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From time to time, FanHouse has the distinct pleasure of getting English translations of stories that appear in the pages of
Sovetsky Sport, Russia's leading sports newspaper, courtesy of
Sovetsky's Washington correspondent, Dmitry Chesnokov. Most recently, we obtained the following translation of
a story that will appear in tomorrow's edition of Sovetsky, an interview of Gennady Velichkin, the general director of Mettalurg Magnitogorsk, by
Sovetsky reporter Pavel Lysenkov.
Many of you may recall that Mettalurg Magnitogorsk was Evgeni Malkin's club in the Russian Super League before he left for North America and an entry-level contract with the Pittsburgh Penguins. Now, Mettalurg Magnitogorsk is a charter member of the Kontinental Hockey League, set to begin play next September.
In the wake of the news that broke over the weekend that several unnamed clubs in the new KHL
were looking to lure Malkin back to Russia with a massive contract -- an offer
Malkin's agent says he has no interest in, Lysenkov put the question to Velichkin: Was it his club that was planning on making the offer to Malkn?
He answered that question, and a lot more that ought to give the NHL something to think about over the next few years. Over the weekend, NHL VP Bill Daly said that
he's not worried about the advent of the new Russian league. Given the comments that follow by Velichkin, he might want to think twice about that. The translation follows after the jump.
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