Malkin...

There was some good news yesterday with Russian Hockey

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette April 26, 2006
The Penguins' prospects for getting highly regarded prospect Evgeni Malkin here for the 2006-07 season likely got a major boost yesterday, when Hall of Fame goalie Vladislav Tretiak was elected head of the Russian Ice Hockey Federation. Tretiak is far more receptive to the idea of Russia participating in the transfer agreement between the NHL and the International Ice Hockey Federation than his predecessor, Alexander Steblin. The transfer agreement sets the price NHL teams pay for European prospects; Russia is the only hockey-playing nation in Europe that has not signed off on the transfer agreement worked out last year.

While I have still yet to see anything that says this is done but is looking pretty good.