Paul Steigerwald

He might be better off just keeping him.

Anthony Manta, I kind of look at Anthony Manta as like a long-term rental this year.

If you were making a deal to get a guy like Anthony Manta at the trade deadline, you'd be renting him, right?

So now just look at it as like he's renting him for the rest of this year.

He might end up signing him to an extension.

I can see that happening.

So he already kind of has his guys.

He made a couple of key deals before the season to get these guys, and then he made that Tommy Novak deal last year.

So he's already kind of acquired players who are, in the case of Manta, he's on an expiring contract.

I don't see him moving him.

And Ryan Shea is another one who's really developed into a nice player.

Kyle signed him.

on July 1st in his first summer.

Nobody really talks about that, but that was a great signing for the Penguins.

He's developed into a really solid defense.

He's a plus 22 after last night.

And he's also on an expiring contract.

So I think it's more likely that Kyle Dubas will sign Connor Dewar, Ryan Shea, maybe even Anthony Manta to an extension.

And he got Malkin too.

So I think he'll probably sign him and say, Hey, I got a pretty nice team right now.