Russian reporting says Evgeny Kuznetsov to return to Russian national team and will play at Beijing Olympics

By Chris Cerullo 0 Comment According to Metaratings.ru and sports.ru, the Russian national hockey team has reached an "agreement in principle" with the IIHF to reduce Washington Capitals' center Evgeny Kuznetsov's suspension and allow him to participate in the 2022 Beijing Olympics. Kuznetsov is currently suspended from international play by the IIHF due to testing positive for a banned substance during the 2019 World Championship. His ban from the Russian national team was for four years and was supposed to last until June 12, 2023. "The Russian National Team's leadership, Alexei Zhamnov and Ilya Kovalchuk, is doing everything it possibly…