Getting players that hit

Are you sure you're a penguins fan?

What is hitting? Like. When the mafia whack you?

In all seriousness

Physicality is such a small % of hockey now

oilers pass easy on that trade

Malkin age is a big reason wild don't do this. They started the younger movement last year

Also Malkin's Health: His injury; recovery time is a big reason why wild don't do this either. It was reported he's going to miss significance time to start the season. If true, wild doesn't do this deal

Also not sure of Malkin's cap, but cap is already a problem for wild. So not that wild wouldn't do this because Malkin's amazing, unless cap goes up, wild are impossible position to do this deal

I more so see Pittsburgh not dumping a top forward during the remaining Crosby years. I'd prefer to work in some picks rather than just top prospects but the price for Guentzel would be high. That said we are pretty weak on LW and Guentzel is a top tier winger with 3 years of cost control through his prime years. You could do a lot worse than picking up a guy like him, even if the price is high.