Pittsburgh Penguins, Evgeni Malkin. (Photo credit should read YURI KUZMIN/AFP via Getty Images)
Pittsburgh Penguins forward Evgeni Malkin‘s rise in the NHL has been met with almost as much criticism as it has praise, but following the 2008-09 season, Malkin would silence a lot of critics. Here is a look back at the birth of “Malkamania”.
If you were looking for a point and time in Pittsburgh Penguins history that Malkin put the entire NHL on notice to just how lethal he could be, you could look to the 2008-09 season, where Malkin would earn several accolades and you would look specifically to the Penguins Eastern Conference Finals Series vs.