Sports director “Metallurgy” Evgeny Biryukov assessed the likelihood of the Pittsburgh Penguins forward returning to the Magnitogorsk club Evgenia Malkina .
Malkin graduated from Metallurg, for which he played from 2003 to 2006. Now the Magnitogorsk team is in sixth place in the KHL Eastern Conference standings, gaining 27 points in 27 matches.
“We are always ready to receive Malkin; we are still waiting for it. He is the calling card of Magnitogorsk and our hockey. But I don’t think that will happen. Such players are not tossed around.
To be honest, Evgeniy and I didn’t discuss the fact that he would spend his final season in Metallurg. He still has this year and next year left on his contract with Pittsburgh, so it’s too early. But Zhenya is our hockey player and is actually from here. We are always ready to see him in the team. But I think everything will turn out well for Malkin. He is in good standing [в «Питтсбурге»] and gained good momentum,” Biryukov said, as quoted by Sport24.
Malkin is 38 years old. The Russian has been playing for Pittsburgh since 2006 and with the Penguins he became a three-time Stanley Cup winner.
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