00:00I had an article sent to me from RG.org, which is a website in Russia.
00:07There was an interview with Alexei Kovalev, and he was talking about how he had heard that Artemi was even contemplating going back to Russia after this season if things didn't work out.
00:20So I, of course, asked him about it, and he did not shoot the notion down.
00:28He did not say absolutely not.
00:32He left it quite open-ended, actually.
00:35But, I mean, for one of the biggest stars in the NHL, not to completely shoot down the idea of returning to Russia playing in the KHL was pretty notable.
00:47I mean, what do you think about that, Brian?
00:49When it's contract time or your deal is up, you know, you want to make as much as you can make as an athlete.
00:58And that's, you separate, like, that's your time where you're just thinking about you.
01:02And then 300, every other day of the year or every other day of your contract, it's what's team, team, team, right?
01:08You have to think about you as a pro athlete.
01:10I think he wants to stay here.
01:11I think he wants to stay in New York.
01:13I think he wants to definitely stay in the NHL.
01:15I also have zero doubt that if the Rangers aren't going to pay him what he wants, somebody else will.
01:22Because, I mean, maybe not exactly what he wants, but, I mean, there were so many teams.
01:28The Avalanche, the Islanders.
01:30He left money on the table on Long Island to come to Manhattan.
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