An excerpt from an interview with ESPN.com (Scott Burnside):

“You know what they say the definition of insanity is?” Emery said in a recent interview with ESPN.com. “It’s when you do exactly the same thing over and over and expect a different result.”

With the help of professional therapy, the support of his family and a fresh slate awaiting him in Russia, where he will tend goal for Atlant Mytishchi of the new Continental Hockey League, Emery said he’s ready to stop doing the same old things that saw him descend in startling fashion from a starting netminder with a Stanley Cup finalist to a pariah with a reputation in tatters and essentially no NHL options.

“I had lots of help,” Emery said. “I brought my family into things. I had friends I had to stop associating with. And I’ve got friends that I’m a lot closer with.”