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Malkin can’t wait to score his first KHL goal

2012 NHL Awards - Portraits

LAS VEGAS, NV - JUNE 20: Evgeni Malkin of the Pittsburgh Penguins poses after winning the Hart Trophy, the Art Ross Trophy and the Ted Lindsay Award during the 2012 NHL Awards at the Encore Theater at the Wynn Las Vegas on June 20, 2012 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Harry How/Getty Images)

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If this site were called KHL Talk, it’s possible we might go overboard in talking about Evgeni Malkin’s slow start for Metallurg Magnitogorsk. Instead, we’ll look on curiously from afar.

Malkin tells rsport.ru that the excitement of playing at home has him eager to pot his first goal of the season.

“It’s not worth panicking. I haven’t got into my good form yet,” Malkin said. “The goals will come, the main thing is not to get worried.”

Malkin says he’s playing at about 70 percent right now. Getting in shape for the NHL season is one thing, dropping everything to get to Russia thanks to a lockout is something else entirely.

Keep in mind that while the KHL season is already underway, NHL training camps would be just starting this week with the first preseason game dropping the puck tonight if it wasn’t for that pesky work stoppage.

For Malkin, he’s getting his preseason rust out in actual games. Wonder what the Penguins’ staff would think about doing that under normal conditions.