Locker cleanout day! Are the Penguins moving any closer with new contracts for Kris Letang and Evgeni Malkin?

The Penguins had their annual locker room cleanout day after a season where the players speak to the media one more time before departing for the offseason. Hunter starts the show with comments from Evgeni Malkin and how he seems prepared to leave if he doesn't get a fair offer from the team. Hunter touches on how this shouldn't be difficult at all as Malkin has already said he's willing to take a discount. Hunter gives his perfect Geno contract proposal and ponders if he would take it after the comments he made. After that, Hunter dives into Kris Letang's comments and also what Elliotte Friedman reported on Tuesday with where it stands on his talks. The Penguins are close on term (it sounds like), but not AAV. What's the likely sweet spot for Letang? How much of a raise does he likely want? Hunter goes into that and again why he should be the team's top priority heading into the summer. After that, Hunter gives his two players who also need to be kept at all costs and gives his guesses on what those contracts could look like. He also gives some updates on some injuries and even has a small scoop about Jason Zucker's injury that he was dealing with. Hunter finishes the show with a thought about the new ownership group conducting a thorough review of the team and why it shouldn't be a shock if they make some front-office changes.

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