B/R Open Ice: Frank Seravalli on Pittsburgh Penguins ahead Evegni Malkin, would he welcome a commerce this yr, and will a deal work with the Florida Panthers be labored out, the place the Panthers might nonetheless slot in Aleksander Barkov if he’s capable of return within the playoffs.
** NHLRumors.com transcription
“The primary names that you just’d come across in attempting to commerce for a middle, if one is finally accessible, is Evgeni Malkin of the Pittsburgh Penguins. He’s coming into the ultimate yr of his deal. Everybody expects this to be the swan track season for Malkin the Metal Metropolis, with Sidney Crosby and Kris Letang, the opposite two pillars of that group over these final 18 to 19 years. They received a particular go to from Marc-Andre Fleury within the preseason over the weekend.
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However is that this it for Evgeni Malkin in Pittsburgh? And if that’s the case, the place does he go? Does he transfer on the deadline? Is he prepared to simply accept a commerce someplace?
I must assume that the Florida Panthers can be on that listing. Not simply because they’ve been one of the vital profitable groups, but in addition as a result of Evgeni Malkin makes his offseason house within the Miami space. So he’s close by, and that might be a really sturdy match, notably because the contract traces up.
Malkin performs for the yr. They may most likely set it up in a means with retained wage that they might nonetheless use Barkov within the playoffs in the event that they determined to go down this path. And if the Florida Panthers had one thing to supply the Pittsburgh Penguins to make them . And if Malkin was occupied with making this occur, that you may most likely set it up cap-wise, in a means that also lets you maintain Aleksander Barkov for the playoffs.
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