Malkin costs $9.5M for the next 7 years. For the remainder of the contract, he will be 29 - 35 years old.
Offensive players put up their best numbers in their 20s. In other words, Pitt has gotten the best years of the deal, now the crappier years remain (still some good ones obviously).
He is one-dimensional, and I am not sure I would be keen on his influence in the room (pure, unwarranted speculation on my part - and not saying a negative, just not exactly a positive).
Question: who gets the most points over the next 7 years, Malkin or Bennett? Keeping in mind that Bennett probably averages less than $4.5M per year over that time.
So the trade is a 30 something Malkin for Bennett, another $5M UFA and a 1st (and probably more).
Not a chance.
Not to mention, what do you say to Giordano when you're paying Malkin $9.5M?
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