Must see: Evgeni Malkin having a blast with rivals

The final countdown for the start of the National Hockey League season is on, but players are still out and having fun. 

And it doesn't seem to matter which team you play for, foes can be friends during the offseason. 

The new member of the Dallas Stars Alexander Raduklov published a picture on his Instagram account of him and Evgeni Malkin, of the Pittsburgh Penguins, and Ilya Kovalchyuk. The three Russian stars seem to be having a lot of fun. 

Radulov noted that they forgot the sticks for the picture.

The season starts soon and Radulov and Malkin will need to go back to being foes... on the ice.