It would appear that Chris Simon's playing days in the NHL are over, I suppose there are playing in the NHL breathing a sigh of relief. I guess this means that we aren't going to have to witness anymore long suspensions or melt downs on the ice. Simon missed thirty games this season for stopping on another player with his skate. In the end it appears that Simon acquisition at the trade deadline was one of the Wild's poorer moves in their short history.
To Russia with Love: Chris Simon
B.D. Gallof
It is really no surprise that Chris Simon's NHL career, at least at this juncture ends, while he continues onward in what used to be called the Russian Super League. Gazprom, a natural gas extracting company with a value of $304 billion has rebranded the league the Continental Hockey League in order to position it to compete with the NHL. So, this league, controlled by a firm who is allowed to have security forces much greater than most other Russian companies, adds two players who had horrendous years to its fold: perennial goalie backup John Grahame and former Islander pugilist, Chris Simon.
Well, I guess all big things have to start small, eh?
Alexei Zhamnov is GM of Vityaz Podolsk Chekhov, and played one year with Simon back in the NHL. He adds him to the bouillabaisse of "talent" of Oleg Kvasha (aka Master of the Hockey Universe), and other barn-burners like Igor Radulov and Alexander Korolyuk.
Well, I guess one silver lining is that one can hope he pounds Alexei Yashin into a pulp.
Yashin, meanwhile, with his agent seem to be playing the angles to create a market for him to come back to the NHL. Some teams are purported to be interested. Just like they were when he signed to play in Russia.
