Jeff Hathorne

This is probably going to be my run in Pittsburgh.

I'm probably going to end up going somewhere else because they're going to call up at least one of those kids next year.

And I don't know if he wants to be, you know, if he's just okay being, you know, not a career backup, but a guy that could settle into just being a backup.

How about...

This is a cool matchup tonight.

The old 59 and the new 59.

Yeah.

Because we haven't, I mean, there are times when I watch that number and for a second, even though he's bigger, it's like he's got the speed and playmaking ability Chinnikoff does of what Gensel brought on that.

And I know he's been with Malkin, but we saw him a little bit with Crosby.

I think that could work there too.

We'll see how those lines play out.

And I think there is a desire.

I don't think it's a slam dunk that Malkin's back.

I mean, there are times when you watch him play, there is frustration with the way Evgeny Malkin plays the game.

But that's always been the case.

I know, but these aren't the guys that drafted him.

It's a different group that's in there now that may not have the same attachment to Evgeny Malkin as previous groups have had.

I know Sid did last time.

Sid had a conversation last time about keeping him.

Here's the thing that I think works in Malkin's