“Guys from the NHL — Bobrowski, Varlamov, and Bryzgalov - have amazing confidence in their abilities. They play a much bolder game than our boys. It's a healthy kind of arrogance, which our players would be wise to adopt.”

-Vladislav Tretiak, President of the Russian Hockey Federation, the NHL players now playing in the KHL. More from Ilya Desiaterik at Russia Beyond The Headlines.