Going Back to Cali...
Well, Evgeni Malkin is finally in the United States and Los Angeles is the destination. Turns out that JP Barry was summoned to meet Malkin in Helsinki, because that is the first chance the young phenom would have control of his passport and travel documents.
Barry met with Malkin in the airport and the two have been sequestered in an apartment in Finland. They were waiting for Malkin's US visa to clear and received it mid-day Wednesday. The two then boarded a plane bound for the United States. Barry claims that all the secrecy was a necessary evil, because they did not want the Metallurg officials to track Malkin down.
Barry claims that they actually filed the two week notification to terminate Malkin's contract with Metallug Magnitagorsk on Sunday.
Malkin is currently working out with several other hockey players at the Kings training facility. Barry has been busy assembling a team of lawyers to begin the fight to get Malkin in a Penguins jersey this fall.
This is great news and the story shows Malkin's desire to play in the NHL with the Pittsburgh Penguins. This young man contacted his agent and set up the Helsinki rendezvous. He had to slip away from his teammates and coach. He did all of this while listening to and reading reports in the media calling him crazy, indecisive, and a headcase. Even his own father was quoted as calling him childish. This had to be a very hard decision, but it is one that should have the young Russian in uniform for the Penguins, sooner rather than later.
This story comes out hours after Gennady Velichkin was quoted in several Russian news reports as saying that the resignation letter his club received was a fake, and looked to be written by a woman. He then went on to say that the teams legal counsel threw the letter in the trash. Way to go Mr. Velichkin, I am sure no one can prove that you received the actual letter of resignation. Good luck with the court battle that you are threatening to wage, I think it will prove you should have taken your $200,000.
Barry met with Malkin in the airport and the two have been sequestered in an apartment in Finland. They were waiting for Malkin's US visa to clear and received it mid-day Wednesday. The two then boarded a plane bound for the United States. Barry claims that all the secrecy was a necessary evil, because they did not want the Metallurg officials to track Malkin down.
Barry claims that they actually filed the two week notification to terminate Malkin's contract with Metallug Magnitagorsk on Sunday.
Malkin is currently working out with several other hockey players at the Kings training facility. Barry has been busy assembling a team of lawyers to begin the fight to get Malkin in a Penguins jersey this fall.
This is great news and the story shows Malkin's desire to play in the NHL with the Pittsburgh Penguins. This young man contacted his agent and set up the Helsinki rendezvous. He had to slip away from his teammates and coach. He did all of this while listening to and reading reports in the media calling him crazy, indecisive, and a headcase. Even his own father was quoted as calling him childish. This had to be a very hard decision, but it is one that should have the young Russian in uniform for the Penguins, sooner rather than later.
This story comes out hours after Gennady Velichkin was quoted in several Russian news reports as saying that the resignation letter his club received was a fake, and looked to be written by a woman. He then went on to say that the teams legal counsel threw the letter in the trash. Way to go Mr. Velichkin, I am sure no one can prove that you received the actual letter of resignation. Good luck with the court battle that you are threatening to wage, I think it will prove you should have taken your $200,000.
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