Comments on: Should the Penguins trade Evgeni Malkin?

By: William

William — Wed, 26 May 2010 13:45:30 +0000

Here is a good case for Malkin to stay put http://www.heraldstandard.com/news_detail/article/1637/2010/may/25/dont-trade-malkin.html

By: Maggie

Maggie — Sun, 23 May 2010 16:30:01 +0000

I think Malkin should stay! He is doing great for Russia in the world championship and he did great the year of the Stanley Cup when they won! Really it wasn’t just Malkin that did average, so did Crosby. Malkin got two hat tricks in the regular season! I just think it was depressing for the whole team because of the closing of the Mellon Arena. I think Malkin should stay, hes still young!
LETS GO PENS!

By: Pat

Pat — Mon, 17 May 2010 02:11:14 +0000

Malkin will be gone for sure to LA with a 3rd or 5th pick for Johnson and Kopitar. One other that is around is Edmonton, those are it. Staal isn’t going anywhere, Geno makes 8.7 which can get 2 top wingers in the game to help Sid. It’s like Jagr and Lemieux can’t keep them both. Also look for a free agent signing like a Frolov to help out.

By: brit

brit — Sat, 15 May 2010 22:49:48 +0000

haha, “yuck”…this is going to be the lamest comment u get on this article.

By: robo

robo — Fri, 14 May 2010 23:41:45 +0000

Trading Malkin is a hilariously bad idea. What a moron. I can’t believe that more than one person at the hockey news thought that the proposed edmonton trade was a good idea. taylor hall will be good but malkin was the best player in the entire NHL last year. what i don’t understand is why fedotenko has been given the shaft since then, those two were a good pair.
what pittsburgh should do is trade jordan staal while people still believe he has some potential. there is no reason to have a tradeable asset suck up 4 million of cap space on your third line. max talbot would be better at that role. right now pitt has two great centremen, one very good UFA dman, and everything else on the team is completely replaceable (though i like letang and talbot).

By: Allan

Allan — Fri, 14 May 2010 00:24:40 +0000

I don’t believe that trading Malkin would help the Penguins. Malkin has to change his game. There were times in the playoffs when Malkin looked like a spectator instead of a player. He has to assume more responsibility for the offense when Crosby is being blanked by the other team.
As big as he is, he should be crashing the crease. And he needs to setup his teammates better. The guy knows ten times more about hockey than I ever will but even a fan can see when a player (center) needs to step up and dominate. Players are only great when they make great plays.
GO PENGUINS!

By: Lisa in Denver

Lisa in Denver — Thu, 13 May 2010 22:36:48 +0000

As a huge Pens fan and a very disappointed Pens fan today, still cannot believe the Pens lost a game 7 at home!!! But hats off to the Habs, they played all out better and had the better Goalie, for sure, they were hungrier and wanted to win more…That was the worst performance from the Pittsburgh penguins I have ever witnessed–especially Gonchar! I would not trade Malkin yet….if he has another bad season with the Pens as he had this regular and post season, Ray Shero and company should entertain trading Malkin…remember, folks, the Oilers traded “the great one!”. We are all replaceable.

By: Dude!!!

Dude!!! — Thu, 13 May 2010 16:58:47 +0000

I think people aren’t realizing the business side of keeping Crosby, Malkin, and Staal. The Pens are going to have too much money tied to just 3 players. The Pens should trade Malkin if he doesn’t want to play 2nd fiddle to Crosby while in the last year of his contract. Malkin could get paid alot more money elsewhere as a #1 center.

By: Matt

Matt — Thu, 13 May 2010 16:24:09 +0000

Hey, maybe he can be traded to the Kings three years after Garrioch said he was a King!

By: jmv5010

jmv5010 — Thu, 13 May 2010 15:42:12 +0000

I love reading these over-reaching articles after a talent-loaded team is ousted. Trading Malkin is beyond moronic. He may not have always been top-notch this year, but please, trading Malkin makes the team better – get over that idea.

By: Kevin

Kevin — Thu, 13 May 2010 15:37:33 +0000

While Malkin could fetch alot for the Pens, this is probably just a knee jerk reaction after getting eliminated so early. I’m sure at some point someone will realize that’s preposterous and pointless.

By: Mike

Mike — Thu, 13 May 2010 15:31:35 +0000

Agree on all points. All so short-sighted. Last year Malkin was an absolute beast in the regular season and playoffs. Now he’s extra baggage?
There’s a reason teams rarely make it back to the Finals two years in a row, let alone three. It’s a long grind, especially for the star players like Crosby and Malkin. Crosby had a good season and a strong start to the playoffs, but let’s remember it’s hard to match his commitment to physical conditioning. It’s probably not fair to compare anyone to him.
Bottom line is Malkin was simply exhausted. He had nothing left and it showed. Give him a long summer off and we’ll be back to watching 87 and 71 battle it out for the Art Ross again next year.