See I think Malkin should be moved to wing for a week or two, just to get him in that "scoring first" mindset and take some of that defensive pressure off of his plate to get him producing again. That CAN be accomplished.
Guetnzel, Crosby, Kessel
Pearson, Brassard, Malkin
Aston-Reese, Sheahan, Rust
Cullen, Grant, Dea
They've done it with Brassard, Sheahan, and countless other players that can play W/C. But they haven't with Geno. I get it, he's a center, no **** right? But he's also not producing and he just looks off, he has to put the fun back into his game and I think that can be accomplished with him as a winger.
Even if you rotated Kessel and Geno on the RW on the top 6 with Sid & Brass, it'd be worth a shot.
Guentzel, Crosby, Malkin/Kessel
Pearson, Brassard, Kessel/Malkin