Habster’s take:
Short and sweet: Goodbye Alexei!!! don’t let the NHL door hit yah in the ass on the way back to Russia. I’m glad NHL GMs “low balled” you!!!! Poor little Russian boy!!!! Just goes to show you that this guy is all about the money nothing more, nothing less!!! If he had any self-respect and heart then he should have signed a one year contract with an NHL team and proved everybody wrong with a great year. Instead, he runs to his homeland to earn +/- $1-1.5 million more to play in an inferior league where he will coast.