{"id":420705,"date":"2026-01-22T00:06:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-22T00:06:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/420705\/"},"modified":"2026-01-22T00:06:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T00:06:11","slug":"malkin-tanev-robinson-lightning-pro-hockey-rumors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/420705\/","title":{"rendered":"Malkin, Tanev, Robinson, Lightning \u2013 Pro Hockey Rumors"},"content":{"rendered":"

Back in June, a report from Josh Yohe of The Athletic indicated<\/a> that the Pittsburgh Penguins had little interest in extending franchise icon Evgeni Malkin<\/a> beyond the 2025-26 campaign. Additionally, Pittsburgh\u2019s play-by-play voice, Josh Getzoff, shared that General Manager Kyle Dubas<\/a> would meet with Malkin during the Olympic Break to discuss his future.<\/p>\n

In a new update from Yohe<\/a>, that remains the plan from the Penguins\u2019 perspective. Yohe indicated that Malkin wants to sign a one-year extension in Pittsburgh, is willing to take a paycut on his current salary, and doesn\u2019t want to play anywhere, regardless of whether it\u2019s with a playoff contender or not.<\/p>\n

He\u2019s turned back the clock this season, scoring 10 goals and 35 points in 33 games \u2014 already 15 points away from matching last year\u2019s totals. Additionally, in an unexpected fashion, the Penguins are remarkably competitive this season, currently in a divisional playoff spot in the Metropolitan.<\/p>\n

Still, injury troubles have plagued Malkin in the past two years, and Pittsburgh may be more interested in moving its available dollars elsewhere. Despite their competitiveness this season, the team has already shown a willingness to move out veterans, evidenced by their trade of netminder Tristan Jarry<\/a> last month. Regardless, considering they will meet in a few weeks, more will be known about Malkin\u2019s future relatively soon.<\/p>\n

Additional notes from the Eastern Conference:<\/p>\n

A few weeks ago, David Alter of The Hockey News reported<\/a> that the Toronto Maple Leafs and defenseman Chris Tanev<\/a> have not decided upon surgery to repair his groin injury. According to Nick Barden of The Hockey News<\/a>, that remains the status quo. Barden relayed a quote from head coach Craig Berube<\/a> saying, \u201cHe\u2019s still working through things. He hasn\u2019t got surgery yet. We\u2019re still working through things.\u201d Berube went on to add that Tanev is the one who is hesitant about surgery, not the Maple Leafs.
\nThe Carolina Hurricanes are expecting to be without one of their bottom-six forwards for the foreseeable future. The Hurricanes shared<\/a> that forward Eric Robinson<\/a> will be \u201cout for an extended period [of time]\u201d with an upper-body injury. He was seen at the rink today in a sling. Carolina will likely place the nine-year veteran on the injured reserve.
\nThe Tampa Bay Lightning aren\u2019t moving anytime soon. According to Eduardo A. Encina of the Tampa Bay Times<\/a>, the Lightning have signed a six-year lease extension with Benchmark International Arena, keeping them in the stadium through the 2042-43 NHL season. Additionally, Hillsborough County has agreed to include $250MM in the agreement for arena renovations, while the organization will contribute $75MM.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Back in June, a report from Josh Yohe of The Athletic indicated that the Pittsburgh Penguins had little…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":420706,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[377],"tags":[29,3651,1111,1495,5,402,100,92,31],"class_list":{"0":"post-420705","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hockey","8":"tag-carolina-hurricanes","9":"tag-chris-tanev","10":"tag-eric-robinson","11":"tag-evgeni-malkin","12":"tag-hockey","13":"tag-injury","14":"tag-pittsburgh-penguins","15":"tag-tampa-bay-lightning","16":"tag-toronto-maple-leafs"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/115935838501064375","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/420705","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=420705"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/420705\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/420706"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=420705"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=420705"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=420705"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}