Remember when Marc Bergevin said those big, franchise-level centers don't become available very often? Well one may have just become available.
According to Elliotte Friedman, Evgeni Malkin may be souring on the Pittsburgh Penguins, and be open to a trade.
"When you get knocked out of the playoffs and the day after your president (and CEO David Morehouse) comes out and says, 'Look, we're not firing Mike Johnston, we're not firing Jim Rutherford, we're not trading Evgeni Malkin, and we're not trading Sidney Crosby,'"
"Now I can understand you coming out and saying the first two, but why would you need to say the next two?