To digress, just about everyone (including yours truly) thinks there’s a slim-to-none chance of franchise icons and pending UFAs Evgeni Malkin and Kris Letang sticking with our Penguins. An unsubstantiated rumor’s been making the rounds that GM Ron Hextall offered each a three-year extension for $15 million (an AAV of $5 million).
No way either one of them re-signs for that. Letang has expressed a desire to play into his 40s, and at age 35 he’s coming off arguably the finest season of his career. Considering all that he brings to the table, he’ll draw more (perhaps considerably more) than the $7.