We talk a lot about who Kyle Dubus could sign from some other team, what kind of free agent.

We even get into restricted free agents.

We'll name names.

We'll start plucking stars off other people's rosters.

Want to know who I'd be after if I was an NHLGM?

Hint, it's someone on the Pittsburgh roster.

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Yeager Chinikov is a restricted free agent.

He is 25 years old, and he is fresh off the NHL season of his career to date.

Or I should specify the NHL half season of his career.

18 goals and 18 assists in 43 games for the Penguins

after coming over in the trade with Columbus. But that was enough, never mind the obvious math,

to sell a lot of people around here, myself included, on his immediate potential.

I'm not talking about long-term anything.

I'm talking about in the coming season, he really ought to pop 30.

There's no reason for someone with that God-given shot and his ability to score from quite literally anywhere in the offensive zone with a wrister without even having to wind up, that's got to get you 30, if not more.

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