It's odd that the Pittsburgh Penguins are playing the Minnesota Wild tonight, because it seems like both teams could really help each other out (and I thought of this silly idea without knowing they're squaring off tonight).

You see, even though Evgeni Malkin is on pace to put up good-for-almost-any-other-player numbers, people are freaking out over his underwhelming goal scoring totals. No doubt, these aren't problems that are coming out of thin air, but I find it humorous how selective these stats can be when a player puts up decent assist stats.

Anyway, Ron Cook went as far as to compare Malkin to a dying alive Jagr and openly wondered what the ESL scoring machine would do once Sergei Gonchar departed for Russia or bigger money.

Meanwhile, in Minnesota, Petr Sykora is pouting about a lack of ice time and being an occasional healthy scratch.

Now, I know that Sykora didn't necessarily leave Pittsburgh on great terms but let's not forget that Mark Recchi once left Pittsburgh after badmouthing Sidney Crosby only to return to Sid's line the next season. So what if the Wild - a team that clearly doesn't want to "deal" with Sykora - were to simply trade Sykora back to Pittsburgh for a late round draft pick (or a Penguins prospect of middling impact?).

Think about it: the Wild wouldn't have to deal with Allan Walsh's emo tweets and Malkin would get his old running mate back. Everyone wins or at least people lose less.

Keep in mind that I don't have any inside information ... at all. But it is kind of interesting to ponder, right?

Right?

Maybe?

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