![]() He would achieve his dream of playing in the NHL that season for the Penguins. ![]() Five days after vanishing, Malkin surfaced on American soil. ![]() It was the question everyone, even Malkin's parents, were asking. When news circulated that Malkin had signed a one-year contract with Magnitogorsk, a collective eyebrow was raised. Malkin made it well known that he wanted to play for Pittsburgh in the NHL that season. Fans, journalists, talk radio hosts and bloggers passed the time with speculation. In that outside world rumors and conjecture erupted at the sudden disappearances of an international superstar athlete. Malkin was their star player and the team had gone through intense measures, including coercing him to sign a one-year contract against his wishes, to retain his services for the upcoming season. In that outside world an international manhunt was underway by those connected to Metallurg. Malkin didn't even peer through the blinds to the outside world. To avoid detection, Malkin didn't tell anyone of his whereabouts - not even his parents or closest friends. He had arrived in the country with his Russian hockey team, Metallurg Magnitogorsk, but absconded upon arrival and went into hiding. Quarantined within four walls and with no end in sight, the only options for the young Russian kid was to wait and hope.Įvgeni Malkin exhausted those options during a five-day stretch in August 2006 in Helsinki, Finland.
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