I'd do it. I'll take a franchise defender over Shinks any day.
You can't win without a stud D-man, that's been proven over and over and over. It's a lot easier to find second line offence.
Honestly I'd keep Malkin and trade Crosby. I don't think Crosby provides much more than Malkin does as a player and think of the gigantic return you'd get for Crosby for his name alone. One's got a Conn Smythe and the other doesn't. It would probably be career suicide though.
Yeah, I thought this would be the closest, most intense series. Every time I've tuned in I've gone on to watch something else. I didn't even watch the last game. Only good thing about it is I took NY in 6 in my pool so hopefully that works out..