During HBO's 24/7 leading up to last year's Winter Classic, Philadelphia Flyers goalie Ilya Bryzgalov was one of the more popular players on the show because of his off-the-wall interviews where he talked about everything from tigers to outer space.
The space segment, as shown above, was one of the more comical parts of the documentary.
This past week Bryzgalov's interest in the stars was once again brought up when he refused to answer a question as to why he was left off of Russia's roster for the Channel One Cup.
Bill Meltzer provided the translation of Bryzgalov's brief interview with Sport Express:
Why are not you on the team? You have really a health problem?
Sorry, but, unfortunately, I'm not ready to talk in detail with the press.
Why not?
The thing is that now I am in the Mission Control Center, you wrote about in our last interview. Astronaut suit on me. And you will understand that it disturbs me to communicate.
Wow. This guy definitely marches to the beat of his own drum.
In 10 games with CSKA Moscow, Bryzgalov has a .906 save percentage during the lockout. He has eight years remaining on his contract with the Flyers and is set to make $5.6 million per year.
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