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Rafikov’s strong play at the Subway Super Series and, more recently, at the 2015 World Junior Championship garnered the Calgary Flames’ prospect the second position among drafted defensemen playing in the KHL. Actually, Rafikov is playing in the VHL for Lokomotiv Yaroslavl’s farm team, but he is having a very good season playing against men as he scored 17 points in 34 games for HK Ryazan. Rafikov is an offensive defenseman with a very good eye for the pass and good puck-moving attributes, as he showed with the U20 national team in Canada. Rafikov’s deal with Lokomotiv will run out in April, so it will be interesting to see if he’ll decide to sign again in Russia or if he’ll decide to cross the Atlantic and establish himself in Calgary.
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Anyone else remember when Rafikov was a defensive defenseman?
http://thehockeywriters.com/rushan-r...spect-profile/
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