Gonchar Speaks!

At least he isn't randomly shooting pucks at new forwards for the Caps....

This is almost from the "I told you so" file. When will somebody here in the States start to take a serious look into the involvement of the Russian Mafia with the Russian hockey players? I remember there was some talking about it in the 1990's when they shook down Alexander Mogilny and Pavel Bure, but the issue clearly hasn't gone away.

As I said yesterday, I wouldn't be in the least bit surprised to see a Russian Military Draft Notice in Malkin's future. Will A.O. be hit with one of those too? Who knows, but what is it going to take to get the sports media's attention to this problem in Russia?