There was an article (in English, I believe) several months saying that Malkin was planning to spend his summer in Pittsburgh. Even if the Pens had an early playoffs exit (something I don't think Malkin would have wanted to assume in their planning), given how pregnant she would have been at the time, she probably wouldn't have been flying anyways. That being said, it doesn't mean that Malkin doesn't wish the baby could have been born in Russia, if it had been feasible schedule-wise.
Re: Gossip/Player's Lives.