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Friday, September 14, 2007
By Shelly Anderson, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Evgeni Malkin doesn't have to worry about how he is getting to America anymore, but hard checks from the likes of the Islanders' Alexei Zhitnik still will be a concern.
The only foreign intrigue that enveloped Penguins forward Evgeni Malkin this summer was the Internet rumor that he got married during a European vacation.

"No," Malkin said yesterday, reporting day for training camp.

That's a lot shorter answer than he was asked to give a year ago, after he re-signed with his hometown Russian pro team, Metallurg Magnitogorsk, under what he described as coercion, then got a hold of his passport and sneaked away from that team during a training trip to Helsinki, Finland, only to show up later with his agent in Los Angeles before signing with the Penguins.

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I'm a little disappointed in Malkin. While most of the players have been working out and getting ready for the coming season, he stayed back home and didn't do much to get ready. He also did not make a very big effort to better his English. Its not the hardworking effor that I had hoped from him, I hope that he does not become a lazy player that just wants to cash paychecks.

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