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WarhawK: Verkar vara fler ryssar på väg över Atlanten.
"Evgeny Malkin isn't the only Russian eager to join the National Hockey League, despite having a signed contract with a Russian Super League team for the coming season.
Forwards Alexei Mikhnov and Andrei Taratukhin have each given 14 days notice to Yaroslavl Lokomotiv saying they will not play in Russia. Instead, Mikhnov is close to signing with the Edmonton Oilers while Taratukhin is expected to sign with the Calgary Flames.
Both players are high draft picks who played for Russia at the 2006 world championship. Taratukhin also played for his country at the Turin Winter Olympics. The Russian Ice Hockey Federation is aware of what's happening with both players but is more interested in trying to keep Malkin from signing with the Pittsburgh Penguins."
MODOJohan: Sergei Gonchar diskuterar Malkinaffären
"I'm sure he felt like (Magnitogorsk) helped him a lot," Gonchar said. "I don't know what to say. Maybe that's why he couldn't say no (to the new contract). When you feel like you're part of a family, maybe it's hard for you to reject them, even if he was only thinking NHL at that point. It's hard to say no when it's a family member, and even though it's not a family member asking him to sign the deal, he was there forever. He grew up there. Everyone in the organization knew him."
MODOJohan: Det verkar vara ungefär lika osäkert som tidigare, så någon upptadering av rang är det väl inte tal om. Däremot lite läsning, kanske.
"Malkin is believed to be lying low somewhere in North America as he awaits a resolution to what has become a transatlantic feud over the 20-year-old's future. Malkin bolted from his club during a tournament in Finland, with his clothes, passport and Canadian visa, and is now trying to get out of his contract with Magnitogorsk in order to join Pittsburgh."
Så lägger en av de stora lirarna ner för gott. Philly´s Eric Desjardins har fått nog av skador och annat otyg som stört hans prestationsförmåga på rinken.
WarhawK: Det är ju alldeles riktigt. Tänkte inte ens på det, men om man istället säger som så då att tabellen är ett utdrag på hur jag tror att det skulle sett ut enbart efter att ha tittat i poängkolumnen.
Deas:
Hade någon form utav anledning till varför tabellen blev som den blev. Men när jag satt och började skriva ner varför jag satt dem där jag satt dem så insåg jag att jag faktiskt knappt följt med i det som hänt här på slutet och att om jag skulle skriva ner något så kommer det bli allt för långt ändå.
Deas: ...och nu verkar Malkin ha bytt agent igen.
"It is believed that Malkin has returned to Pat Brisson and J.P. Barry, who bought IMG's hockey division last month. Brisson and Barry represented Malkin for several years but the Russian phenom left them in June to sign with Newport and Meehan, who also represents fellow Russian Alexander Ovechkin."
MorganaLefaey: Nu försöker Alexei Mikhnov med hjälp av det tänkta kryphålet i den ryska arbetslagstiftningen krångla sig ur sitt kontrakt med Torpedo Yaroslavl och ansluta till Oilers.
"There's a possibility the Yaroslavl owners could turn to the courts and litigation to keep Mikhnov, should the Russian labour law employee-employer loophole work. But the six-foot-five winger isn't anywhere near as big a fish as Malkin, the centreman who averaged a point per game for his team last year, so Yaroslavl might not put up a big fight. You can bet Malkin's team will pull out all the legal stops to keep the 20-year-old, however."
Deas: Men om man drar det till sitt yttersta så skulle det ju gå även i sverige. Sen kan ju man ha olika former av gentlemens agreement, men det hjälper ju inte om killen sticker utomlands.
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"It's no surprise to the coaching staff or the players. We all knew that Evgeni really, really wanted to go," King said of Malkin's trek to the NHL. "The [Metallurg] executives that kind of put the pressure on him to sign, I think they're a little bit miffed and a little bit surprised.
"After he signed a contract with us, the next morning I met with him in my office, and I said to him, 'I'm a little bit surprised by your decision , Evgeni. What are you thinking?' And he said to me very clearly: 'I really don't want to be here. I want to go to the NHL. But I feel like I owe the organization so much for developing me as a player ... we have a new arena [in the works].' All these obligations are weighing heavily on his mind. He's just a young guy; he just turned 20 years old. I think he kind of let that pressure get to him, and he relented and signed.
"My only advice to him was, 'It's your career. You've got to do the things that you think are right for you.' Little did I know when I said that, four days later he'd be gone. But it's still the best thing for him."