Sidney Crosby and Two Penguins Off the Trade Block Per Insider

This season, the Pittsburgh Penguins were expected to turn around their poor play and make a push for the Stanley Cup Playoffs, but at 6-9-2 coming off a historically bad performance against the Dallas Stars, it's a bad time in Pittsburgh. After the defeat, the team moved Lars Eller to the Washington Capitals, sparking speculation that a fire sale could be on the way.

That has become a very hot button topic in Pittsburgh, and according to Taylor Haase of DK Pittsburgh Sports, everyone but Sidney Crosby is available to be had via trade according to Kyle Dubas.

Now however, Rob Rossi of The Athletic has expanded on that report, revealing that there are in fact two more players that won't be made available via trade, with Rossi referring to these three as "Dubas' absolute untouchables."

Given what all three have meant to this franchise during the boom period of the Penguins, resulting in three Stanley Cups, it's no surprise that the team want them to see through what they started. That is especially true for Malkin and Crosby, who have been with Pittsburgh for nearly two decades, seeing them through the ups and the downs to becoming two of the best NHL players we've ever seen.

Who that leaves on the board for opposing teams is Marcus Pettersson, Kris Letang, Michael Bunting, Erik Karlsson, Drew O'Connor, Rickard Rackell, Jesse Puljujarvi and many more, so in the coming weeks, expect to hear more and more trade speculation about this team.