So I don't have a KHL contract?

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I guess my pro hockey debut is put on hold...

Last month, emails were received by some people in the hockey world from “Coach Zinetula Bilyaletdinov.” You might know him as the man who was behind the bench for Russia during the 2014 Olympics and is now the head coach for Ak Bars Kazan of the KHL.

The man claiming to be Bilyaletdinov said he was looking for new recruits and to let them know if they were interested:

Either the spammers are getting more sophisticated or things are getting really dire and desperate in the KHL... pic.twitter.com/2FI1BfDYLH

— Chris Peters (@chrismpeters) July 22, 2014
So "Zinetula Bilyaletdinov" asked for my profile. I've sent him my beer league hockey stats. If this is the real coach of a KHL team...

— James Mirtle (@mirtle) July 22, 2014

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nhl-p...players-into-signing-contracts-192559249.html

 

[Comeds]

Turns out it actually was a trap!

http://www.sportshoopla.com/forums/5242860-post891.html

 

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damn it, I missed 43's post, well I'm gonna close this thread then.

 

[dare2be]

...and I'm going to post in a closed thread just because I can.

Aki Berg isn't too young to play for Ak Bars