Malkin offered $12.5 million

http://www.thestar.com/S****ts/article/446583

In a move that would surely send a shock through NHL, whose executives are

gathered today in Ottawa for the amateur player draft, the Russian teams
are 
poised to offer the Russian-born Pittsburgh Penguins forward a multi-year 
contract worth at least $12.5 million (all figures U.S.) tax free per 
season, said a source familiar with the matter.

The offer would be equivalent to at least a $15 million per year in the
NHL, 
where players have to pay state (or provincial) and federal taxes.