I love how these Russian guys go crying to the Russian media because they don't have the stones to face the local media. Or when they do, they made offhand remarks like "The good news is we have a chance to win tomorrow because I'm not playing".
Hey Ilya, you're in a hockey hotbed market now, you're no longer in Anaheim or Phoenix, and you're getting paid a ton of money to stop a black rubber disc. Time to put up or shut up.
i think he has to shut up to put up..