Evgeni Malkin always channels his inner Steve Irwin over the offseason.
Every summer he's hanging around a different animal. Sometimes, it's an actual penguin:
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One summer, it was a whale shark:
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Here he is with a lion:
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He's swam with dolphins:
Malkin's latest animal encounter was with a peacock while on vacation with his family in Miami Beach.