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GM Ron Hextall on potential contract extensions for Malkin and Letang: "Those discussions are ongoing within our staff. We see a future with this core - these guys that have been here a long time. We had a good year... I expect to have these guys back next year, for sure."

We’ll look at what’s there this summer and we’ll make adjustments, but if we go into the next season with this group, we’re comfortable."

GM Ron Hextall: "We've got a hard-working team. We’ve got a skilled team. We’ve got a fast team. Would we like to add a little bit of size? Of course, we’d like to add a little bit of size. A little bit of toughness? Yes, it would be nice, but there’s not a lot out there...

We had a lot of guys step up at big moments of the year... Quite frankly, I think as a lot of people do, we deserved to win the first round of the playoffs.”

GM Hextall: “I think the biggest thing I learned was the resiliency that the group showed. Obviously, it starts with your top guys and he has to trickle down your lineup, and it did...

We all learn lessons in life, and if you are going to be a goaltender in this league for a long time, you are going to have your ups and downs, as every guy does, and you learn from it and get better.”

We wouldn’t have been where we were without Tristan. We all have to remember that Tristan is a young player. He is going to learn from this and he is going to come back better in September...

GM Ron Hextall on Jarry: “We do feel like Tristan did a good job for us this year from the time that @Burkie2020 and I came in in September to the end of the year. We had some good goaltending from both guys...

Sidney Crosby, who already has three Ted Lindsay Awards to his name, is looking to join Mario Lemieux and Wayne Gretzky as the only players in NHL history to receive the award four or more times. This is the sixth time Crosby has been named a finalist.