Dubas Cools the Malkin Point-Per-Game Buzz

Dubas is downplaying the shiny point-per-game line from Malkin, and that usually means the conversation is bigger than the box score. Load management has become one of those front-office phrases that sounds clinical but really points to a simple truth: teams are weighing mileage as much as production. When a veteran is still producing at that level, the tension is never about talent, but about how much the team believes it can ask for next.