Ron Hextall said a bunch of words on Monday at his end of season press conference, but did it really mean much? In this position, he can’t make any guarantees when it comes to the biggest items on his to-do list with the negotiations for Evgeni Malkin and Kris Letang, but he’s also not in a position to dismiss anything out of hand.
The end result largely reciprocates what the players’ said last week in their final interviews of the season: the team wants both star players back, just as both Letang and Malkin stated they want to be back in Pittsburgh for next season and beyond.