 2021-22 season.
In the days leading up to the game, Burrow said that if he wants to keep playing, he wants to have fun doing it. That sparked considerable speculation about his status with the Bengals, the team that drafted him first overall in 2020. Burrow firmly squashed that notion. "My comments had nothing to do with Cincinnati," Burrow said after the game. "My comments had everything to do with me and my mindset and football."