‘I Feel So Much Better;’ Evgeni Malkin Gets Free Hats & Fast Linemates (+)

Those big-birded Penguins hats that Evgeni Malkin has been wearing are the rage on social media.

Malkin gets those hats for free. For me, he doesn’t know how much.

Malkin was cheerful even before we began to chat on Friday, but at least he didn’t try to charge me double.

Beyond the hats, Malkin’s play was all the rage Thursday night against the Arizona Coyotes. Malkin and his linemates, Bryan Rust and Jason Zucker, dominated Arizona by getting 11 of the 14 scoring chances and six of eight high-danger chances in the Penguins’ 6-2 win.