The idea of Sidney Crosby playing hockey in Europe is more and more realistic with each passing day of the lockout.

But while he is monitoring the situation, he says there's certainly no set date on any decision in that regard.

"There's no real timeline, I think it's just trying to get a pulse on what's going on (on the labor front), and that's been hard to do," the Penguins star told ESPN.com over the phone late Tuesday night