Truth is relative

Farewell sweet Zubie

The first thing you need to know about American sports is that everyone is lying to you.

Except me, of course.

Everyone else is trying to make money and if the truth has to be obliterated or even bent a little, athletes, agents, owners, managers, general managers and everyone in between in lie if need be.

Case in point: Sergei Zubov's agent.

Two weeks ago, the 39-year-old free agent defensemen who's played about 40 games in two years and just had hip replacement surgery had at least six teams kicking the tires.

Zubov didn't need the Dallas Stars. There were plenty of teams wanting his services.

Today, the disappointing, but revealing, news is that Zubov is close to signing with SKA St. Petersburg in the Kontinental Hockey League.

I'm not all that familiar with hockey more or less hockey leagues in other countries, but I do know that if you had your druthers, you take the NHL over playing in the Kontinental Hockey League.

The truth: No one was willing to spend money on a broken-down defenseman, who can not guaranteed he can handle 82 games against younger, bigger players. Of course, when Zubov's agent said six "teams" were interested, he might have meant six KHL teams.

See, the truth is relative.