SoundAndFury
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Eh, they traded him for Ivan Prosvetov
And they traded Altybarmakyan for Ivan Larichev. In both cases, the return is a joke only there so they wouldn't have to agree on "monetary compensation".
Which means nothing since he's RFA, SKA can "trade" for his rights at any point if they want to.Not sure about that, the so called "hidden loans" usually don't happen when player is in the last year of his contract.
Half of SKA farm team have played for Sochi in recent years: Tochitsky, Grebenshchikov, Larichev, Alexandrov, Altybarmakyan and, yes, Rykov. It's pretty obvious SKA have a pretty steady stream going to Sochi (not to mention that Sochi are kings of loans overall, they will take next to anything out of your hands as long as they are cheap) and Rykov is just another case in a pretty long list of those.
You cannot possibly believe that B prospect set on career in NA was the best offer they got if they actually wanted to really trade him. Not to mentioned they traded him and Altybarmakyan on the same day. To the same team. Or do you think they wanted to dump all their best prospects wherever?