Last year at about this time I did the same article about which individual players that I’m most interested in seeing on the ice, seems like a good Friday exercise to go through.
Evgeni Malkin
Last year Malkin was first on the list, and he’s staying there this year as well. Now at age-36, Malkin got a contract and had the full ability to rest and train this summer — not focus on surgery and then rehabbing his knee like last summer.
Will it pay off for Malkin? Does he have that one more season of dominance, like Mario’s 91 point year in 67 games that happened (shockingly 20 years ago) in 2002-03?