Milos Krasic
Best Serbian Footballer (2009) / Serie A Winner
- Jul 1, 2008
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I believe Kostin was released anyways.
The Finger
Jeff Finger was a 27-year-old defenceman with 94 NHL games under his belt when Cliff Fletcher and the Leafs signed him to a four-year, $14-million contract on the first day of free agency in the summer of 2008.
It was a questionable move, no doubt, but Fletcher & Co. were championing Finger’s seemingly untapped shutdown ability.
With a little research, Dan Tolensky revealed it was more likely Kurt Sauer whom the Leafs intended to sign. Finger finished his relatively lucrative deal in the AHL with the Toronto Marlies.
Oops.
It's a bummer that Ilya Nikulin didn't give the NHL a shot. It seemed to be an annual thing whether he was going to sign with Atlanta. He was in a weird spot when he was under 27 since he had to sign an ELC and could make better money in the KHL. Now he's probably a little too old for NHL teams and/or probably not looking to leave Russia at this stage of his career.
Karsums and Kaspar are both decent
Is the team folding, or what's going on?
Not a lot of name recognition for me, only a couple actually. I'm sure some would be able to help NHL teams just not sure which ones.
Karsums and Kaspar are both decent
Who was finger confused with? I forgot
Yeryomenko is super old and nobody really signs a goalie from Europe to play in the NHL right away. Massive risk with no benefit.
It's a bummer that Ilya Nikulin didn't give the NHL a shot. It seemed to be an annual thing whether he was going to sign with Atlanta. He was in a weird spot when he was under 27 since he had to sign an ELC and could make better money in the KHL. Now he's probably a little too old for NHL teams and/or probably not looking to leave Russia at this stage of his career.
Leafs gave a 4 year, 14 million dollar deal to defenseman Jeff Finger to everybody's surprise. They gave some of the usual PR fluff to the press. Their description of Finger as a shutdown D who played against the other team's top line seemed to more closely match his teammate Kurt Sauer. So this led to an urban legend that Leafs management had mixed up the two, rather than them just overestimating Finger.
20-year old Kirill Pilipenko is an interesting guy. I'm a bit surprised he went undrafted, but I guess his size is a red flag (5'-9" 185).
Still he has legit offensive upside.
Here's list of players and points
http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/leagues/seasons/teams/0050222017.html
looks like Artem Fedorov might have some value
Artem Panarin
Sergei Federov
Panarin+Federov = Artem Fedorov
Mother of god...someone man the phones!
Damn. Wish Ilya Nikulin was available. Would look good in a Hawks jersey.
Have you seen Artem Fedorov play? Lets just say that I'm pretty sure that Sergei Panarin, where ever he may be, is the one your looking for.