from Jim Matheson of the Edmonton Journal,

There are people who say the Pittsburgh Penguins should blow it up, six years after their Stanley Cup win and nowhere near another trip to the finals.

So would they ever dangle star Evgeni Malkin for trade?

I would. They’re not trading Sidney Crosby, but Malkin would bring back a boatload.

Rick Nash got the Columbus Blue Jackets four pieces and he’s not Malkin, 29 in July, who has won a Hart and two Art Ross trophies over his career.

I’m just spitballing, but what if they shopped him to the Detroit Red Wings, who have scads of good young forwards and defencemen. Pavel Datsyuk and Henrik Zetterberg, who replaced Steve Yzerman and Sergei Fedorov years back, aren’t getting any younger.

Or maybe Florida and Colorado have some of what Pittsburgh might want.

There is one crazy wild-card in all of this too, of course. Maybe Crosby doesn’t see any light at the end of the tunnel at 28, and he makes it known he wouldn’t be adverse to moving.

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