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1. Scott in Shaw wrote:

   Fantastic interview! It is great to hear about stuff like Caps jerseys being sold in the streets of Moscow and Malkin saying he and Ovie aren’t really friends. You would never get that type of insight from anyone but a Russian insider. I say, “More Dmitry!”

   Friday, April 4, 2008 at 12:20 pm | Permalink
2. Strikeman wrote:

   I wish we could read Dmitry’s stuff, SovetSky Sport needs to start publishing Hockey articles in English.

   Friday, April 4, 2008 at 12:36 pm | Permalink
3. OrderedChaos (Mike Rucki) wrote:

   @ Strikeman:
   Dmitry does provide OFB translations of some SovSport articles — ones he feels would be of particular interest to Capitals fans — which we greatly appreciate. But I agree, it’d be terrific if SovSport’s site had an English translation for all their material.

   Friday, April 4, 2008 at 12:54 pm | Permalink
4. Juan-John wrote:

   Something that came up in my mind during the interview: Does the international hockey governing body have a rule like soccer’s FIFA regarding the payment of transfer fees to teams that develop players? Is that why, with the fair number of Russian hockey players in the NHL, the Russian league has been in the financial doldrums until recently?

   Friday, April 4, 2008 at 1:45 pm | Permalink
5. SovSport wrote:

   Juan-John,

   There is no such rule. The NHL and the IIHF have a so-called “transfer agreement.” The NHL is basically paying any club in Europe something like $200k per player signed by an NHL team regardless of the caliber (Ovechkin or some flop). The Russians disagreed with the agreement and refused to sign it. They want to negotiate the transfer fee directly with the NHL club interested. Just like it’s done in football (soccer) all over the world. The NHL don’t want to take that route. The problem is that the Russians have managed, if not to convince, but to plant a seed of doubt in the minds other European hockey federations not to sign the agreement. Without the agreement any player is a fair game. There are a number of players playing in Russia right now who still have valid contracts in the NHL. Until the problem is resolved, there will be bad blood between the NHL and the Russian hockey league.

   Friday, April 4, 2008 at 2:00 pm | Permalink
6. notfadeaway wrote:

   “I’ll bet you never thought you’d come to Washington to talk hockey with a brother named Ivan.”

   Friday, April 4, 2008 at 3:37 pm | Permalink
7. Juan-John wrote:

   Thx, SovSport!

   Friday, April 4, 2008 at 4:04 pm | Permalink
8. Puddin_an_Semin wrote:

   Thanks OFB! You guys rock! I wasn’t able to watch this when it aired! Keep up the good work!

   Saturday, April 5, 2008 at 12:17 pm | Permalink

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