The Metallurg Magnitogorsk, a Russian hockey club has filed an antitrust lawsuit against the Pittsburgh Penguins and the NHL, according to a recent AP report out of New York.
The Russian club maintains rookie Evgeni Malkin should not be allowed to play in the NHL at this time because he is still under contract for $3.45 million to the club in his native country for one year.
The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in Manhattan, demanded unspecified damages from the Penguins and the NHL.
The 20-year-old Malkin, who left the Russian Super League team during August's training camp in Helsinki, Finland, cites a Russian labor law that permits an employee to leave a job by giving two weeks notice.
The lawsuit, however, was filed after a ruling by a Russian arbitration panel that Malkin remains under contract to his native club. It maintains that the NHL as well as the Penguins violated antitrust laws by conspiring in a group boycott and by refusing to deal with Russian hockey clubs pertaining to player transfers.
Dave Burkey
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