To summarize the article:
-They talk a bit about the circumstances under which Geno was forced to sign with Magnitogorsk again.
-Some background on Anna’s professional life.
-Discussion of how they originally began corresponding in 2011 and then how they met in person and began to date at Sochi in 2014.
-A good chunk of just discussing hockey-the olympics decision, Zhenya’s history, skills, etc.
-Some joking between Anna and G.
-A little history about Anna’s family/Grandfather. He help develop vintage Soviet gameboys and Anna beta tested them as a small child.
-Discussion of game day routines (when Anna is in Pitt) and off day routines as a family. They get together with other Russians, Sid, Phil, Horny, Hags and Tanger. (Not all at once.)
-Talk about Pittsburgh being small to them and, therefore, not a lot for Anna to do there. She says it’s good for hockey because it provides the players no distractions. Also, Geno loves Vegas but prefers to devote his off season to traveling to the ocean.
-More hockey talk about Geno’s stats, comparing him to Mario Lemieux (it says Pens fans see him as the reincarnation of Mario.) Talk about penalties in general and Geno’s penalties, etc. (Nothing bad.)
-A little talk about Reavo being brought in as some extra bulk because now that the Pens have won two cups in a row, teams are playing harder against them. Geno says, "After two consecutive Cups, most opponents play against us with a special attitude,“ says Malkin. “On the one hand, they are afraid, on the other - they want to beat at all costs.” A brief mention of increased attention on G by the defense of other teams.
-The article refers to Anna (jokingly, i’m sure) as a blue eyed Ryan Reaves and I am DYING about that.
-Geno and Anna are not entirely in agreement on whether they will go back to Russia after he retires, though it doesn’t say which position each of them takes. Anna says, "We are still in a dialogue on this topic. Much will depend on the children.“
A couple of quotes from the article:
"Of course, I realized that there is no friendship between a man and a woman,” Anna recalls, “and that once a person writes, then there is some interest there, but for some reason I wanted to continue this game for a little longer.” “It was interesting,” Malkin admits, “but in the correspondence I was a little ahead of myself, as is typical of men. First of all, I wanted to get to know each other, and then I’ll see. It was extremely annoying that we could not do this for so long. ”
The fatal meeting, after which, according to Malkin, “everything became serious,” took place where hockey players and television journalists converge, like quantum particles in front of the Big Bang - at the Winter Olympics in Sochi, more precisely, right after. The first meeting Malkin, in fact, begged, persuading Kastera to have lunch with him, to comfort a little after the annoying defeat of the Finns in the quarterfinals.
“I agreed without any backward thought,” states Anya, “and now … met. Immediately it became clear that the brutal hockey player - a romantic and vulnerable nature, struggling to survive the defeat. ”
Today Malkin, though upset that he could not participate in the first victory over the decades of the Russian team, rejoices for his colleagues and hopes to go to the Winter Games in 2022. “We are pawns in this situation,” he exclaims in his heart, “and decisions are made by people who turn billions.” The League counted its losses and decided not to let the stars go. What to do, it’s insulting. But first of all I’m happy for our team.
