Athletistic / Hockey Sportswriter Josh Yohe has spoken about where Russian forward Evgeni Malkin might end up if he can’t agree with Pittsburgh on a new contract.

“Whenever you hear of a Malkin business, the first thing that comes to mind is Florida. After all, Evgeny and his wife Anna have a home in the southern part of that state. But how much interest in “Panthers” is Malkin? I don’t think that’s very strong. They already have an overabundance of attackers. It already seems superfluous.

A move to Washington would technically make a lot of sense. It’s already absolutely clear that Niklas Backstrom will miss next season – and it can’t be ruled out that this will be the end of his career – he underwent serious hip surgery last week. And the Capitals could use a top-six center forward. It seems that today the relationship between Ovechkin and Malkin is much warmer than at the beginning of a career.

However, these conversations are also from a distant point of view. No one knows what Malkin’s next club will be. At least I heard that Malkin intended to stay in Pittsburgh for the rest of his career and wasn’t considering other clubs,” Yohe said.