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If Washington Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin is ever interested in going back to Russia to play hockey, hell have to get out of his NHL contract first. Kontinental Hockey League president issued a statement to TSN Hockey Insider Pierre LeBrun on Friday amid speculation that the league may try to court the three-time Hart Trophy winner in the near future. "Per the terms of our memorandum of understanding with the NHL as it relates to respecting player contracts, Ovechkin would only be free to join a KHL club if he negotiates his way out of his existing contract with the Washington club," said Medvedev in the statement. "Should that situation come to pass, I have no doubt there are KHL clubs who would have interest in his services." On Thursdays edition of Insider Trading on the NHL on TSN, LeBrun reported that there were whispers out of the KHL that one of the clubs may try to approach Ovechkin like they did with Ilya Kovalchuk a year ago. Kovalchuk announced his retirement from the NHL last summer, opting to play with SKA St. Petersburg. Ovechkin has seven years and $70 million left on his existing contract with the Capitals. He scored his 50th goal of the season this week and has reached that mark five times in his NHL career. The 28-year-old winger has 421 goals in 677 NHL games. Cheap Rod Carew Jersey . LOUIS -- The St. Wholesale Twins Jerseys . The motion to expand the stadiums capacity passed through by a count of 39-3, with Toronto mayor Rob Ford being among those in opposition. http://www.cheaptwinsjerseys.com/?tag=cheap-tony-oliva-jersey . Louis second-period goal increased the New York Rangers lead but Dustin Brown has countered for the Los Angeles Kings who now trail the New York Rangers 2-1 in Game 4 of the Stanley Cup Final at Madison Square Garden. Cheap MLB Jerseys . They find themselves trying to knock each other out in the Western Conference finals for the second straight year. The Blackhawks prevailed last year on their way to the Stanley Cup, and they have the early lead this time after taking the opener, 3-1. Cheap Bert Blyleven Jersey . Granato was an assistant for the Pittsburgh Penguins for the last five seasons, and he was also part of Team USAs staff at the 2014 Olympics.The Scottish FA has confirmed Gordon Strachan will stay on as national team manager following a performance review. The board of the SFA issued a statement confirming they have considered the performance of the Scotland Mens A squad in their World Cup qualifying campaign to date.The statement said: Following the review, the decision has been taken to continue to support Gordon Strachan and his staff. 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