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Old 02-05-2010, 12:15 PM   #13048
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Originally Posted by darthchilli View Post
I hope he doesnt and set an example for the Russian kids to sell Russian hockey internationally.

Interesting fact.
Active Russians in the NHL, that is a regular (i got this from TSN awhile back)
less than 20..
off the top of my head i can name

Malkin
Ovechkin
Semin
Varlamov
Gonchar
Markov
Grebechkov
Nabakov
Brysgalov
Volchenkov
Kovalev
that rangers kid..Anisimov or wutever
Tyutin
Afiniganov
Datsyuk
Kovalchuk

tats all i can name off the top of my head within the minute..i thik thats it
Well...you got most of them. I heard a while back there was only 26 Russians in the NHL. If Sergei Fedorov at age 40 can get 14m a year tax free, imagine what Kovalchuk can get.

I'm reading conflicting numbers on the Fedorov contract but here's where the 14m came from:
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"(Alexander) Medvedev is on a mission," said the GM, who requested anonymity. "He’s paying (Sergei) Fedorov $14 million this season so how much do you think he’d pay to get Kovalchuk? Twenty million a season? That’s what I’ve heard."
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