{"id":489362,"date":"2026-03-06T16:11:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T16:11:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/489362\/"},"modified":"2026-03-06T16:11:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T16:11:11","slug":"sidney-crosby-and-penguins-might-lose-evgeni-malkin-after-nhl-trade-deadline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/489362\/","title":{"rendered":"Sidney Crosby and Penguins might lose Evgeni Malkin after NHL trade deadline"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/bolavip.com\/en\/topic\/pittsburgh-penguins\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Pittsburgh Penguins\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Pittsburgh Penguins<\/a> may be facing a major setback at a critical moment in the season after an incident involving Evgeni Malkin. As the team fights to stay in the playoff race, losing one of their veteran stars would be a significant blow for <a href=\"https:\/\/bolavip.com\/en\/topic\/sidney-crosby\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Sidney Crosby\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Sidney Crosby<\/a> and the rest of the roster. <\/p>\n<p>The timing could not be worse, especially with the NHL trade deadline approaching and the Penguins still needing to decide whether they will buy or sell.<\/p>\n<p>According to Bob Pompeani, disciplinary action could be on the way for the <a href=\"https:\/\/bolavip.com\/en\/topic\/stanley-cup\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Stanley Cup\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Stanley Cup<\/a> champion. \u201cEvgeni Malkin is likely facing a suspension after his careless stick swinging to the neck of Rasmus Dahlin. Malkin has been suspended twice in his NHL career for a total of 5 games. So he has a history. Comes at a bad time what with trade deadline.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>    Evgeni Malkin could be suspended <\/p>\n<p>If a suspension is handed down, it would leave the Pittsburgh Penguins even more dependent on captain Sidney Crosby during a stretch that could define their season. However, it\u2019s important to remember that the legend is recovering from a lower-body injury and might be out at least for another two weeks.<\/p>\n<p>With the trade deadline looming, the Pens must evaluate whether it still has enough to push for a playoff spot or if roster moves are necessary. Malkin\u2019s potential absence only adds another layer of uncertainty to an already complicated situation.<\/p>\n<p>The tough 5\u20131 loss against a contender like the Buffalo Sabres raised alarms about whether this roster can truly compete for a championship, putting general manager Kyle Dubas in a dilemma: win-now mode or build for the future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Pittsburgh Penguins may be facing a major setback at a critical moment in the season after an&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":489363,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5113],"tags":[5,4,118,1469,100,5216,768],"class_list":{"0":"post-489362","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-pittsburgh-penguins","8":"tag-hockey","9":"tag-nhl","10":"tag-penguins","11":"tag-pittsburgh","12":"tag-pittsburgh-penguins","13":"tag-pittsburghpenguins","14":"tag-sidney-crosby"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116183111004516795","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/489362","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=489362"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/489362\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/489363"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=489362"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=489362"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=489362"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}