Malkin shows up in LA
After what has been a difficult week for Evgeni Malkin, he has shown up in LA with his two agents JP Barry and Pat Brisson.
Barry has been with Malkin since the pair connected at an airport in Helsinki, Finland on Saturday, at which point they went into lockdown in a nearby apartment to await Malkin’s visa clearance.
The 20-year-old requested Barry meet him in Helsinki because he knew this would be his first opportunity to control his own passport. Upon receiving the passport in the airport Malkin quickly slipped away from his team, found Barry and was whisked into hiding.
“Magnitogorsk controlled Evgeni’s passport and this was his first opportunity he could obtain his passport and leave the team,” Barry added.
All of the secrecy was necessary to ensure Magnitogorsk officials wouldn’t track Malkin down while he waited for the U.S. embassy in Helsinki to process an American visa.
That visa arrived midday on Wednesday and within two hours Malkin and Barry boarded an airplane bound for the United States.
You have to give Malkin credit for having the guts to “escape” from his Russian team to come to the US and play for the Pittsburgh Penguins.
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