Whats Wrong with Malkin

[BallardEra]

He started the season with 11 points in his first 5 games.

Since then he has 4 goals and 10 assists in 27 games with a -13.

Is this a slump or the start of a decline?

 

[ViD]

He old and Pens suck

 

[ozzie]

Unusual hot start, age and return to reasonable levels? I'd also say the team has been playing like crap since that hot start. He's just under a point per game at 38 years of age, more in-line with the last season. Not sure what your expecting from him after a hot start and being a year older.

 

[Bounces R Way]

Classic case of the olds

 

[kugelbahn]

They pulled the proverbial blanket to Crosby's side. Malkin plays with bum linemates now it seems.

 

[SEALBound]

He old and Pens suck

They pulled the proverbial blanket to Crosby's side. Malkin plays with bum linemates now it seems.

Both of these combined.

 

[Hisch13r]

He’s 38 on a bad team

 

[CaptainShark]

Someone did not grasp the concept of sample size and made this jinx-thread.

 

[End of Line]

He’s 38 and stuck with bad linemates. Outside of Tomasino it’s been ugly.

 

[Mr Nogatco]

He’s 38 and stuck with bad linemates. Outside of Tomasino it’s been ugly.

Good that Tomasino has worked out tho. How is Jesse playing these days?

 

[End of Line]

Good that Tomasino has worked out tho. How is Jesse playing these days?

Scratched sadly

 

[Pancakes]

He started the season with 11 points in his first 5 games.

Since then he has 4 goals and 10 assists in 27 games with a -13.

Is this a slump or the start of a decline?

He's old and up until the Pens picked up Tomasino he didn't have much to play with since Sully is giving Sid Rakell and Rust.

 

[SeanMoneyHands]

High mileage and he's getting old

 

[ACLEVERNAME]

One letter could have changed it all...

 

[RoyIsALegend]

38 years old.

Bad team.

Bad linemates.

Nothing left to win or prove.

 

[Turin]

He’s almost 40

 

[CokenoPepsi]

Like with Kane and Crosby and tons of others...he is in his late 30s

 

[olli]

Would love to see him traded to a team like Dallas or Minnesota or Winnipeg. I think he could still be a point per game guy in the right situation.

 

[D Wakaluk]

Nothing? He's old and lacking motivation

 

[BallardEra]

He's just under a point per game at 38 years of age

He is well below a point per game and on pace for 16 goals.

Nothing? He's old and lacking motivation

You'd figure the drive to get to the playoffs would be motivation enough.

I don't watch him play so has he slipped that bad or it bad luck, etc?

 

[Dipsy Doodle]

Malkin has virtually the same p/g pace as Ovechkin had last year when his most common linemates were Wilson and Strome.

 

[dr robbie]

Everyone has already said it, but he and the team just simply came back to Earth. Small sample sizes can tell weird stories.

 

[Norwegianoiler]

You wait. Malkin will be big mad when he sees your thread.

 

[jbeck5]

He started the season with 11 points in his first 5 games.

Since then he has 4 goals and 10 assists in 27 games with a -13.

Is this a slump or the start of a decline?

He's gonna be 39 in like 6 months lol he's old and slowing down.

 

[zappa4ever]

looked motivated to hit those 500g 800a 1300pts milestones very early in the season, then the reality of what the rest of his and Sid's career will look like with the Pens org. settled in