One thing unmentioned in yesterday’s article here on PensBurgh about Ron Hextall’s recent comments were his talk about the possibility of extending the contracts of Kris Letang and Evgeni Malkin. Hextall has said both will return in 2021-22, the final year of their current contracts. Both are eligible to sign next contracts that would start for 2022-23 as early as this summer. Here’s Hextall’s thoughts on extensions:
“Those are discussions that are certainly ongoing within our staff. I’m not necessarily eager to discuss them right now. But we see a future with this core. These guys have been here for a long time.