The Florida Panthers and Pittsburgh Penguins are both 2-0 to start the 2025-26 NHL season, and the teams could soon be linked in a trade.

Although Evgeni Malkin has spent his entire NHL career with the Pittsburgh Penguins, it seems as if the longtime alternate captain will not make it to the end of his 20th year with the franchise. That is because Malkin might have his sights set on the Panthers, who are without Aleksander Barkov after he tore his ACL and MCL in practice during the preseason .

“The growing narrative in the league right now is, with Barkov going down, and with Malkin having a house in Miami, that they'll probably find a way for him to be the 1C in Florida before too long. That's a place he'd probably be willing to go with Bobrovsky there,” ESPN NHL insider G

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