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NHL News: Could Little Nik be Reunited with Big Nik in Atlanta?
Unrestricted free agent Nikolai Zherdev still hasn't found a new home for the 2009-2010 NHL season, but according to an interview with the winger on Russian site Sport-Express, he could be just days away from inking an NHL pact. The 24-year old winger reports that he has a number of options on the...
NHL News: UPDATED: Zherdev reportedly signs with KHL
UPDATE 5:28PM: Salavat Yulaev Ufa assistant coach Igor Zakharkin has denied his team is close to signing, or ever even considered signing, Zherdev. See Beyond the Blueshirts for more. ... According to Russian sports site Championat.ru, former New York Ranger and unrestricted free agent Nikolai...
Semin: "The Playoffs Can't Start Soon Enough"
[If you blinked, you may have missed the fact that two heavyweights from Russian hockey, Vyacheslav (Slava) Bykov and Igor Zakharin, were in town the other day. They were on a whirlwind tour of North America to talk to potential members for the Russian national team for the upcoming World...
No World Championships for Varlamov?
[The following article appeared in the March 24 issue of Sport-Express.] Tretiak is flying to America tomorrow to meet with Russian Goalies Russian Hockey Federation president Vladislav Tretiak is heading to North America tomorrow, where he will talk with Russian goaltenders about their possible...
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