Will the Detroit Red Wings have three goals again?
Nicholas Cotsonika of NHL.com: The Detroit Red Wings carried three goaltenders last season, and will enter this year with three more – Ville Husso, Alex Lyon and James Reimer. Red Wings GM Steve Yzerman.
“We will see how Ville’s life is in the training camp. We expect him to be 100 percent and ready to go, and then we’ll do what we did last year. We will play it by ear. We will figure it out as we go along.”
Did the Pittsburgh Penguins Do Enough This Offseason?
Money is not an issue and Sidney Crosby’s extension will be done eventually
Rob Rossi of The Athletic: Sidney Crosby turned 37 last week and it wasn’t the day he was targeted for a contract extension. Multiple sources said both Crosby and the Pittsburgh Penguins expect a deal to be done eventually.
Crosby’s agent Pat Brisson and GM Kyle Dubas have had plenty of details about the extension being done and “no issues” according to a league source.
Crosby will carry $8.7 million in cap space this season but his salary is $3 million. A team source said money is “not an issue.” Since his deal will be a 35+ deal, it’s a little tricky.
Evgeny Malkin said he wasn’t considering early retirement and Kris Letang wanted to go to Montreal?
Rob Rossi of The Athletic: 38-year-old Evgeny Malkin has two years left on his $6.1 million contract and hasn’t considered retiring with a year to go. Malkin said the report was “not true.”
NHL Rumors: New York Islanders, and Pittsburgh Penguins
Tim Benz of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Live: Mark Madden on his “Madden Monday” podcast on Evgeny Malkin.
“I’ve been told (Malkin) won’t be back after this year — that he’s going to go to Russia and sit out the last year of his contract,” Madden said. “How does that affect Sid? Does Sid know? I bet you do. And I heard there were discussions about trying to take Letang to Montreal at Letang’s request, but nothing came of it. So I don’t know where this thing is going.”
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