The Pittsburgh Penguins and star forward Evgeni Malkin will meet after the conclusion of the 2025-26 season to discuss his future with the team, NHL.com’s Wes Crosby reports.
The 39-year-old is in the final year of the four-year, $24.4 million contract he signed with the team in 2022.
Malkin says his agent, J.P., Barry, recently spoke with Penguins general manager Kyle Dubas.
“I don’t know if it’s a secret or not, but we talked a little bit with J.P. a couple days ago,” Malkin said after a 3-2 shootout loss at the New York Rangers on Saturday. “Just said, ‘Wait until the end of the season and see what’s going on.’ Nothing I can say right now.
“I’m just playing,” Malkin said. “It’s not my job to talk to Kyle or somebody. I just play my game and just wait.”
The Magnitogorsk, Russia native has 13 goals and 46 points in 43 games this season, his 20th in the NHL. He is second on the team in points behind Sidney Crosby.
Malkin was selected second overall by the Penguins in the 2004 NHL Draft and has compiled 527 goals and 1,392 points in 1,256 games. He ranks third on the Penguins’ all-time list in points, goals, and assists behind Crosby and Mario Lemieux.
Prior to the start of the season, Malkin said that he would not rule out waiving his no-move clause in a potential trade out of Pittsburgh.
The three-time Stanley Cup champion (2009, 2016, 2017), also expressed his desire to remain in Pittsburgh with longtime teammates Crosby and Kris Letang.
“I hope I stay here, with Sid, [Letang],” Malkin said on Sept. 19. “I want to be with the Penguins forever, for sure. Again, I hope I play great, and I hope everything goes perfect and I’m perfect myself, too. I want to stay here, for sure.”
The Penguins have missed the playoffs in three consecutive seasons but currently sit second in the Metropolitan Division with a 30-15-13 record and 73 points.
They will need to maintain the pace without Crosby, who is set to miss four weeks with a lower-body injury he sustained at Milano Cortina 2026.