Lars
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His time will be limited due to Crosby? What ? Because he is not a defensive liability - he will play till he can't catch a breath. HiS PK will just give him more points and on the PP he can play the point and the middle. 85 points would be barely palletable. 95 I can live with but 106 to beat AO will be the measuring stick for him personally. Everything I heard about this guy is (he is the ultimate competitor} so to let Sasha beat him will not sit well with Zhenja.
His time is limited, becuase Crosby is a Center, and Malkin is a Center. They wont be playing on the same line together. Crosby is still the more offensively talented player, and i believe will always be, therefore he will first of all get more minutes Even stregth than Crosby.
And to think his PK time will give him more points? Please... Hes not going to score that much on the PK, he might get the odd offensive chance but it wont improve his numbers in any way becuase it takes away from his even stregth time. Marian hossa and Matt Stajan led the leauge in Short handed points last year with 8...
And if you think Malkin will be out there non stop... thats foolish, hes not a world class defenseman who logs 25-30 minutes and plays in every situation, hes a rookie FORWARD, and wont be able to handle a workload like that.
-Lars-