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Ok... not really a trade proposal and I'm not suggesting it take place, but I was wondering what others felt about a Kane (plus) for Malkin (plus) swap if Pittsburgh ever did decide to deal Malkin in order to get Crosby some effective wingers. Something like Kane + Versteeg/Byfuglien/Beach/Sharp?
Just curious because I know Chicago is lacking center depth and Pittsburgh is lacking quality wingers. Could a line with Crosby and Kane on it be more valuable to Pittsburgh than separate lines with Sid and Malkin? Obviously a real swap would be more complex than anything I've mentioned here, but in theory, how far off is it?
I woudn't trade Malkin for Kane + Seabrook right now. Malkin carries that team on many nights, and I am still firmly a believer that 2 scoring lines centered by top 3 talent is more valuable than 1 line with 2 great players.
Malkin is arguably the 3rd best player in the NHL right now (behind Ovechkin and Crosby). I think one would have to keep that in mind when trying to make any proposal.
The only reason I didn't mention defenseman is because I know Pittsburgh could use some wingers and they have a glut of defensemen with Letang, Whitney, Goligoski, Orpik, Boucher, Gonchar, Scuderi and Eaton. That is basically close to what I was thinking the center of a deal would be though.
Something like Kane + Seabrook + Versteeg/Beach + 1st for Malkin + Letang with possibly more coming from CHI
I guess for who he is, it is. $8.7M isn't a tremendous cap hit for Malkin when you think about guys like Vanek (good in their own right) who make $7.4M to not come close to his level.
Malkin is arguably the 3rd best player in the NHL right now (behind Ovechkin and Crosby). I think one would have to keep that in mind when trying to make any proposal.
The only thing that's 'arguable' is if he's the best player in the league or not.
Ok, now it's Chicago that needs another scoring winger.
That's fine. I'm not a *fan* of either team (I mean, I like both, but neither is my team) so I'm not trying to "win" the trade for either side. I only added Letang because Pittsburgh has so many defensemen and adding Seabrook clogs things up more. I guess I was thinking Havlat, Sharp, Byfuglien, Brouwer and hopefully guys like Skille/Beach would be enough on the wings if Chicago had Malkin and Toews. Pittsburgh would have Crosby, Kane, Versteeg, Staal, Sykora, Kennedy, etc. and a pretty mean defense (when healthy...).
The only thing that's 'arguable' is if he's the best player in the league or not.
He's definitely not better than Ovechkin, that's for sure. The argument would be whether he's better than Crosby, and even though he has better numbers I'd disagree with that notion.
Ok... not really a trade proposal and I'm not suggesting it take place, but I was wondering what others felt about a Kane (plus) for Malkin (plus) swap if Pittsburgh ever did decide to deal Malkin in order to get Crosby some effective wingers. Something like Kane + Versteeg/Byfuglien/Beach/Sharp?
Just curious because I know Chicago is lacking center depth and Pittsburgh is lacking quality wingers. Could a line with Crosby and Kane on it be more valuable to Pittsburgh than separate lines with Sid and Malkin? Obviously a real swap would be more complex than anything I've mentioned here, but in theory, how far off is it?
Malkin is arguably the 3rd best player in the NHL right now (behind Ovechkin and Crosby). I think one would have to keep that in mind when trying to make any proposal.
Crosby can not hold his jock. Sid the kid would have trouble beenibg a top 5
Besides the fact that there aren't any specifics provided, beyond the notion that it would be centered around Malkin and Kane? The fact that I'm not proposing it because I want to see it happen but was curious how people felt about the value (hence "Value Of:"), because it was an idea that was rolling around in my head last night?
